TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » digital publishing

Pottermore’s Winning Digital Publishing Strategy

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:23:31 +0000

Futurebook is reporting that Pottermore, JK Rowling’s portal for all things Harry Potter, was a big winner at The Bookseller Industry Awards. As author Philip Jones explains, the thrust of the message they are hearing now is that there is no longer such a thing as ‘digital strategy.’ It’s all just strategy now. So, what do [...]

The post Pottermore’s Winning Digital Publishing Strategy appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Reports of the Bookstore’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Aggregated Content — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:50:36 +0000

By Michael Weinstein There’s been a great deal of conjecture lately about the future of the bookstore: What will happen to the B&N stores (especially if they do plan to reduce the number of stores)? What about independent bookstores? Will Amazon crush bricks-and-mortar stores out of existence? Oh, lordy, will there even be such a [...]

The post Reports of the Bookstore’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

David Gaughran on traditional media exposure for self-publishers

Paul St John Mackintosh — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:00:18 +0000

After reading my review of David Gaughran’s self-help guide to visibility-raising for self-publishers, Let’s Get Visible: How to Get Noticed and Sell More Books, Gaughran himself got in touch with me and outlined some of his views on traditional media exposure and self-publishing. As I noted in the review, traditional publicity venues didn’t feature much in [...]

The post David Gaughran on traditional media exposure for self-publishers appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Adobe Sees Steady Growth in Digital Magazines

Susan Lulgjuraj — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:29:32 +0000

Magazines have taken a hit over the years on sales in the marketplace. But we’re talking about physical magazines, the ones where you leaf through actual pages. Companies have moved toward digital magazines as a way to get consumers back, and even find new ones. According to research by Adobe, which produces the software that [...]

The post Adobe Sees Steady Growth in Digital Magazines appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Draft2Digital Converts Word Documents Into E-Books: How well does it work?

Juli Monroe — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:48:24 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I read about Draft2Digital, an e-book distributor still in beta mode. They got my attention with their claim to be able to turn a Word doc into a functional EPUB or Mobi (Kindle) file. Naturally I had to check them out, so I asked for a beta code, and I’ve [...]

The post Draft2Digital Converts Word Documents Into E-Books: How well does it work? appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

BREAKING: O’Reilly Media Retiring the Tools of Change Conference and TOC Blog

Dan Eldridge — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:15:04 +0000

Earlier today, O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly announced in a blog post that after seven years of hosting the Tools of Change for Publishing conference, a digital publishing event attended annually by many of the biggest names and most important members of the industry, the conference is being officially retired. Also folding along with the [...]

The post BREAKING: O’Reilly Media Retiring the Tools of Change Conference and TOC Blog appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Morning Links: OverDrive on Linux; Canada Post goes crazy; and more

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:21 +0000

OverDrive Media Console Now Available on Linux (Good e-Reader) 9 Ways Big Pub is Like Big Pharma (Huffington Post) Canada Post Claims Exclusive Use of Word ‘Postal Code’ (Boing Boing) The Digital Truths Traditional Publishers Don’t Want to Hear (The Guardian) Kindle Daily Deals: Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough (and 3 others)

The post Morning Links: OverDrive on Linux; Canada Post goes crazy; and more appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Ray Bradbury’s books are finally going digital

Susan Lulgjuraj — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:15:02 +0000

For many years, author Ray Bradbury didn’t want his books digitized. But he finally relented before his death in 2011, and allowed arguably his most famous book, Fahrenheit 451, to become an e-book. But fans of Bradbury—old and those yet to be made—will be happy to hear that several of his books will in fact [...]

The post Ray Bradbury’s books are finally going digital appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Tim Waterstone wants to avoid the slush pile with Read Petite, his new digital imprint

Susan Lulgjuraj — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:29:54 +0000

Tim Waterstone is embarking on a new e-book project. It kind of involves owning a bookstore again. Sort of. Waterstone talked about his new venture, Read Petite, with The Guardian this week. It will be officially announced to the public at the London Book Fair next week. Read Petite is a digital imprint for short-form e-books. [...]

The post Tim Waterstone wants to avoid the slush pile with Read Petite, his new digital imprint appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

E-books accounted for 23% of revenue for U.S. publishers in December

Susan Lulgjuraj — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:31:43 +0000

Last year was a positive one for U.S. trade publishers, according to the Association of American Publishers‘ newest “StatShot” monthly report for December 2012. Digital Book World has an extensive breakdown of the statistics from the report. Most notably, e-books accounted for 23 percent of net revenues for 2012, which is up from 17 percent [...]

The post E-books accounted for 23% of revenue for U.S. publishers in December appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Blackstrap’s business model takes the digital publishing revolution backwards—but in a good way

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:11:09 +0000

We’ve watched with interest as a few new digital publishing-related startups have launched seemingly out of the blue over the past few weeks. Thin Reads, a fantastic new website that runs reviews of e-singles, is definitely one of our favorites, and we’re clearly not alone; the site has been enjoying a ton of mostly glowing [...]

The post Blackstrap’s business model takes the digital publishing revolution backwards—but in a good way appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Random House’s Hydra changes contract terms

Susan Lulgjuraj — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:34:16 +0000

Many publishing insiders and authors have been discussing Random House over the past week. The company might wish it had stayed out of the news as criticisms came down over its digital imprints, especially Hydra, which handles science fiction. In case you missed the news, here’s the basic version: Contract specifications for Hydra were made [...]

The post Random House’s Hydra changes contract terms appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Little, Brown UK creates Blackfriars, a digital-only imprint

Susan Lulgjuraj — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:43:06 +0000

Science-fiction, adult-themed novels and other types of genre fiction have made an impression on the digital world. Little, Brown UK’s Clare Smith thinks literary fiction is obviously the next step in the e-book world. The company has created Blackfriars, a digital imprint to be launched in June. “I think the thing for me, with doing [...]

The post Little, Brown UK creates Blackfriars, a digital-only imprint appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Inkling Habitat’s media-rich e-book platform is now free for all

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:26:10 +0000

The news, released today, that the San Francisco-based Inkling has decided to give away for free its “collaborative digital publishing environment” known as Inkling Habitat was probably the e-publishing community’s most eyebrow-raising story of the week thus far. As Laura Hazard Owen wrote today for Paid Content, the company “has spent three years and $30 [...]

The post Inkling Habitat’s media-rich e-book platform is now free for all appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Is The Millions primed to become one of the e-book world’s weirdest publishers?

Dan Eldridge — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:47:10 +0000

If the true definition of entrepreneurship is the process of finding a need and filling it, then it must also be true that C. Max Magee, founding editor of the online literary magazine The Millions (photo at right), is a publishing hustler of the highest order. Yesterday, the 10-year-old site, which primarily covers literary topics and [...]

The post Is The Millions primed to become one of the e-book world’s weirdest publishers? appeared first on TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.