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  • Goodreads moves away from Amazon API for book data over restrictive terms of use

    Book trade news from Book2book
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm

  • Pan Macmillan launches first phase of new website

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    James Long
    17 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am
    Pan Macmillan has launched today its new website – www.panmacmillan.com – designed for consumers, trade and the media. The new site at www.panmacmillan.com delivers a web infrastructure on which to build and develop a growing range of direct-to-consumer platforms to support Pan Macmillan’s established and evolving brands, including picador.com and mykindabook.com. The website was designed by design agency Root, selected after a four-way pitch for their original and striking design. MMT Digital was selected after a five-way pitch for the technical build. A content-rich Home Page enables…

  • Why a Book Editor Becomes a Literary Agent

    Publishing Perspectives
    Olivia Snaije
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    “My motivation comes from wanting to work with writers on editorial.” By Olivia Snaije LONDON: British editor Rebecca Carter is known in the publishing world for her indefatigable work bringing international literature in English and in translation to readers. Over the past 15 years she spent at Random House UK’s imprints Chatto & Windus and more recently Harvill Secker, Carter has edited Ma Jian’s Beijing Coma, Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Irene Némirovsky’s Suite Française, Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Atiq Rahimi’s Earth and…

  • Facebook Timeline to Be Mandatory Soon

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    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    Facebook announced this week that the Facebook Timeline feature will be mandatory for all accounts soon, inspiring excitement, concern and a Jeffrey Koterba cartoon. Check it out: “Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you’ll have 7 days to preview what’s there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.” After editing our own Timeline page last year, we’ve included six steps that writers and publishers can follow to make sure they have a satisfying Timeline page before the…

  • Digital Book World: Consumers, Data, and Analytics in the Digital Book Era

    somersault
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) senior news editor Calvin Reid (@calreid) says, “Despite the constant economic pressures on a book publishing industry in the midst of change, the Digital Book World conference (#dbw12) [that ended yesterday in New York City] offered a snap shot of a range of industry positions and best practices as it comes to grips with digital delivery.... the book industry is indeed reinventing itself on a daily basis.” There are more electronic reading devices, some 60 million e-readers and tablets, in the hands of consumer and there are more ways to buy…
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  • Video: Alec Wilkinson on The Ice Balloon

    Shannon Donnelly
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    Alec Wilkinson talks about his new book, The Ice Balloon, which Brain Pickings calls “remarkable.”

  • Win The Fear Index and Start Shooting!

    Shannon Donnelly
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm
    Heat up your winter with two books guaranteed to get your pulse racing. Five winners will each receive pre-publication editions of The Fear Index by Robert Harris and Start Shooting by Charlie Newton. More details here!

  • Life Sentences by William H. Gass

    pcortland
    17 Jan 2012 | 2:02 pm
    “Mr. Gass is an ironist of the highest caliber, a metafictional novelist of the Coover, Barth, Pynchon and Gaddis school. At 87, he is an improbable éminence grise of American letters, festooned with accolades; if there is any justice in the world he will one day get his Nobel prize. . . . [Life Sentences] is a literary miracle.” —The New York Observer A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master writers. It begins with the personal, both past and present. It emphasizes Gass’s lifelong attachment to books and moves on…

  • Video: Ben Marcus Talks About The Flame Alphabet

    Shannon Donnelly
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm
    Ben Marcus stopped by our offices to talk about his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. Watch the video here:

  • The Knopf Doubleday Author Series at Macaulay Continues February 16 with “Indie Next Pick” Richard Mason and History of a Pleasure Seeker

    Amanda Camino
    13 Jan 2012 | 10:07 am
    The acclaimed novelist Richard Mason is the next writer slated to appear in the Knopf Doubleday Author Series at Macaulay’s historic building near Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side. On Feb. 16 at 7 PM, Mason (The Drowning People – “A literary sensation,” The New York Times Book Review) will read from, discuss and sign copies of his brilliant, naughty new novel, History of a Pleasure Seeker. (Books will be for sale at the event.) “History of a Pleasure Seeker is an educated and refined novel, in which pleasures and gilded life are predominant.” – Italian Vanity Fair…
 
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  • In The Books

    Jon
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm
    TweetIt’s that time of year again. We’ve compiled all the great books, ideas, and activities that 800-CEO-READ was involved in over the past year and published them in our annual In the Books publication. As the intro states: “At 800-CEO-READ, we don’t come to work everyday just to sell business books. We go to work to try to improve the way business is done.” This publication is the clearest example of that. Featuring the winners, shortlist, and candidates from the 2011 Business Book Awards, ChangeThis highlights, 8cr events and activities, 100 Best book…

  • ChangeThis: Issue 90

    dylan
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:29 pm
    Tweet GROW: How to Change the Narrative of Business by Jim Stengel “The business case for brand ideals is not altruism. It’s self-interest and mutual interest. In addition to its wider positive impact, a devotion to brand ideals will do more for your own business and career than any other factor. Maximum business growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.” Transcendent Leadership: How to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime by Les McKeown “What if each successive leadership role brought out more of what makes you you, rather than asking you to compromise your core…

  • Attention Business Authors!

    Jon
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:40 pm
    Tweet               The 800-CEO-READ AUTHOR POW WOW January 13-15, 2013 Austin, TX **REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE** NOW THROUGH APRIL 1: $1000 April 1 – October 1: $1250 October through event: $1500 REGISTER HERE! The Author Pow Wow will not only provide you with all the knowledge you need to do what works, but will also connect you to the people who can help you in the process. During an intimate and intensive two days, authors, soon-to-be authors, publishers, publicists, marketers, agents, speaking experts, social media strategists, and business people…

  • The End of Illness

    Jon
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:59 pm
    TweetOn one hand, this book is not our usual thing. On the other hand, nothing can move forward if our health isn’t in order. So, it’s completely worth pointing out Dr. David B. Agus’ new book, The End of Illness. The provocative title certainly draws our attention, and we might be expecting a “to-do list” of things we’ve heard before. Certainly, there are some universal truths in here that we’ve heard all our lives (the question is, are we adhering to them?), but also, there are more than a few discoveries in here that might surprise us, about the…

  • The Fear Index, a business thriller

    Sally
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Tweet We’re thrilled (seriously!) to post an excerpt from Robert Harris (best selling author of Fatherland, Pompeii, and The Ghost Writer, which was made into a movie with Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, and many others) to showcase his new novel The Fear Index may not be our typical fare, but the novel appeals to us for many reasons: a master storyteller, the drama of hedge fund trading, a really creepy old book–Darwin in this case–, lots of money, and lots of thrills. To start the adventure, read below! The Fear Index Robert Harris Knopf | Hardcover | January, 2012 |…
 
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  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Amazon Deal & Art of Letter Writing: Top Stories of the Week

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:23 am
    For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s shocking news about Amazon, a fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account and  Jack Gantos‘ Newbery Medal winning novel (pictured). Click here to sign up for GalleyCat’s daily email newsletter, getting all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in one place. 1. 10 Bestselling Books with More Than 80 One-Star Reviews 2. What’s the Best Book You’ve Read in a Single Day? 3. Cormac McCarthy Did Not Join Twitter 4. Pinterest…

  • Fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter Account Suspended

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:51 am
    Join me in welcoming @CormacCMcCarthy to Twitter! We have the best authors in the world right here. — Jack Dorsey (@jack) January 24, 2012 The strange saga of the fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter feed has ended. The Twitter feed that once excited writers around the Internet now reads: “Account suspended. The profile you are trying to view has been suspended.” Oddly enough, the fake feed managed to fool more readers this week–including Twitter executive chairman Jack Dorsey (his tweet, later retracted, is embedded above). Explore more tweets below–you can also read the…

  • Facebook Timeline to Be Mandatory Soon

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    Facebook announced this week that the Facebook Timeline feature will be mandatory for all accounts soon, inspiring excitement, concern and a Jeffrey Koterba cartoon. Check it out: “Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you’ll have 7 days to preview what’s there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.” After editing our own Timeline page last year, we’ve included six steps that writers and publishers can follow to make sure they have a satisfying Timeline page before the…

  • Tom Isbell Lands 7-Figure Book Deal

    Maryann Yin
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:23 am
    Actor Tom Isbell has landed a seven-figure book deal at HarperCollins’ children’s division for a young adult fantasy trilogy. The first book is entitled The Hatchery. Literary agent Victoria Sanders negotiated the deal with acquiring editors Alyson Day and Phoebe Yeh. A tentative publication date has been set for 2013. Isbell has starred in movies alongside Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Harrison Ford. He has also written children’s plays; he is currently adapting Rodman Philbrick‘s Newberry Honor-winning book, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (to be…

  • STUDY: Apple Has 58% Share of the Tablet Market

    Dianna Dilworth
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    According to a new study from Strategy Analytics, the iPad is still the dominant tablet, but it has lost market share. The company estimates that Apple had a 58 percent share of the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 68 percent of the market in the same period the year before. Strategy Analytics director Peter King explained: “Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, surging 150 percent from 10.7 million in Q4 2010. Demand for tablets among consumer, business and education users remains strong … Apple shrugged off the…
 
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  • Geolocation and Accelerometer APIs

    24 Jan 2012 | 10:49 pm
    Devices such as the iPhone are also location-aware; its GPS receiver is able to determine its position anywhere in the world. Movement can be tracked, the current speed can be obtained, and even the direction the device is facing can be determined. In addition to mapping, location services are finding their way into all kinds of areas ranging from photography to messaging clients. In this article written by Christopher Caleb, author of Flash iOS Apps Cookbook, we will cover the following recipes: Determining your current location Determining your speed and heading Checking for geolocation…

  • .NET Generics 4.0: Container Patterns and Best Practices

    24 Jan 2012 | 4:59 am
    There are several generic containers and generic algorithms available in the .NET Framework and a couple of other majorly accepted APIs such as Power Collections and C5. In this article by Sudipta Mukherjee, author of .NET Generics 4.0 Beginner’s Guide, we will take a look at: Generic container patterns: There are several patterns that are used more than the others in code bases that use Generics. Here, we shall walk through some of these very popular generic structures. Best practices: Here we shall walk through a list of best practices with succinct causes to back them.

