Publishers Perform Roles That Writers Need
The definition of “book publisher” is up for grabs, and those in the industry will have to be brave and imaginative, in double-quick time, to lay claim to this new definition. Others might find it...
View ArticleNew York Times Has More Twitter Followers Than Print Subscribers
The New York Times has a great online brand and business… [but the print newspaper business] is imploding and dragging down the rest of the company. Sounds like a familiar problem these days, right?...
View ArticleIs Print Publishing the New Vanity Press?
All is vanity by quinn.anya, on Flickr [Seth] Godin, a best-selling author of marketing books such as Tribes and Permission Marketing, felt he no longer needed his traditional publisher. Notably,...
View ArticlePrint Publishing’s Bastard Cousin
Looks like “old school” publishers and authors are continuing to struggle with the transition from print publishing to digital publishing. At The National Book Awards last night, books were being...
View ArticleeBook FAIL?!?!
Zany and intriguing book concept! Jonathan Safran Foer’s Tree of Codes is a timely reminder that ebooks can’t do everything…
View ArticleBooks and Beer
It’s no mystery that the folks at Just Beer at Buzzard’s Bay Brewing are a slightly quirky bunch, so it should be no surprise that their newest version of India Pale Ale is served up with a novel...
View ArticleEBooks: Supplement or Supplant
The future of the book Ramin Setoodeh suggests, is coming into view. Quickly. What exactly this future will look like is anybody’s guess, but the publishing industry has reached a tipping point....
View ArticleJane Friedman on the Future of Publishing
Christina Katz: Is the future of publishing bleak? Go ahead and tell us. We can take it. Jane Friedman: The future of paper-book publishing is bleak. Paper books will become talismans, souvenirs,...
View ArticleTinkering with Perception
Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man (TEDTalk) “How many problems of life could we solve actually by tinkering with perception rather than that tedious hard working and messy business of...
View ArticleSurrounded By Books
Surrounded by Books: 10 Second Pause A publishing world evolution. Print. Digital. Books. Gadgets. We’re bombarded with speculation, doomsday nay-saying and snake oil promises. Exciting. Exhausting....
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