Why digital publishing is the same as print publishing
There are signs that some publishers are starting to see new ways to think about digital publishing. On The Bookseller’s “FuturEBook” blog, David Miller talks about an epiphany he...
Web-only e-book wins Andre Norton award, is truncated by future print publisher
This must be a first of some kind.
As the title of the LiveJournal entry where I found out about it notes, “a book that doesn’t actually exist yet won a...
Scribd begins conversion from Flash to HTML5
TechCrunch reports that self-e-publishing site Scribd is moving away from its current Flash format for uploading and viewing documents, and converting everything into HTML5. Erick Schonfeld writes: ...
Self publishing fantasy author IS making money with ebooks by Tracy Falbe
With all the fantasy writers out there publishing their stories as ebooks, you would think they would be likelier to find a dollar on the sidewalk than actually make a sale....
Greg Stolze’s ‘Two Things’ and the rocky history of e-short stories
Last month, I mentioned a “Storyteller’s Bowl”-funded short story project by Greg Stolze, “Two Things She Does With Her Body”. Last night, the story’s funding drive completed, and the story...
Quick Notes: Amazon sold 3.3m Kindles; PocketBook 360 review; Over 700K self-published books last...
E-Reader-info is reporting that DisplaySearch says shipments of e-paper increased to 5 million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of...
Self-published books swamp traditionally published books
Jim Milliot over at Publisher's Weekly reported today on new data out of R.R. Bowker that shows a huge spike in the number of self-published titles in 2009.
Milliot reports:
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Lulu trying to turn into full service ebook store
From the Lulu blog:
Beginning today, you will find more than 700,000 new titles in the Lulu Marketplace, titles as diverse as Harlan Coben’s Caught from the list of New York Times...
Update Announcement: Digital Publishing Network at LinkedIn
Back in July 2008, I launched the Digital Publishing Network (DPN) at LinkedIn. This free group enables professionals and enthusiasts in the digital publishing universe to connect, network and communicate.
DPN has...
Bibliocore offers flat-fee gateway into iBooks store
A service called Tunecore lets musicians self-publish their music into Amazon, iTunes, and eMusic for a flat fee—after the music is published, the artist gets all proceeds (after the store...