  • Axure RP 6 Prototyping Essentials: Advanced Interactions

    23 Jan 2012 | 5:19 am
    This article covers some advanced topics such as conditions, raised events, and so on. In this article by Ezra Schwartz, author of Axure RP 6 Prototyping Essentials, we will cover a set of features such as raised events, conditional logic and variables, introduction to a terminology which is usually associated with programming and suggests complexity. It is understandable if you are not interested in, or are intimidated by, the prospect of coding, and wish to avoid using this set of Axure features as long as possible. You should not. First, rest assured that no coding is involved. By now, you…

  • Oracle JDeveloper 11gR2: Application Modules

    20 Jan 2012 | 5:50 am

  • Working with Dashboards in Dynamics CRM

    19 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    One of the best user features found in Dynamics CRM 2011 is the addition of standard dashboards. Dashboards can contain any combination of charts, lists, and other components to help give users a visual and interactive view of their CRM data. This article will explain how to edit user and system dashboards along with detailed information about the different properties that you can change on chart and list components. In this article by Mark AuCoin, author of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Dashboards Cookbook, we will cover the following topics: Editing a user dashboard Editing a system…
 
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  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Amazon Deal & Art of Letter Writing: Top Stories of the Week

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:23 am
    For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s shocking news about Amazon, a fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account and  Jack Gantos‘ Newbery Medal winning novel (pictured). Click here to sign up for GalleyCat’s daily email newsletter, getting all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in one place. 1. 10 Bestselling Books with More Than 80 One-Star Reviews 2. What’s the Best Book You’ve Read in a Single Day? 3. Cormac McCarthy Did Not Join Twitter 4. Pinterest…

  • Fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter Account Suspended

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:51 am
    Join me in welcoming @CormacCMcCarthy to Twitter! We have the best authors in the world right here. — Jack Dorsey (@jack) January 24, 2012 The strange saga of the fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter feed has ended. The Twitter feed that once excited writers around the Internet now reads: “Account suspended. The profile you are trying to view has been suspended.” Oddly enough, the fake feed managed to fool more readers this week–including Twitter executive chairman Jack Dorsey (his tweet, later retracted, is embedded above). Explore more tweets below–you can also read the…

  • Facebook Timeline to Be Mandatory Soon

    Jason Boog
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    Facebook announced this week that the Facebook Timeline feature will be mandatory for all accounts soon, inspiring excitement, concern and a Jeffrey Koterba cartoon. Check it out: “Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you’ll have 7 days to preview what’s there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.” After editing our own Timeline page last year, we’ve included six steps that writers and publishers can follow to make sure they have a satisfying Timeline page before the…

  • Tom Isbell Lands 7-Figure Book Deal

    Maryann Yin
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:23 am
    Actor Tom Isbell has landed a seven-figure book deal at HarperCollins’ children’s division for a young adult fantasy trilogy. The first book is entitled The Hatchery. Literary agent Victoria Sanders negotiated the deal with acquiring editors Alyson Day and Phoebe Yeh. A tentative publication date has been set for 2013. Isbell has starred in movies alongside Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Harrison Ford. He has also written children’s plays; he is currently adapting Rodman Philbrick‘s Newberry Honor-winning book, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (to be…

  • STUDY: Apple Has 58% Share of the Tablet Market

    Dianna Dilworth
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    According to a new study from Strategy Analytics, the iPad is still the dominant tablet, but it has lost market share. The company estimates that Apple had a 58 percent share of the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 68 percent of the market in the same period the year before. Strategy Analytics director Peter King explained: “Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, surging 150 percent from 10.7 million in Q4 2010. Demand for tablets among consumer, business and education users remains strong … Apple shrugged off the…
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    Pub Rants

  • Fridays With Agent Kristin

    Agent Kristin
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    STATUS: Through snow and more snow, the show must go on!What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? I FALL TO PIECES by Patsy ClineWithout further ado, I'm delighted to debut in 2012 a series of video blog rants called Fridays With Agent Kristin. And I hope you cut me some slack with this first one because let me tell you, this was hard to do.Let me take that back. It was really easy to do a crappy video clip. To do a decent one took me an hour and 15 or 20 takes to nail a clip that was even remotely worth taking on to the editing stage.I have a WHOLE new appreciation for anyone in the…

  • The AAR Makes 'Observations' On Agent Roles & ePublishing

    Agent Kristin
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:31 pm
    STATUS: I need to go home and eat dinner. What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? HOT HOT HOT by Buster PoindexterJust last week, The Association of Authors' Representatives sent out an email alert to all its members highlighting that the Board has been discussing the current AAR Canon of Ethics as it relates to agent members helping clients with ePublishing.To sum up, the AAR realizes that the role of literary agent is changing and that many author clients will be asking their agents for assistance in making backlist titles available in electronic form.For full disclosure, I am a…

  • When You Are A Beginning Writer, The Keyword is Focus

    Agent Kristin
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:10 pm
    STATUS: Snowy day in Denver so I definitely felt like working. What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? OUT OF TOUCH by Hall & OatesIt occasionally happens that when we request sample pages, read it, and then send a rejection letter, the writer will often approach us with another project. Nothing wrong with that!But here's what surprises me. Sometimes it's a story in the same vein (as in the same genre or it's also a young adult or what have you) but a lot of times it's not. I'm constantly amazed at how often the next project pitched is wildly different. Not even in the same ball…

  • Should Dorchester Remain on Probation? Yes.

    Agent Kristin
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    STATUS: Was all set to potentially launch something cool on Friday and lo and behold, ice storm in Seattle. Trust me, this makes sense because we are based in Denver but our tech person, who manages all things digital, is in Seattle. She had no electricity or internet for 3 days. Shudders. What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? FREE by Graffiti6Last week, the Vice President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America reached out to SFWA members about Dorchester Publishing.Dorchester's probationary period is scheduled to end on January 31, 2012 and SFWA would like to evaluate…

  • Weighing In On SOPA-PIPA

    Agent Kristin
    18 Jan 2012 | 7:12 pm
    STATUS: Rather a quiet week. I'm finally catching up since beginning of year. This might last a week or two but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD by Jimmy BuffettI love sopaipillas! Add a little honey and powdered sugar and you've got yum. Truly one of my fav desserts.But SOPA-PIPA, not so much.As most of you have probably heard by now, there is an internet strike occurring and thousands of sites have gone dark (such as boing boing and wikipedia) in protest.Both Acts have lovely-intention sounding names: Protect IP Act…
 
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  • iBooks Author: Appreciating Apple's Intent

    Joe Wikert
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am
    Apple's recent announcement and release of their iBooks Author tool was met with plenty of controversy. This HuffPost article pretty well sums things up. My question is simply this: Why all the fuss? Apple's intent has never been to improve the book publishing industry. Just like Amazon and any other ebook vendor, Apple's goal is to capture share of this rapidly growing segment. In Apple's case, they've simply decided to offer an authoring tool that's capable of creating some pretty darned cool products. If Amazon were to do the same thing and create a terrific…

  • Jason Calacanis Shares His Thoughts on Amazon's Dominance

    Joe Wikert
    20 Jan 2012 | 7:23 am
    Jason Calacanis, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. and currently host of This Week in Startups is never afraid to voice his opinions. One of his recent articles entitled The Cult of Amazon Prime caught my eye because it paints such a vivid picture of Amazon's growing market dominance. I appreciate the leadership role Amazon has played over the years but I'm also concerned about the dangers of one vendor controlling too much of the market. Jason agreed to discuss my concerns in this interview. Key points include:  Does Amazon Prime spell the end of the local mall?  -- It…

