A purely subjective selection of my favorite posts: Interview with founder of Argentinian ebook site Liibook Librarians apply HarperCollins’ 26-read lending limit to HarperCollins’ own paper books An afternoon in the life of a teacher’s iPad, by Joanna Well done, HarperCollins: librarians must change old thinking, by Martin Taylor More raids in price-fixing probe. Publishers “explain” high ebook pricing, by Andrys Basten Nietzsche and the downfall of big publishing, by Mark Coker Web/iPhone/iPad e-book app review: Ibis Reader, by Chris Meadows FutureBook awards shortlist announced Sarah Houghton-Jan and Andy Woodworth, authors of the Ebook Bill of Rights, interviewed, by Gary Price The economics of self-publishing an ebook, by Eoin...

Last Thursday evening I was stricken with some sort of flu and literally slept almost all the time from then 'till Sunday afternoon. I'm gradually getting my strength back so you should see regular posting resume fairly soon. Paul...

A completely subjective selection of the last week's posts. How you can sell your ebooks via mobile phones, by Piotr Kowalczyk How Apple may inadvertently boost ebook linking, by Eric Hellman Romance Bookstores on the map, by Sarah Wendell Fansubs and e-books: When pirates outcompete on quality, by Chris Meadows 100 French publishers say “Non” to Adobe DRM Creating Le Bé – a digital adaptation of a 16th century typeface Margin notes in ebooks, by Joe Wikert Authors, readers and discoverability in the new age of publishing, by Jane Litte Margaret Atwood’s TOC Keynote now live The Kindle, Amazon pricing policies and comics ...

I do not like murder mysteries but I'm a sucker for anything to do with ancient Rome. So my ears (eyes) perked up when I saw this post in The Kindle Reader. It's a compilation of some works by contemporary mystery authors who set their story in ancient Rome. I'll think that I will try one of them and see if I can get past the mystery part. The novels discussed are: Roman Blood, by Steven Saylor Medicus, by Ruth Downie The Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis Caveat Emptor, by Ruth Downie Arms of Nemesis, by Steven Saylor SPQR I; The Kings Gambit, by...

A very subjective selection of the stories I found most interesting this week. Author Terrill Lee Lankford nixes book deal over ebook royalty rate Pew breaks down gadget demographic… but may have missed an important group, by Steven Lyle Jordan It’s like making sausage, by Mary Anna Evans Review of the typography of The Daily Indie author Simon Royle interviews Joanna Can ads in e-books fight piracy with low prices?, by Chris Meadows Moles to the rescue in Finland – digitizing for the library Should publishers kill off chain bookstores with print-on-demand?, by Chris Meadows The Daily first impression: Eh, seen better, by Chris Meadows Library Journal Publishes Library eBook...

Free E-books on Malay Archipelago in Sejarah Melayu Library New site for children’s trade book authors Canada could get DMCA-style DRM anti-circumvention law, by Chris Meadows Competition for reader attention heading up, says Mike Shatzkin, by Chris Meadows Granta gets a Kindle edition A guide to the Kindle collections feature, by Andrys Basten Magazines need a digital format before they get a new blueprint?, by Adam Hodgkin Kindle Nation survey completed – 2,275 respondents, by Stephen Windwalker How to fund a public ebook library with tax deductions, by Eric Hellman European publishers confused by Apple’s “new” payment rules for subscriptions Behind the ebook bestseller lists The biggest ebook issue: quality, by...

Gizmodo has an article on how to remove DRM from your Kindle ebooks Two articles on lending ebooks, by Sue Polanka Just How Big is the Kindle Revolution? Our Estimates, by Stephen Windwalker Chronicles of lost ebook sales, by Dave Slusher Why ProQuest brought ebrary, by Eric Hellman Paul Carr seeks a better way to find an American publisher, by Chris Meadows Mike Shatzkin: Main benefit of DRM is preventing casual sharing, not piracy, by Chris Meadows New! The indie ebook hall of fame, by Joanna Executive summary of BSIG report on its ISBN Ebook Study findings Change in habit: the ereading effect, by Rich...

On Monday - Wednesday I'll be in NYC covering Digital Book World for you. I'll have, as usual, summaries of all the programs I attended. Then on Thursday I'll be back in NY to cover the Publishing Point meetup. The speaker will be David You - Chairman and CEO of Hachette Book Group. ...

A completely subjective pick of the stuff I liked the best. Ruth Ann Nordin posts her marketing plan How did Mark Twain really feel about perpetual copyright?, by Chris Meadows The best ebook apps and non-apps, by Meredith Greene New survey shows traditional publishers don’t understand consumers A new kind of hello, by Brian O’Leary Mobile phones in China increase reading – 120 million readers The top ebook self-publishers, by Jason Davis 10 tips for your new ebook reader The British Library releases their first smartphone app Bridging the book-library system divide, by Eric Hellman E-book review: Agatha H. and the Airship City, by Chris Meadows Google...

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2010 Summary: libraries are still screwed, by Eric Hellman Deer in the headlights, by Brian O’Leary All the details on Amazon's book lending program - a "how to", by Andrys Basten Year One: the born digital publisher Do authors make good publishers? asks e-reads How to add books to the iPad, iPhone, etc. Why I will never buy a book “App” again: how Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” turned me off to i-Apps, by Joanna Mark Twain scholar removes n-word from Huckleberry Finn, by Chris Meadows My 2010 publishing heroes, by Eoin Purcell How To: Get thousands of back issue comics on your...

Back in 2009 I did a post on this and since then I've gotten a surprising number of emails asking me to update it. So here we go. The first requirement is pen and paper. The paper is important because you want to be able to flip pages fast while you are interviewing someone. You don’t want to loose what they are saying while you have to pause to turn a page. The best tool for this, I’ve found, is a Moleskine Reporter notebook. This is pictured at the left. Very easy to use and you can flip pages really...