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Six Book Publishing Lessons From Open Road Media

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:39 +0000

Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent brings us this great story about Open Road Media, an e-only publisher that specializes in backlist republications of titles which were not yet available in e-book form. Along with the history lesson on the history of this unique publisher, the article offers six ‘lessons’ other publishers can learn from what Open Road [...]

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Morning Links: Digital Signings, Book Discovery, Online Degrees

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:13:44 +0000

Are We in a Rut? Explaining the Increasing Homogenization of Scholarly & Scientific Publishing (Scholarly Kitchen) When the Internet stormed onto the scene, all bets were off — this revolutionary technology with limitless potential would generate all sorts of creativity, from new article presentations, new forms of peer review, new capabilities, and an end to [...]

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MediaShift Plans Series of E-Books

Susan Lulgjuraj — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:45:44 +0000

MediaShift and PBS are getting into the e-book business. The first line of e-books will focus on topics within the MediaShift realm. The books are Your Guide to Cutting the Cord to Cable TV and How to Self-Publish Your Book. Both books provide a ‘how-to’ on the respective topics with the ‘Cutting the Cord’ book [...]

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Morning Links: The Atlantic launches new e-book division; e-book sales are up in the UK

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:21:42 +0000

Multi-Million Dollar Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Penguin, Author Solutions (The Digital Reader) 2012 eBook Sales Increased by 66% in the UK (Good e-Reader) The Atlantic Launches New eBook Division with e-Singles and Curated Content (Paid Content) Permission-Based Publishing: The New York Publishing Model and Why it Doesn’t Work (Huffington Post) Kindle Daily Deals: Greatest Knight [...]

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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)

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James Patterson and His Publishing Bailout Non-Plan

Juli Monroe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:55:30 +0000

I know I’m coming a bit late to this party, but I was out of town while everyone was discussing James Patterson’s ad. And I’m kind of glad I was. It gave me time to digest what other people were saying and form my own opinions. I wasn’t in favor of the government bailout of [...]

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Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Appoints New Executive Director

Dan Eldridge — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:26:30 +0000

The Independent Book Publishers Association yesterday announced that it has selected Angela Bole, currently the deputy executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, as the association’s next executive director. Bole will be replacing Florrie Binford Kichler, who will be retiring from the IBPA this June. “IBPA has been uniquely positioned as the heart and soul of independent [...]

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What does it take to turn your Tumblr into a book?

Susan Lulgjuraj — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:00:34 +0000

Tumblr has millions of active users, creating 90 million new posts a day. There are informative sites, funny sites and reflective sites. Throughout the years, some of Tumblr’s sites have become so popular some have even gotten book deals – well, 70, to be exact. Tumblr CEO David Karp revealed that number at the paidContent [...]

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David Gaughran on Argo Navis and Lazy Literary Agents

Juli Monroe — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:09 +0000

David Gaughran published a scathing article yesterday on Argo Navis Author Services and the agents who are promoting it to their clients. I wasn’t surprised that yet another barely dressed up distribution service was attempting to convince authors to give up a ridiculous percentage for services which are little better (and arguably worse) than those [...]

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Steps We Must Consider When Pricing E-Books? Really?

Juli Monroe — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:15:02 +0000

When I read the DBW article yesterday entitled “7 Must-Consider Strategies for Ebook Pricing,” I ended up scratching my head. What happened to “listen to the consumer and what they consistently tell you they want?” That sounds like a good idea when considering pricing e-books. Apparently not. It started with strategy #1. “Charge extra for [...]

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Morning Links: The three forces shaping book publishing

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:20:20 +0000

The Three Forces That Are Shaping 21st Century Book Publishing (Mike Shatzkin) Seven Must-Consider Strategies for eBook Pricing (Digital Book World) Random House Experiments with eBook Convergence via Black Crown (GoodeReader) Australia to Propose Copyright Reform that Includes Fair Use (Tech Dirt) Kindle Daily Deals: Arab Summer by David Lender (and 3 others)

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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StoryWorth: Stories that cross generations

Juli Monroe — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:50:50 +0000

We all love stories. For many of us, it’s why we read, whether on paper or in electrons. But what are the most meaningful stories? For many of us, we love stories about our past, our families, and where we came from. StoryWorth is a start-up that aims to make telling, reading and keeping those [...]

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Morning Links: Microsoft’s new 7-inch design specs

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:04:40 +0000

Kindle Fire to Now Accommodate Video-Enhanced E-Books (Good e-Reader) Why Microsoft’s new 7-inch design specs will help Windows 8 tablets succeed (Computerworld) Why ebooks are a different genre from print (The Guardian) The Role of Reading in Growing Asian Economies (Publishing Perspectives) Kindle Daily Deals: 6 Twilight novels by Stephanie Meyer (+ 3 others)

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