  • Tools of Change (TOC) Executive Roundtable

    Joe Wikert
    17 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    Large conferences like Tools of Change (TOC) New York are a wonderful way to learn about new developments in publishing as well as spend time with many of our peers. And while the networking and idea exchange that happens at TOC is second to none I believe there's an opportunity for us to do more, especially for the executive community. That's why TOC is about to launch a new series of periodic meetings for publishing executives. We're calling these the TOC Executive Roundtables and they're a way for CxO's and other senior level leaders to discuss and, more…

  • Kindle Fire Lessons Learned

    Joe Wikert
    9 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am
    I don't regret spending the $200 I paid Amazon for my Kindle Fire. I tried it out and decided it wasn't for me, so I gave it to my daughter instead. Even though I no longer use the Fire I wanted to share the things I learned about the device and myself over the past several weeks. Let's start off with the good side of things. Kindle Fire Pros Form factor -- I prefer the Fire's size to the iPad's. It's nice being able to wrap your hand around the entire device and the lighter weight is a big plus for the Fire. Of course, it's the same form factor as…

  • Scott Berkun on Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing

    Joe Wikert
    3 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am
    Scott Berkun has enjoyed fame and fortune as an author working with a traditional publisher (O'Reilly), so why did he venture into the world of self-publishing for his latest book, Mindfire? Is he happy with the results and will he ever work with a traditional publisher again? Those are a few of the questions he answers in this TOC interview. Key points include: Self-publishing was a learning opportunity  -- Some authors are curious to learn the finer aspects of what goes into making a book and Scott quickly learned a lot with the Mindfire experience. [Discussed at 1:05] Blogging…
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  • PW’s Week Ahead 01.27.12

    rob@burstmarketing.com (BurstMarketing)
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am
    Returning from ALA’s midwinter meeting, which included the annual presentations of the Caldecott and Newbery prizes, PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese notes the number of issues facing libraries these days —from budget stress and complex technology, to copyright and legislative issues. “But no issue has loomed larger for libraries than the lending of library e-books,” he tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally. At a meeting of the ALA’s Working Group on Digital Content and Libraries, ALA executive director Keith Fiels announced that ALA officials had set up meetings in New York for next…

  • BTB #276: Publishers Face Future With Growing Concern

    rob@burstmarketing.com (BurstMarketing)
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am
    This morning, on opening day of the 2012 Digital Book World Conference + Expo, James L. McQuivey, Ph.D., Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, detailed a survey of publishing executives that sees declining enthusiasm about their business chances in the e-book era. “People are generally optimistic still, but that optimism is waning,” McQuivey told CCC’s Chris Kenneally shortly before he spoke to more than 1400 editors, executives, and technologists. “Publishers have started to do the hard work of making the digital transition and they’re finding that it is,…

  • BTB #275: Copyright On the Continent

    rob@burstmarketing.com (BurstMarketing)
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:46 am
    It’s a decade since the European Commission set out to create a uniform regime in Europe for intellectual property rights. For the tenth anniversary of that important effort – the 2001 InfoSoc Directive – the Commission presented in 2011 a new strategic approach, linking promotion and protection of IP rights as a way to boost creativity and innovation. “One of the things the Commission said they would focus on was to push for a solution for multi-territorial licensing in Europe,” Victoriano Colodron of RightsDirect, CCC’s European subsidiary, explained to CCC’s Chris Kenneally.

  • BTB #274: Measuring the E-book Market

    rob@burstmarketing.com (BurstMarketing)
    22 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    The e-book revolution is underway, and moving beyond North America. Using actual data – and not forecasts – The Global eBook Market: Current Conditions & Future Projections, is considered an important step to understanding the global impact of this watershed publishing moment. “We saw that reading devices, as well as tablet devices, have been very, very popular Christmas gifts in Europe,” explains author Ruediger Wischenbart, a Vienna-based journalist and consultant specializing in book publishing and the cultural industries. “So, we have quite a significant environment now,…

  • PW’s Week Ahead 01.20.12

    rob@burstmarketing.com (BurstMarketing)
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am
    In a week that saw Apple go to school, lawmakers on Capitol Hill watched Wikipedia go dark in opposition to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act. When the lights came back up, there was a new gunslinger in town. “The tech business has shown that its lobbying machine has some game with the way it turned so many lawmakers around,” PW’s Andrew Albanese tells Chris Kenneally about the impact of the SOPA protests. “The public values its Internet. Clearly. And by provoking this kind of response … my fear is for a setback for reasonable anti-piracy legislation, which we can all agree, is…
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  • Guests At Large: Anthony Daniels At C2E2

    Peter Tatara
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:36 pm
    What’s the one constant between all six Star Wars movies? Is there one face or voice who's been there from Episode I all the way through VI? There is. And, in fact, the is only one. Anthony Daniels -- the voice and the body of C-3PO -- is the only cast member to have appeared in all six of the Star Wars films, and -- come April -- he'll be appearing at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. Coming to C2E2 with the help of our friends at Official Pix, Daniels will be signing autographs and recounting his adventures inside a tight, gold suit. Coming all the way from London to…

  • Super Important Urgent Update!

    Peter Tatara
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am
    Just a friendly reminder to anyone reading the blog at ReedPOP, get your shit out of the refrigerator today or else Vic's  throwing it out.  Also, Ron's still selling candy.

  • Interview At Large: Steve Gadlin and Mighty Mike Negin

    Peter Tatara
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pm
    ReedPOP covers a wide spectrum of pop culture at our shows. Comics, video games, movies, toys, television, anime, books. And cats. Yes, cats. Now, we have to say we love all the strains of popular entertainment equally, but -- in truth -- our affection for just about everything pales next to kitties. @MightyMikeNegin will be presenting a series of interviews in the lead up to this year's C2E2, and he starts us off with something of the feline persuasion. Before we talk to creators and Marvel and DC, Mike's picking the brain of Steve Gadlin from IWantToDrawACatForYou.com. Cats adorn many a…

  • Guests At Large: Silvestri, Petersen, and More At C2E2

    Peter Tatara
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:24 am
    Kim was giggling and squealing this morning. So was Brian. So am I. Why? We got some amazing news around C2E2 we'll be sharing with you as soon as we can. Of course, we've got some news today that ain't too shabby, either. Marc Silvestri, David Peterson, and five more comics creators have been announced as guests at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. Silvestri got his big break with Uncanny X-Men, and after a stint at both Marvel and DC, he emerged to lead Top Cow Productions, where he produced his most famous series: Witchblade, The Darkness, and Cyberforce. David Petersen,…

  • Garden In The Sky! High Line Phase Three Is Go!

    Peter Tatara
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am
    Years ago, Manhattan had raised subway lines. Lifted above the streets, they carried trains that clattered atop cavemen and horse-drawn buggies down below. Now, one of the last relics of this bygone era sleeps on the West side of Manhattan around Chelsea and Union Square. And for decades, it was just that, a relic. It was the bones of a long-gone, faded, rusted memory. Then, after community support, fervent volunteers, and successful fundraising, the hulk of this abandoned train line was transformed into an above-ground park. It's called the High Line.To get just a wee bit nerdy, it's kinda…
 
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  • Can costly academic indexes be fixed?

    Chris Meadows
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    I ran across an interesting pair of articles concerning academic journal indexes—a complaint about the journals’ expense and inaccessibility by Laura McKenna in The Atlantic, and a rebuttal pointing out a number of errors and misconceptions in McKenna’s article by Nancy Sims of the University of Minnesota Libraries on her blog. At the heart of McKenna’s complaint is the often outlandish pricing for individual articles found on some of these journals, such as JSTOR. She brings up the example of a charge of $38 for a 12-page article. McKenna posts an explanation for this state of…

  • Implications of the paperback revolution for the e-book age

    Chris Meadows
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm
    Salon Magazine has republished an Imprint review of a book about two men who revolutionized the paperback publishing age back in the 1960s. The Electric Information Age Book is about publisher Jerome Agel and designer Quentin Fiore’s bold experiment in making paperback books that were more than just flimsy versions of hardcovers. Agel aimed to produce paperback books that best represented and conveyed the media realities of the era. The radical use of text, typography and illustrations challenged the traditional expectations of how the pages of a book could be presented to readers. The…

  • Bloomberg profiles Larry Kirshbaum, Amazon’s publishing chief

    Chris Meadows
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:42 pm
    Bloomberg Businessweek has a five-page profile on former publisher turned literary agent Larry Kirshbaum, who Amazon picked to head up its publishing division that is stirring up so much fear and loathing in the publishing industry. (The title of the piece, “Amazon’s Hit Man”, and the cover of the magazine issue featuring a burning book with the all-caps block-letter legend “AMAZON WANTS TO BURN THE BOOK BUSINESS” might be taken as some indication of that.) For all that the title and magazine cover are a bit (literally) inflammatory, the article is a reasonably balanced look at…

  • Goodreads moves away from Amazon API for book data over restrictive terms of use

