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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/group-looks-to-create-rabble-aggregated-book-reviews-for-indie-and-traditional-books/feed/ 1 At TOC, a Tempest of paradigm-challenging ideas on what an e-book can be and do http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/at-toc-a-tempest-of-paradigm-challenging-ideas-on-what-an-ebook-can-be-and-do/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/at-toc-a-tempest-of-paradigm-challenging-ideas-on-what-an-ebook-can-be-and-do/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:07:20 +0000 Lynn Rosen http://www.teleread.com/?p=79044 O wonder! How many goodly books are there here! How beauteous publishing is! I attended the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) conference this past Tuesday and learned about a topic that captivates me: new forms that books are able to take when they are conceived as e-books. There is so much creative work being done [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/at-toc-a-tempest-of-paradigm-challenging-ideas-on-what-an-ebook-can-be-and-do/feed/ 0 Ignore the Doomsayers: The Book Industry Is Actually Adapting Well http://www.teleread.com/books/ignore-the-doomsayers-the-book-industry-is-actually-adapting-well/ http://www.teleread.com/books/ignore-the-doomsayers-the-book-industry-is-actually-adapting-well/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:45:58 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=74178   Numbers show that the publishing industry is handling the rise of e-readers better than what folk knowledge might suggest. The fall publishing season is in full swing. There can hardly have been a year with more luminaries atop both the fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists; J. K. Rowling, Michael Chabon, Ken Follett, Junot Diaz, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/99%c2%a2-ebooks-here/feed/ 1 Charlie Stross clears up misconceptions about publishing http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/charlie-stross-clears-up-misconceptions-about-publishing/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/charlie-stross-clears-up-misconceptions-about-publishing/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/28/charlie-stross-clears-up-misconceptions-about-publishing/ In the wake of the Amazon/Macmillan e-book pricing affair and the reader comments it stirred up, Charlie Stross has decided to tackle some common misconceptions about the publishing industry on his blog. He has made two posts so far. The first misconception Stross covers is simply that “the publishing industry makes sense.” He notes that [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/charlie-stross-clears-up-misconceptions-about-publishing/feed/ 0 Richard Nash discusses ‘Publishing 2.0’ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/richard-nash-discusses-publishing-2-0/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/richard-nash-discusses-publishing-2-0/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/27/richard-nash-discusses-publishing-2-0/ A couple of weeks ago, I saw a post on O’Reilly’s Tools of Change website that I wanted to cover, but it was so long that I never actually got around to looking at it in the detail I needed, until now. Fortunately, the article is still no less timely. This piece is an interview [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/richard-nash-discusses-publishing-2-0/feed/ 0 FastPencil offers ghost-writing service for self-published books http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fastpencil-offers-ghost-writing-service-for-self-published-books/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fastpencil-offers-ghost-writing-service-for-self-published-books/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/18/fastpencil-offers-ghost-writing-service-for-self-published-books/ Self-publishing has gotten easier and easier lately, with the arrival of print-on-demand services such as Lulu and on-line stores such as Amazon offering their own packages. But until now, the potential self-publishing author has been handicapped by one critical factor: he actually has to write the book (or arrange a ghost-writer) himself. But now VentureBeat [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fastpencil-offers-ghost-writing-service-for-self-published-books/feed/ 2 Switzerland looking at fixed book prices http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/switzerland-looking-at-fixed-book-prices/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/switzerland-looking-at-fixed-book-prices/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:26:38 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=38407 Switzerland is looking at reinstating its fixed book price law. This law, like those in France, Germany and Italy, restricts the sale of books below the publisher’s recommended price. The rationale is to support independent booksellers, small publishers and chains that have to compete with Amazon. There is currently some dispute as to whether the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/switzerland-looking-at-fixed-book-prices/feed/ 3 New York Times covers reader reactions to Amazon price increase http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/11/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/ The New York Times has an article covering the implications of the impending agency pricing model for book sales. It mentions the one-star ratings that have shown up when e-book editions have been delayed or perceived as too expensive, and warns that publishers may be in for more than they bargain for with the increase [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/feed/ 14 Elisabeth Murdoch, Ross Pruden: Social networking, media as experience http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/elisabeth-murdoch-ross-pruden-social-networking-media-as-experience/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/elisabeth-murdoch-ross-pruden-social-networking-media-as-experience/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/10/elisabeth-murdoch-ross-pruden-social-networking-media-as-experience/ Rupert Murdoch has been in the news lately for his strong stance against content aggregators such as Google News. Interestingly, it seems his daughter Elisabeth does not share his views on content “theft”. In a speech to the NATPE national TV conference, Elisabeth Murdoch recently stated that some piracy may be inevitable. "Fans remain the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/elisabeth-murdoch-ross-pruden-social-networking-media-as-experience/feed/ 0 Ben Bova’s Cyberbooks is now a ‘cyberbook’ itself http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ben-bovas-cyberbooks-is-now-a-cyberbook-itself/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ben-bovas-cyberbooks-is-now-a-cyberbook-itself/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:08:38 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/09/ben-bovas-cyberbooks-is-now-a-cyberbook-itself/ I don’t know how I could have missed this. Cyberbooks by Ben Bova, one of the seminal fictional depictions of e-books, finally became available as an e-book itself last year—and best of all, it’s a Baen e-book which means no DRM and a wide variety of formats. Cyberbooks was published as part of the Ben [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/amazon-fixes-solomon-scandals-listing/feed/ 0 Book View Cafe teams up with Smashwords http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/book-view-cafe-teams-up-with-smashwords/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/book-view-cafe-teams-up-with-smashwords/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:55:36 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=36561 In November we reported that Book View Cafe had gone live. Now, Book View Café, a digital publishing cooperative for professional authors, has announced it has partnered with Smashwords to distribute Book View’s growing ebook catalog, including titles by from such well known authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Sarah Smith, Seanan McGuire [...]

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