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		<title>Mike Shatzkin discusses DRM revelations from Digital Book World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting thing about the latest post from publishing-industry observer Mike Shatzkin, highlighting what he feels were the most important points from the Digital Book World conference he helped run: it largely focuses on DRM. Aside from Matteo Berlucchi’s call for publishers to drop DRM (which I covered here and here), Shatzkin also brings up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Shatzkin predicts publishing nine months from now</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Shatzkin’s blog posts are always worth reading, but his latest is particularly interesting. Frequently e-book prognosticators focus on the long-term, but Shatzkin this time tries to predict where the e-book industry will be in nine months, for the purposes of planning the panel schedule of the Digital Book World event he helps run. Among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition for reader attention heading up, says Mike Shatzkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publishing analyst Mike Shatzkin, back from Digital Book World, has an interesting piece on his blog looking at the effect that non-publishers getting into the publishing business could have other publishers. He talks about a discussion he had with a distinctly non-tech-savvy publisher of renown who was now running his own smaller operation. This publisher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publishers and agents differ on &#8216;fair&#8217; e-book royalty rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EBookNewser has a report on an ongoing disagreement between publishers and agents as to the nature of a “fair” e-book royalty percentage. It seems publishers think that the percentage is 25%, while many agents think it should be 50%. This comes by way of a survey presented yesterday at Digital Book World by Mike Shatzkin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DBW panelists suggest children&#8217;s book apps need curating</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eBookNewser has some coverage of a children’s book panel from Digital Book World today. One consensus to come out of the panel is that children’s book apps lack curation to weed out the 90% of lousy apps to make it easier to find the 3,000 or so good ones. Whereas in the print world there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital territorial rights hot issue in Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FutureBook has a look at the Digital Book World digital territorial rights panel that Paul also covered earlier today, going into a little more detail on some of the discussions between the posters and also bringing in some comments earlier in the day from Mike Shatzkin about the globalization of e-books (though, oddly, entirely leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The challenges of running an e-book conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Shatzkin’s blog has an interesting essay about putting together an advisory council for the Digital Book World conference, and some of the challenges that come with running such a conference. One challenge has to do with knowing some change is going on or about to go on in digital publishing, but not knowing who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Book World announces a new community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the press release: F+W Media announced today the launch of its Digital Book World Community, a new industry resource for book publishers and publishing professionals offering educational and informational resources designed to help them successfully navigate the digital transition. The Community springs forth from the successful inaugural annual conference which was held last week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of pirated files are not hacked ebooks: they are scanned pbooks, manuscripts and galleys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Untangling and understanding the ebook supply chain Peter Balis, John Wiley and Sons; Niel Del Young, Hachette Book Group; Leslie Hulse, Harper Collins; Andrew Weinstein, Ingram Digital; Mark Coker, Smashwords Ingram: in ebook supply chain a lot of posturing going on and in a gawky stage. Roles are still shaking out. Still a role for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should ebook releases be windowed, just like DVDs and mass paper editions?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebook-releases-should-be-windowed-just-like-dvds-and-mass-paper-editions-says-literary-agent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebook Challenges: Competing with free and getting the timing right. Mindy Stockfield, Hyperion; Robert Gottlieb, Trident Media Group; Steve Ross, formerly of Harper Collins; Michel Tamblyn, Kobo; Brian O&#8217;Leary, Magellan Media Partners. Publishers&#8217; margins are very small. Products releases should be windowed. Same question arose in the &#8217;50s when introducing mass market editions. Decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Average price of ebooks sold through Kobo is $8.76</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim McCall, Penguin Group USA; Michael Tamblyn, Kobo; Kassia Lrozser, Booksquare; Ginger Clark, Curtis Brown, Ltd.; Laura Dawson, KNJ Dawson Ebook pricing: what they should cost and why Penguin: have to start with the intrinsic value of the material and the format. Need to look at cost &#8211; from the time its bought to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple is an experiment and Google will have a big impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Kirshbaum, LJK Literary Movement; Ken Cader, PUblishers Lunch; Ken Brooks, Cengage Learning; Evan Schnittman, Oxford University Press; Mike Shatzkin, moderator If you were publishing a book this month and did an ebook simultaneously what percentage of total sales would it sell?: They answer: 17% at highest to 5%; 10% now and 35% lifetime; 6% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sloppy formatting in ebooks: Liza Daly speaks out at Digital Book World</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/typical-sloppy-formatting-with-ebooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liza Daly, ThreePress Consulting, discussed problems often found with current ebook production. Typical problems with current ebooks: plain text cover as opposed to photo; often have to step through blank pages, irrelevant copyright info, wrong ISBNs, table of contents with chapter numbers that are irrelevant content and readers hate this (if use samples then up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major survey of ebook consumers: major benefits of ebooks relate to price</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angela Bole, Book Industry Study Group; Kelly Gallagher, Bowker. First presentation of data from a major industry survey ofebook consumers. 95% confidence level Demographics: male 51%, female 49%; income over 75K 37%, 35K to 75K, 38%, under 35K, 25%; 23% RURAL, 24% URBAN, 43% suburban Whey e instead of P?: in order 1. affordability, 2. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future? POD, lower royalties, shorter license terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Nash, Cursor; Eoin Purcell, Green Lamp Media; Chris Morrow, Northshire Books; Angela James, Carina Press discussed this at Digital Book World. Notes: Northshire Books: physical bookstores still exist. Print on demand at the retail level. Installed an Espresso 2 years ago (similar machine in photo). Print 3 categories: self published, public domain, copyrighted books. [...]]]></description>
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