    Chris Meadows
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:56 am
    Social reading site Goodreads is changing the API it uses for pulling book metadata to the site, PaidContent reports. It had been using Amazon’s public Product Advertising API which allowed it to import title, author, page count, and so on. However, Goodreads finds the terms of use for the API have become too restrictive for the site to continue to use it. In particular, Amazon will not allow sites using the API to link to the book on any other on-line retailer except Amazon, but Goodreader provides links to titles on multiple retailers. Also, Amazon will not allow content from its API to…

  • One danger of buying a Kindle – someone can get your credit card info

    Paul Biba
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am
    The Consumerist has a cautionary tale today. An Amazon customer bought a Kindle, but the package went astray in shipment.  Amazon immediately sent another one, however: My suspicions were confirmed. Someone else had gotten their hands on the first Kindle lost in shipment and because the Kindle came preloaded with my name, email, address and credit card information, this person(s) was able to make purchases on this Kindle. I spoke with the customer service agents who after understanding did their best to help me. They refunded all the purchases that were made. By the time I discovered this,…
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  • Medialoper Bebop Episode 29: Into Outer Space With Newt Gingrich

    Jim Connelly
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:57 pm
    This week, Tim, Jim & Kirk start by discussing the implications of Google’s new privacy policies. (3:40 – 15:10) Then, we’re all going to be Moon People. All we have to do is elect Newt Gingrich! (15:11 – 22:46). After that, it’s the latest installment of our “You’re An Idiot” segment. This time, the idiot is Tim, who defends his unholy love for American Idol. (22:47 – 33:45) Finally, Tim shares what’s in his mix: the new album from Mogwai, that live video of the Flaming Lips with Nels Cline and tUnE-yArDs. (33:46 – 41:00)…

  • Medialoper Bebop Episode 28: [REDACTED]

    Jim Connelly
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Kirk, Tim & Jim have all seen Moneyball, so we figured we’d talk about both the film and the concept. (05:30 – 15:20) After that, we look at the SOPA protests, including the one on this site. And explain why Lamar Smith, the author (or “author”) of SOPA, is exactly like Snooki. (15:22 – 20:55) Then, we look at SPIN’s plan to tweet the vast majority of their record reviews. (20:56 – 32:53) Finally, it’s Kirk’s turn to explain what is in his mix, which has been utterly transformed by iTunes Match: Elmore James, Sharon Jones and Matthew…

  • Medialoper Bebop Episode 27: Brain Decline

    Jim Connelly
    11 Jan 2012 | 8:18 pm
    In their first podcast of 2012, Jim & Tim wonder if you’ve heard that new Van Halen song. Kirk could care less. But it does lead to a discussion about various band reunions as well as the various incarnations of Van Halen. (4:37 – 11:04) Then, there is general worry at a British study that says brain decline starts in the mid-40s, not the early 60s. (11:05 – 19:55) Also, speaking of decline, has any retailer had a swifter decline than Best Buy? Probably, but who can remember? Kirk traces it back to when they got into a public spat with the DuroSport Electronics…

  • Medialoper Bebop Episode 26: Washing Your Mouth Out With SOPA

    Jim Connelly
    20 Dec 2011 | 5:03 pm
    The week, Kirk, Jim & Tim take a look at the Stop Online Piracy Act, and how its destroy-the-net-to-save-it approach towards internet piracy (or “piracy,”) threatens pretty much the entire internet as we know it. Thank the gods that the United States House of Representatives is on the case!! (05:19 – 13:29) Meanwhile, Louis CK (whose name I inexplicably mispronounce) shows exactly how stupid the screams of “piracy is killing our business” are by releasing a DRM-free, consumer-friendly concert. (13:31 – 24:22) Then, it’s my latest Barry Bonds…

  • Where The Wild Thing Are: A Report From Lollapalooza 1994

    Jim Connelly
    12 Dec 2011 | 6:13 pm
    Originally published by Kade Magazine on September 8, 1994 Posting this here because on last week’s podcast we had a discussion about seeing The Smashing Pumpkins during their post-Siamese Dream phase, as well as Kirk’s assertion that the Pumpkins were better than Nirvana. This article touches on all of that, and is also representative of my take on indie/alternative just as it was beginning to peak out, commercially. . . . So I was standing on line for Lollapalooza ’94 bumping backpacks with thousands of other cool undergound rockers and there’s this really annoying…
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  • Pan Macmillan launches first phase of new website

    James Long
    17 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am
    Pan Macmillan has launched today its new website – www.panmacmillan.com – designed for consumers, trade and the media. The new site at www.panmacmillan.com delivers a web infrastructure on which to build and develop a growing range of direct-to-consumer platforms to support Pan Macmillan’s established and evolving brands, including picador.com and mykindabook.com. The website was designed by design agency Root, selected after a four-way pitch for their original and striking design. MMT Digital was selected after a five-way pitch for the technical build. A content-rich Home Page enables…

  • Pan Macmillan launches new ebook bundles and second round of digital-only Short Reads featuring Peter James and Emma Donoghue

    James Long
    22 Dec 2011 | 5:00 am
    Pan Macmillan today published its first ebook bundles (collections of 2 or 3 titles in a single ebook) and a second collection of ebook Short Reads for 2011’s digital Christmas. The ebook bundles will sell from between £13.99 and £15.99 and include books by bestselling writers Ken Follett, Jon Ronson, Sue Grafton and Andrew Marr. Ken Follett’s Thundering Good Thrillers feature three classic spy thrillers from the master stortyteller, Eye of the Needle, Jackdaws and Hornet Flight. A History of 20th Century Britain bundles together for the first time Andrew Marr’s two bestselling…

  • Gerald Durrell and Vita Sackville-West for a new generation Bello, Pan Macmillan’s new digital imprint, launches today

    James Long
    16 Dec 2011 | 4:04 am
    Today, Friday 16 December, Pan Macmillan publishes the first twenty titles from its new digital imprint Bello, reviving 20th century classics for a 21st century audience. All launch books are drawn from the prestigious backlist of the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency. Featured in the launch e-book list are 10 titles by one of the country’s best-loved naturalists, Gerald Durrell, whose stories about his globetrotting adventures with animals have enchanted generations of children and adults. Amongst the titles are much-loved favourites such as Beasts in my Belfry, Catch Me a Colobus…

  • Dear Zoo for iPad

    James Long
    7 Dec 2011 | 11:32 am
    Dear Zoo for iPad is now available on the App Store. Open the crates from the zoo and find a TALL giraffe, a very FIERCE lion, an extremely NAUGHTY monkey – and much more. Call out the animal names and noises and discover the touch-activated animations. Fun for the whole family, the Dear Zoo App for iPad is perfect for cuddling up with and sharing again and again. What will the zoo send you? Dear Zoo for iPad features the classic story, plus: Lively animation that responds to your child’s touch. Two ways to enjoy the app: “Read the book” or “Read to me”. “Read to Me” audio…

  • Pan Macmillan partners with Curtis Brown to launch new digital imprint – Macmillan Bello

    James Long
    12 Oct 2011 | 5:03 am
    Pan Macmillan announced today a partnership between its new digital imprint, Macmillan Bello, and Curtis Brown, one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious literary agencies. Macmillan Bello was previously known as Macmillan Compass, the working title for the imprint when its forthcoming launch was first announced in June this year. Pan Macmillan’s Managing Director, Anthony Forbes Watson, says, “Why Bello? Because Bello is an African footballer, Spanish intellectual, Venezuelan poet and American bass guitarist as well as a big and beautiful modern font, and the way an Italian…
 
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  • Efficiency over growth (and jobs)

    Jeff Jarvis
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:29 am
    The hook to every song sung at Davos is “jobs, jobs, jobs.” The chorus of machers on stages here operate under an article of faith that growth can come back, that they can stimulate it, that that will create jobs, and then that all will be eventually well. What if that’s not the case? I am coming to believe, more and more, that technology is leading to efficiency over growth. I’ve written about that here.This notion is obviously true in some sectors of society: see news and media, retail, travel sales, and other arenas. But how many more sectors will this rule strike:…

  • Davos, disrupted

    Jeff Jarvis
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:53 am
    I’m among the disrupted of Davos. Outside, there’s an #OccupyDavos encampment in igloos (really). Down the road, someone will be giving out an award to the worst company of the world. But the disruption is no longer outside. That’s what I sensed in past years; that’s what they wanted to believe here. Now the disruption is inside. Every institution is challenged. Every. The World Economic Forum issued a list of global risks (though Google’s Eric Schmidt countered on his Google+ page that he’s optimistic; that’s because he’s a disruptor).

  • Public Parts on Reding’s four pillars

    Jeff Jarvis
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:34 pm
    Since European Commission VP Viviane Reding’s proposal for internet regulation — under her four pillars — are the topic of discussion this week at DLD in Munich and in Europe, here is what I wrote about them in Public Parts: I fear the unintended consequences that may come from regulation. Take, for example, European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding’s four pillars of data protection, which she proposed in 2011. I have no argument with one of them: transparency. Companies that collect data should be open about when that is done and how information will be used.

  • #DLD12: Viviane Reding on privacy

    Jeff Jarvis
    22 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    I’m at the DLD conference in Munich. Haven’t live-blogged in ages. But the European Commission vice-president Viviane Reding is speaking and I disagreed with her rather a lot in Public Parts, arguing that her four pillars for internet governance — privacy by default, demanding European standards for storage of data, the right to be forgotten, and transparency — bring unintended consequences. Reding says that in “Europe, we have too many rules, too many conflicting rules.” So she wants to take over the rules for all Europe. Look at SOPA, too: There is a…

  • Where Gutenberg worked

    Jeff Jarvis
    21 Jan 2012 | 10:08 am
    I took a detour on a trip to Europe so I could visit Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum, having become obsessed with the great man and his magnificent disruption as both an inventor and an entrepreneur. It was awe-inspiring to stand before the first known page of his printing (a snippet from the Sibylline prophesy, found in the binding of another book). It’s not beautiful; betas rarely are. But next to it is the culmination of Gutenberg’s art in three of his his Bibles, his masterpieces. Another case captured my imagination. In it were the indulgences the Catholic Church could make…
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  • Top 100 green apps - Whirleo

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:45 am
    We are creating a list of the top 100 apps that will help you go green as part of our effort to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. Apps become an integral part of our life and a valuable tool and we believe we should also take advantage of them when it comes go greening up our life.Every Friday we update you with a new app on the list, and today we're happy to introduce an app that according to the Alternative Consumer is "an eco-themed app game that can help you connect with your kids while teaching them the importance of saving the planet and fighting pollution."Our app isWhirleo from…

  • What we can really learn from Booklr comparison between the top 100 Kindle and Nook lists

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:05 pm
    Booklr just released an interesting comparison between the prices of the top 100 sold ebooks on BN.com and Amazon. It's an interesting comparison, although it might have reached the wrong conclusion."With the Kindle Fire, Nook, and e-readers constantly in the news, Booklr took a look at the prices in the Amazon Top 100 Kindle List and the Barnes & Noble Top 100 Nook List over the past week. The results might surprise you. The price of ebooks from each retailer is not always uniform. Consumers should consider this important factor since once you choose a device, you’re locked in to that…

  • Levi's is implementing a new paper policy and cutting its ties with APP

    25 Jan 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Rainforest Action Network blog reported yesterday on another company that says goodbye to Asia Pulp and Paper. This time it's Levi's, following a new paper policy the company implemented."Levi Strauss & Company has become the latest major brand to ban business with Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). This comes on the heels of a major public cancellation with APP affiliate Mercury Paper at the end of December by Kroger, America’s largest grocery chain."In an email I received from Robin Averbeck of RAN, who provided more details on this story:In the fall of 2009, Levi’s received a letter from…

  • Top 100 green apps - GreenITers for the followers/members of GreenITers.com

    20 Jan 2012 | 6:36 pm
    We are creating a list of the top 100 apps that will help you go green as part of our effort to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. Apps become an integral part of our life and a valuable tool and we believe we should also take advantage of them when it comes go greening up our life.Every Friday we update you with a new app on the list, and today we're happy to introduce an app for those of you who are looking for a way to learn and share green knowledge with other eco minded peersOur app isGreenITers from Fullcircle Innovations. This app is for android and it is free.Here are more details…

  • How green is your iPad? Update 1: Apple introduces the iPad Textbooks

    19 Jan 2012 | 7:46 pm
    We talked earlier this week about how green is the iPad, and we have two interesting updates about it. Here's the first one - Apple announced earlier today on a new software aimed at revolutionizing the way teachers teach, students learn and publishers create educational content. Apple said, according to Mashable, that the iBooks store’s new textbook category will eventually include “every subject, every grade level, for every student.”For now, however, Apple is starting with high school textbooks from partners McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Apple’s Phil Schiller…
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  • Blog :: Live Twitterview with Tamara Lackey

    18 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Join author and photographer Tamara Lackey in an informative and inspirational Twitterview on January 31.

  • Blog :: Non-Designers Blog, London Edition

    15 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    For the next couple of months we’ll be blogging from London. We’ve got a MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, an iMac, two iPads, two iPhones, a UK Orange mobile phone, and the flat we’re renting has a decent Wi-Fi connection. If we can keep all the batteries charged up, we should be in good shape.

  • Blog :: Have a Happy, InDesignful, Illustratorish, Photoshoppy New Year!

    2 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    As The Steve Miller Band sang, “Time keeps on slipping into the future.” But is it really a good idea to have an automatic Time upgrade at this time every year?

  • Blog :: Vincent Laforet Twitterview Transcript

    20 Dec 2011 | 6:00 pm
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2011, Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Vincent Laforet sat down for a lively Twitterview (interview via Twitter) with @Peachpit. We’ve posted a transcript of the Twitterview so the inspiration, fun and words of wisdom can live on. Enjoy.

  • Blog :: Interview with Featured Flickr Photographer Arnab Biswas

    20 Dec 2011 | 6:00 pm
    Every month in our Photography newsletter, we feature the work of a new photographer who has contributed to our Photography Newsletter Flickr group. This month, we chose this photo titled "Ride-out" by India-based photographer Arnab Biswas.
 
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  • One-Third of American Adults Own a Dedicated e-Reading Device

    Thad McIlroy
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
    You’ll be seeing the graph below a lot in the next few days and weeks. Often the headline will read “20 per cent of Americans Own an e-Reader” or “Tablet and E-Book Reader Ownership Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period” which is the theme of the Pew report announcement. But the big number appears on page two of the full report: “The number of Americans owning at least one of these digital reading devices jumped…to 29% in January.” I’m rounding it up to a third. You know, margin of error. From the Pew Report It’s not a big…

  • Publishers Sleep Easy After Apple Textbook “Disruption”

    Thad McIlroy
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:57 am
    At first I thought we should blame ourselves for getting our knickers all in a knot when the rumors started circulating that Steve Jobs’ deadly forces of disruption, honoring his dying wishes, had turned their sights on textbooks. But don’t we frighten easily! Then I felt angry at Apple. Long-time master manipulators of the press and of fan-boys worldwide, they could hardly expect calm when the only available reference point was Jobs’ Court Biographer reporting that textbooks were “the next business he wanted to transform. He believed it was an $8 billion a year industry ripe for…

  • Canadian Government Agencies Invested $4.7 Million in McClelland & Stewart in the Past Decade

    Thad McIlroy
    11 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
    According to public filings on the Canadian Heritage website, the Government of Canada contributed $4,166,190 to McClelland & Stewart between 2000 and 2011 via several programs designed to aid Canadian-owned publishers. The two largest are the Aid to Publishers program (now called the Canada Book Fund), which provided upwards of half a million dollars per year to the company from 2006-07 to last year (the only dates for which funding data is available online) and the Canada Council Book Publishing Support – Block Grants program which added an average of over $175,000…

  • The Death of Canadian Book Publishing

    Thad McIlroy
    11 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    Cultures die symbolically. Canadian culture took a major hit on Monday with the sale of Canada’s most important book publisher, McClelland & Stewart. Canada’s largest university, the University of Toronto, took a gift horse and sold it to the Bertelsmann AG, the fifth-largest book publisher in the world, via its proxy, Random House of Canada. Random House of Canada is owned by Random House in the United States which felt that news sufficiently important to fail to issue a press release today. Likewise the University of Toronto. Why do I feel that I’ve seen this film…

  • Magazines Come to TV

    Thad McIlroy
    10 Jan 2012 | 11:57 pm
    …or so said the article announcing Walrus TV. The Walrus is a prominent Canadian cultural magazine: think Harper’s or The Atlantic. The launch arrives with the heady proclamation that it “represents a first: no other magazine has brought its stories to a new audience via documentaries.” (I’m not sure how this differs: it’s The Atlantic’s video channel.) Unfortunately YouTube already has a Walrus TV, an unrelated venture, featured also on the Upper Playground, “a leader in the contemporary art movement… committed to representing…
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  • Five Ways to Find a Mentor

    DanielDarling
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    This is a guest post by Daniel Darling. He is the Senior Pastor of Gages Lake Bible Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and is the author of iFaith, Connecting with God in the 21st Century. You can read his blog or follow him on Twitter. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. The value of a mentor cannot be overestimated. A mentor is someone who is a few laps ahead of you in an area of life where you wish to find success. More than formal training, more than a book or a seminar, a good mentor brings his or her personal experience to bear on your life in…

  • When You Feel Overwhelmed by Your Workload

    Michael Hyatt
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    I often write and speak on workload management. But even I occasionally get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of requests and assignments. I’m in such a state right now. Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/VallarieE In the last week I’ve attended board meetings for three different companies. Two were out of town. In addition, I have spoken publicly five times and am right in the middle of reviewing the copy-edited manuscript for my new book. That doesn’t even count the 669 e-mails I have received in the last week. (Yes, that’s the exact count as of 10 minutes ago. It only represents the…

  • Is It an Obstacle or an Opportunity?

    Michael Hyatt
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    If you want to improve the quality of your life or business, planning is essential. You have to be honest about your current reality, envision a better future, and then create a roadmap for getting from one to the other. If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. But having a solid plan is no guarantee against encountering problems along the way. As a mentor of mine used to say, “Doo-doo occurs.” In the video above, a classical violist faces the unexpected. Near the end of a concert, a cell phone goes off in the audience. Note what he does: He…

  • My Experience Using a Virtual Assistant

    Michael Hyatt
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    I left my role as CEO of Thomas Nelson in April 2011. I thought I could get by without an assistant. Boy, was I wrong. If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. As a result of greater focus on writing, my blog traffic spiked and my comment load doubled. I started getting more email. I had to book my own travel. I soon felt overwhelmed. Initially, I thought I’d hire a part-time assistant. I even created a job description and sent it to several people I thought might know of someone. A few people applied. But then I started counting the cost: Where…

  • Why Vision Is More Important Than Strategy

    Michael Hyatt
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    Vision and strategy are both important. But there is a priority to them. Vision always comes first. Always. If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don’t have a clear vision, no strategy will save you. Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/MAEK123 I have seen this over and over again in my professional and personal life. Once I got clear on what I wanted, the how almost took care of itself. Let me give you an example. In July of 2000, my boss suddenly resigned. I was already the Associate Publisher of the division, the second-in-command. With…
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  • 3 Digital Magazine App Pitfalls

    Kim Mateus
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Many digital magazine apps are still underperforming due to some of the following reasons With such enormous growth in the tablet industry, digital magazine publishing offers a significant opportunity. Unfortunately, the publishers and content marketers who have created inferior digital apps are currently missing this evolutionary opportunity. The following pitfalls of digital magazine apps come from McPheters & Co., who has evaluated 5,000 digital magazine and newspaper apps since 2010. These errors should be considered while designing your digital magazine app. -Authenticating print…

  • Digital Publishing Tips Found On-Demand

    Chris Sturk
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am
    Are you looking for ways to optimize your entire digital publishing business? Legacy publishers new to the online environment may feel overwhelmed by the operating tasks at hand. For instance, the design of your media website is crucial to consumer usability and product monetization. It also needs to be Google-friendly so more audience members can find your content. And don’t forget about the creating and promotion of your content; the freemiums used to entice casual visitors into signing up for your email newsletter and the promotions for premium products. To help digital magazine…

  • 5 Surefire Tips for Hiring Freelance Writers

    Chad Fraser
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    If you’re a regular Mequoda Daily reader, you already know that attaining (and holding) a high Google ranking isn’t easy. Of course, the Mequoda system gives you an edge in this regard, but you still need to feed it with quality content. And lots of it. Hiring freelance writers is a great way to generate new, low-cost content Fortunately, publishers are blessed with content. For example, you can go back to older issues of your paid publications and quickly refresh articles into interesting blog posts. Or perhaps you could take material from your free reports and rework it into a new…

  • Renewal by Text and Other Mobile Ideas

    Ronn Levine
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:45 am
    On Niche Publishers and Mobile Audiences It started last year when younger acquaintances started texting me instead of emailing. And now this “trend” includes some similar-aged friends. I write this because I was re-reading an article from the summer on The Specialist Media Site in the U.K. titled How Niche Publishers Can Reach a Mobile Audience by Chris Newell, CEO of ImpulsePay, a mobile payments company, and I came across this line: “…one key advantage [about using your phone] is that feedback can be received much quicker and more easily – it’s easier for your audience…

  • Digital Magazine and Book Publishing Roundtables Held at Summit

    Chris Sturk
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    In less than three months, the Mequoda Summit West 2012 will take place in Lakewood, CO. This spring’s two-day Summit incorporates Master Classes taught by the Mequoda Team, three keynote presentations and roundtable events. Since this Summit is only open to Mequoda Alumni who are familiar with running digital content marketing systems, you have the chance to learn from other digital publishers with direct, first-hand knowledge and experiences. Two of the roundtables I’m interested in attending at on digital magazine publishing and digital book publishing – two topics of great…
 
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  • Tips to Make Selling Your Fiction a Reality

    Phil Sexton
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:09 pm
    Guest Post by Rob Eagar Earlier this year, I heard a publishing executive say, “The best way to market your fiction is to write more fiction.” I disagree with this idea, because … Read more

  • WD Poetic Form Challenge: Tritina

    Robert Lee Brewer
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:20 pm
    I’m so excited for this WD Poetic Form Challenge, because it’s like the sestina, but it’s much shorter. For some, this may make it easier; for others, maybe not. So what are … Read more

  • How I Got My Agent: Robin Mellom

    Chuck Sambuchino
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:14 pm
    “How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA Blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics. Robin Mellom is the author of DITCHED: A LOVE STORY, a young adult novel released in Jan. 2012 by Disney/Hyperion. GIVEAWAY: Robin is excited to give away a free copy of her book to a random commenter. Comment within one week; winners must live in Canada/US to…

  • Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 163

    Robert Lee Brewer
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:43 am
    For this week’s prompt, write a friend of a friend poem. This poem would be one in which you write about or in the voice of a friend of a friend. Why … Read more

  • 4 Techniques for Creating Believable Villains

    RoseannBiederman
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:14 am
    The protagonist's conflict with an opposing force—usually in the form of another character—is the essence of every novel. Read more
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  • Review: Black Flies in the Backyard with Snowshoes by Kevin Brian Carroll

    Boudica Foster
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:09 pm
    I read through the opening pages, called “Before We Get Started” and I had the feeling I was going to be reading a book about a Blues Band from Albany. I wanted to research the material, but the link given to the band was wrong… http://WAlbanyStBlues.com should be https://WAlbanStBluesBand.com. And I am thinking, oh, boy, we need an editor here, stat. I then started getting into the book itself; the first chapter. I thought, oh my, Hunter S. Thompson’s final work? Or maybe this is his protégé? This is soooo Gonzo Journalism; but the author is no journalist. The author was just a…

  • Their, There and They’re: Dude (or Dudette) You Need A Proofreader

    Boudica Foster
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:53 pm
    Over the past few weeks I have been concentrating on reading Kindle book files.  I say concentrating because the urge to take out a red pencil and slash all the grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors is overtaking my urge to read.  My eyes hurt.  The worst ones are, sadly, self-published books.  And I understand the issue…it is very hard to edit your own work.  Some will tell you it is almost impossible. But most of these errors are correctable.  And it sooooo distracts from the content of the book.  It becomes almost impossible to read some passages as you read,…

  • Review: One-Hit Willie: A Classic Rock Novel by William Westhoven

    Lela Michael
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:34 pm
    As an art critic says to an artist in the 1850 Charles Reade novel Christie Johnstone, “Art is not imitation, but illusion.” In fiction, it’s challenging to tell a story using archetypal themes and characters without descending into cliché. When you tell a story involving rock and roll, this feat becomes even trickier. William Westhoven, who has covered the performing arts as a journalist since 1989, makes the leap to fiction successfully with his debut novel. He accomplishes this by using a compassionate, humorous narrative voice, interspersing his journalistic observations about the…

  • Review: Freedom and Circumstance by Oswald Sobrino

    Susan Russo Anderson
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:58 pm
    For me, poets and philosophers are like cake and ice cream: they go together. Both wed disparate elements of reality, sometimes explosively, always in startling ways. Both go beyond the words to a place bone deep. When I read or listen to them, my eyes pop. My mouth goes all WOWy. My spirit is cleansed, refreshed, and I’m able to write on. You might say that, like cake and ice cream, poets and philosophers are important human resources. Take Ortega y Gasset, an influential twentieth-century Spanish philosopher. That’s all I remembered about him from a course I took on existentialist…

  • Review: Sleeper’s Run by Henry Mosquera

    Steven Reynolds
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:10 pm
    When Eric Caine is found wandering the streets of South Beach, dishevelled and mumbling Arabic, he’s taken for just another of Miami’s homeless. But when someone notices his military ID card they promptly take him to the local VA hospital. He’s crashed his car and has no memory of the last eight days, save that he’d been drinking and was probably involved in a bar fight. Recently discharged from the Air Force, Eric is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan where he worked as a pararescue jumper, providing medical support to anti-terrorist forces caught in hostile zones. The doctor…
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    FishbowlLA

  • The Los Angeles Kings Become Famous

    Marcus Vanderberg
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:06 am
    The Fame Makers (Neil Campbell & Mike Hanford) from Funny or Die recently visited Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar, Matt Greene, and Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings in an attempt to make them famous. With the NBA back in action, the Kings could use all the tips they can get in order to let Los Angelenos know they’re arguably the second best professional team in town. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

  • Deep Throat at the Alex Theatre… Kind Of

    Matthew Fleischer
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:29 am
    This Fishie drove by the Alex Theatre in Glendale earlier today and was shocked, SHOCKED to see Deep Throat on the marquee. For those of you not familiar with the Alex, Deep Throat is not the kind of flick one would typically expect to see at this particular establishment–even if the film is undergoing a bit of a resurgence. The Little Mermaid is edgy for the Alex. That shameless tramp Ariel doesn’t wear any pants, after all. Next month’s Joseph the Dreamer, The Musical presented by the Heart of Worship Community Church is more typical fare. Yes, it’s about the bible.

  • Deadline.com’s Mike Fleming Shoots Down Variety Time-Stamp Accusations

    Richard Horgan
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am
    In recent weeks, FishbowlLA has written about two separate Variety.com blog posts that alleged the time-stamps of Emma Stone and Sundance Film Festival news items on Deadline.com were false. In both cases, Variety‘s BlogDogger–based on some stated live Web monitoring–insinuated that Deadline.com must have jerry-rigged the date-time stamps of these particular articles, to make it appear that the items were posted earlier than when they actually were. Baloney, counters the author of both Deadline.com items, Mike Fleming. Speaking to FishbowlLA today via telephone from New…

  • Writer Involved in Joe Paterno Death Flap Fired by CBS Sports

    Matthew Fleischer
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:24 am
    Adam Jacobi, the CBS Sports writer who ran with an erroneous tweet about Joe Paterno‘s death, has been let go by CBS. Jacobi’s story was almost immediately challenged by the New York Times’ Mark Viera. But that didn’t stop the story’s embarrassing rampage through the blogosphere. H/T Deadspin Previously on FishbowlLA: Premature Reports of Paterno’s Death Embarrass Major Media Outlets New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

  • Mark Malkoff’s Celebrity Sleepover Party

    Matthew Fleischer
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:52 am
    Comedian Mark Malkoff recently took a trip to LA from New York, and rather than paying for hotels he decided to cold call celebrities to see if he could crash at their places. Of course thirteen said yes. It’s just that easy! Malkoff got a bunch of name brand celebrities to take part. But our personal favorite was Martin Kove, who played the asshole karate instructor in Karate Kid. The guy has serious Gary Busey potential. Get him a show immediately. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
 
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  • MediaWeek (V5, N4): Research Works Act, Aussie Fiction + More

    PersonaNonData
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:24 pm
    The Chronicle of Higher Ed looks at the Research Works Act: (Chron) Whatever the executive branch decides to do about open-access mandates, it's not at all certain that the Research Works Act stands much chance of becoming law. In 2009, a similar bill, called the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, failed to make it out of committee. This is an election year, which makes it "a very difficult year to move any sort of legislation, let along legislation that has acquired a certain amount of controversy," Mr. Adler said. A lot of Congress's attention has been absorbed by higher-profile…

  • An Apple for the Teacher

    PersonaNonData
    19 Jan 2012 | 9:26 pm
    To the average Apple aficionado, today’s spectacle on Apple’s entry into the education space would have seemed just par for the course.  Hype is about everything Apple does in these coordinated announcements and today was no different.  To the average textbook publisher today’s hype would have seemed of another world; that another entity – Apple yet? - would view the staid, traditional and, let’s face it, relatively small textbook publishing business as an opportunity to do big things must seem odd. I also thought, there was some irony today because a company I recognize…

  • MediaWeek (Vol 5, No3) JStore, Reg Hill, Hockney, Research Works Act + More

    PersonaNonData
    16 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pm
    JStore is experimenting with a new access model (IHeD) Under the new program, unsubscribed visitors will be allowed to check out three “items” from the JSTOR archive every two weeks, which they will be able to read for free. In order to prevent piracy, the texts will be displayed as image files (so that text cannot be copied). Users will not be able to download the files. The depletion of the traditional professoriate has produced a new demographic of unmoored scholars who might not have “the consistency of access that they want,” says Heidi McGregor, a spokeswoman for JSTOR. The goal…

  • Predictions 2012: The Search for Attention

    PersonaNonData
    11 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    There’s little more to say about eBooks these days: The migration is now embedded into business operations across the industry. Yes, there remain some issues and problems day-to-day but it would seem that the issue of most concern to publishers for the past five years (trade particularly) is now subsumed under business operations as usual.  And that bores me. Sure, we could argue about the future purpose and value of a publisher but most (if not all) the big trade houses are doing better now than they were three years ago and continue to sign the big authors and sell lots of…

  • AcademicPub Announces Large Roster of Publishing Partners

    PersonaNonData
    10 Jan 2012 | 1:53 am
    Note - I'm Chief Revenue Officer for SharedBook & AcademicPub.  This is our most recent press release announcing how successful we have been in building our content library. AcademicPub™, a dynamic online platform that enables college professors to create custom print or e-books quickly and cost effectively, today announced 22 additional partnerships with trusted publishing partners, accelerating in the New Year the progress it has made since launch. Feeding a burgeoning collection of disaggregated content from the world's most prominent academic publishers, AcademicPub revealed…
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  • Winter Institute 7: Book Buyer Behavior

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:16 am
    See the full gallery on Posterous Shelf Awareness’ (@ShelfAwareness) editor-in-chief John Mutter (@JohnMutter) reports on the Verso Digital survey of consumer purchasing behavior that was presented at the ABA’s (@ABCGroupatABA & @IndieBoundMegWinter Institute 7#Wi7) Jan. 18-20. He says the survey “reinforced the sense among indies that there are plenty of opportunities for bricks-and-mortar bookstores in the post-Borders, digital era.” Verso's (@VersoDigital) director of business development and president of Books & Books Westhampton Beach (@bookswhb),…

  • Digital Book World: Consumers, Data, and Analytics in the Digital Book Era

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) senior news editor Calvin Reid (@calreid) says, “Despite the constant economic pressures on a book publishing industry in the midst of change, the Digital Book World conference (#dbw12) [that ended yesterday in New York City] offered a snap shot of a range of industry positions and best practices as it comes to grips with digital delivery.... the book industry is indeed reinventing itself on a daily basis.” There are more electronic reading devices, some 60 million e-readers and tablets, in the hands of consumer and there are more ways to buy…

  • Trust in Social Media is Up

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:22 am
    Social media outlets including blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, have had an upsurge in credibility over the past year, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer 2012 (@EdelmanPR), which examines trust in 4 key institutions — government, business, media, and NGOs — as well as communications channels and sources, measuring attitudes across 25 countries. Trust in government shows an exceptionally sharp drop in the 2012 Barometer. Trust in business is also decreasing. But trust in social media has taken a dramatic increase. Overall, there is a huge drop in trust for CEOs while trust in…

  • Infographic: The Importance of a Fan Base

    24 Jan 2012 | 9:32 pm
    On mediabistro’s (@Mediabistro) AllTw!tter (@alltwtr), Shea Bennett (@Sheamus) writes: A couple of years back Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) wrote an excellent piece that argued that a person only needed to acquire 1000 true fans to make a living. Kelly expanded on the concept of the true fan, outlining exactly what makes them tick. They will drive 200 miles to see you sing. They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res box set of your stuff even though they have the low-res version. They have a Google Alert set for your name. They bookmark the eBay page where your out-of-print editions…

  • Infographic: What It Means to Be a World Class Social Brand

    24 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    According to a survey of senior executives conducted by Weber Shandwick (@WeberShandwick) in partnership with Forbes Insights (@ForbesInsights), 84% believe their brand’s sociability is not up to world-class standards. In the report “Socializing Your Brand: A Brand’s Guide to Sociability”  Weber Shandwick offers 9 tips. The study finds that being a world class social brand means interacting with target audiences and creating original content that heightens the interactive experience, going beyond broadcasting news, deals, or events.. 1. It’s not the medium…
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    Book Marketing Strategies and Tips For Authors

  • Over 500 Post From Great Authors And Experts

    Tony Eldridge
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:24 pm
    Three years ago, I started Marketing Tips For Authors and I have met a ton of wonderful authors, authors-to-be, and book marketing experts. I have had the privilege of inviting talented authors to submit guest posts. Some were best selling authors like Jerry Jenkins (Do-It-Yourself Marketing), others were authors who had their first book pending publication. I also had a number of talented book marketing experts freely share their knowledge. They wrote on things like how to sell more book, how to use social media in your book marketing plan, and a host of other evergreen articles that still…

  • eBook Marketing: What Goes Around Comes Around By James Moushon

    Tony Eldridge
    6 Oct 2011 | 9:51 am
    Today, we have a treat as our guest author. James Moushon is an author and a pioneer in the e-publishing world. I found him through his blog and numerous guest articles and was thrilled when he agreed to share his knowledge on e-book publishing with us. When you are finished with this post, make sure you take a look at his other online writing. eBook Marketing: What Goes Around Comes Around By James Moushon To eBook authors, marketing can be a daunting task. Whether you're an indie publisher or you are using a traditional publisher, the marketing is usually left up to you. It is a digital…

  • The new phone book is here! By Christopher Hudson

    Tony Eldridge
    30 Sep 2011 | 8:54 am
    We have a treat today with a new guest post by author Christopher Hudson. He will be discussing the problem that all authors face when they add their name to the big list of published authors. Undoubtedly, millions of authors find themselves in this situation. It's going to be interesting to see the comments as authors share their experience with this and how they all deal with it.   The new phone book is here! By Christopher Hudson When Steve Martin's character in the movie, The Jerk, see's his name in the new phone book, he exclaims, 'I'm somebody.' That's exactly what I said when I…

  • Adding Customer Images to Your Amazon Page To Increase Your Sales By Laura Pepper Wu

    Tony Eldridge
    20 Sep 2011 | 10:21 am
    Today, I'm thrilled to introduce you to author Laura Pepper Wu. Laura will share a fascinating  tip she learned on how to make your Amazon sales page more effective by adding your own images to it. My continued thanks to everyone as I still catch up with scheduled posts that I'm working to get out to you. Adding Customer Images to Your Amazon Page To Increase Your Sales  By Laura Pepper Wu Not all book marketing efforts come equal. Some are large endeavors (book tours, ad campaigns, guest posts), others are small tweaks that bring surprising results. One such thing is adding…

  • 5 Tips For Marketing Your Novel The Second Time Around By Dan McGirt

    Tony Eldridge
    13 Sep 2011 | 11:57 am
    One of the reasons I love to do this blog is to discuss tips like the ones I'm discussing with you today. Actually, they come from an author who shares his experience when it comes to resurrecting a blacklist. New authors may not appreciate just how great this "Golden Age" of publishing is for us, but those with backlist books sure do. Author Dan McGirt shares 5 powerful tips for those who have a previously published novel that you want to shake the dust off of and put back into circulation. There's some great tips here, so let's get started. 5 Tips For Marketing Your Novel The Second Time…
 
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    Self Publishing Coach Blog

  • Best Graphic Design for Book Covers

    11 Jan 2012 | 1:43 pm
    I am putting the finsishing touches on my book and need to create a front and back cover. I saw new books in the store with what looked like computer generated

  • My Most Successful Book Marketing Strategy

    11 Jan 2012 | 1:41 pm
    I have tried several different things for marketing my eBook online. My most successful strategy thus far is my book launch. I think one of the reasons

  • Publishing non-fiction

    19 Dec 2011 | 2:53 pm
    Great site! Still need to explore it all and sign up for your newsletter, which I will do. Here is my question as I get ready to work on my first book.

  • Strategize to sell yourself

    19 Dec 2011 | 2:51 pm
    Strategy involves a number of aspects, but the first one is to have a clear goal. At first sight, this is simple: sell your book(s), but is it so simple?

  • Marketing Tip: Choose A Publisher That Delivers

    19 Dec 2011 | 2:50 pm
    This is a warning based on my extensive experience. I have published two books. The first went as promised by the self-publisher. They did the marketing
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    Password Incorrect Blog

  • Wish List: 5 Improvements I’d Love to See in the iBookstore [Opinion]

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    Apple’s recent publishing event raised many complaints about restrictive publishing rules for books created with iBooks Author application. In my opinion people don’t complain about iBooks Author or iBooks 2. The weak part is somewhere else – it’s the iBookstore. I’m sure that if Amazon launched something similar to iBooks Author, not that many people would have complained about that. Kindle Store is closed (though not as closed as iBookstore), but it’s the largest and most advanced ereading ecosystem, available to users of the largest possible number of…

  • Pricing of Self-published Books to International Readers

    20 Jan 2012 | 10:22 am
    Go to Kindle Store, log out of your account, and you'll be able to see the price of your book in different regions Self-publishing is changing. I think that in 2012 indie authors should go global. One of the important topics to raise is how to price books for international customers. My advice is simple: keep them low. The report on top self-published Kindle books of 2011, which I’ve recently released, shows a downward trend in both the number of self-published books in Top 100 and the average price. One of the major reasons is the growing price competition. The perception of $0.99…

  • Why I Haven’t Bought a Single Book in the iBookstore [Opinion]

    19 Jan 2012 | 10:41 am
    The Death of Bunny Munro - Nick Cave | Book App from Enhanced Editions I’m a big fan of Apple products, and a happy owner of the iPhone and iPad. I was one of a couple of million iPhone users who downloaded Stanza ereading application – and proved that Steve Jobs was wrong saying that “people stop reading”. In view of today’s event, where Apple is going to declare their commitment to digital publishing, I realized I’ve never ever bought a single book in the iBookstore. To clarify: I didn’t spend a dollar in the iBookstore, but I bought lots of books…

  • How-to: Download a Software Update to Kindle Touch [Screenshots]

    17 Jan 2012 | 12:59 pm
    A new software update for Kindle Touch is available. If you open your Kindle and it’s connected to WiFi, you should be promted to download the software directly to the device. If not, you can install it manually. In this post I’ll share how to do it. 1. Download the software to your computer Go to Kindle Touch help page with software updates. Scroll down a bit to reveal the download link (see screenshot below). Click on it and the update file will be automatically downloaded to your computer. It does not matter whether it’s a PC or a Mac. 2. Connect your Kindle Touch to the…

  • Top Self-published Kindle Ebooks of 2011 [Report]

    14 Jan 2012 | 10:45 am
    Will self-published books continue to expand? Is $0.99 price tag wearing out? Can we expect new success stories from independent authors? 2011 was an exciting year for publishing, full of events changing the landscape of the industry. Self-publishing exploded and became one of the most important factors to shape digital publishing in the near future. I’m excited to share the report with as much facts and figures as possible to help forecast how the self-publishing phenomenon would evolve in the years to come. To get the bigger picture, read also 2011 self-publishing timeline. The report…
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  • McDonald's Giving Away 9 Million Books With Happy Meals

    Bibliofuture
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:10 pm
    In the UK McDonalds is going to be putting books in the Happy Meals. Article with details here. Bookseller complaints here.

  • Trolley helps lighten load for librarians

    Blake
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:12 pm
    Trolley helps lighten load for librarians Moving up and down, depending on weight, meant the book needed was always on top, at an easy-to-reach level, he said. He said the prototype trolley would put an end to bending and stretching into deep book bins, a daily problem for librarians. Mataura librarian Julie de Villiers approached the engineering company about the problem. "She had heard about hydraulic-based bins in the UK libraries but could not find anything like them in New Zealand, so she came to us," Mr Clarkson said.

  • Library break-in suspect in South Dakota a real turkey

    Blake
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm
    Library break-in suspect in South Dakota a real turkey Authorities investigating an apparent break-in at a public library were surprised to discover the culprit: a 20-plus-pound turkey. Library director Jeanette Chaney-Moodie tells the Black Hills Pioneer newspaper that she headed into work Sunday morning after authorities called her about the incident.

  • Oscars' big winners will be books

    Blake
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:09 pm
    Oscars' big winners will be books Six of the nine nominations announced this week for Best Picture are based on books, reflecting a recent pattern in which the Oscar lists have consistently and gratifyingly affirmed cinema's dependence on literature. Apart from a modest lurch towards originality in 2010, the previous five years saw line-ups in which half or more of the shortlistees were adaptations, including the winners No Country for Old Men (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2009) and The King's Speech (2011).

  • Amazon's Hit Man

    Blake
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider—until Amazon called... Amazon's Hit Man And now this. Amazon could be an unstoppable competitor to big publishing houses. If history is any guide, Bezos, who declined to comment for this story, doesn’t care whether he loses money on books for the larger cause of stocking the Kindle with exclusive content unavailable in Barnes & Noble’s Nook or Apple’s iBookstores. He’s also got almost infinitely deep pockets for spending on advances to top authors. Even more awkwardly for publishers, Amazon is their largest retailer, so they…
 
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    Publishing Perspectives

  • Why a Book Editor Becomes a Literary Agent

    Olivia Snaije
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    “My motivation comes from wanting to work with writers on editorial.” By Olivia Snaije LONDON: British editor Rebecca Carter is known in the publishing world for her indefatigable work bringing international literature in English and in translation to readers. Over the past 15 years she spent at Random House UK’s imprints Chatto & Windus and more recently Harvill Secker, Carter has edited Ma Jian’s Beijing Coma, Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Irene Némirovsky’s Suite Française, Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Atiq Rahimi’s Earth and…

  • Who is More Responsible for a Book’s Text, Agent or Editor?

    Edward Nawotka
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Is the cliché that “editors no longer edit” overstated? By Edward Nawotka In today’s feature story Rebecca Carter outlines the reasons she is transitioning from being an editor to a literary agent. She says, in part, that her primary motivation is to enable her to continue working to shape the text of a book, rather than, presumably, focusing on ancillary matters, such as sales, marketing and production. It has become a cliché in the book business that “editors no longer edit” and have become a kind of hybrid literary middleman/guru/sales executive — a…

  • BEA Believes Book Bloggers Matter, Buys Book Blogger Conference

    Edward Nawotka
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Last week our regular contributor Beth Kephart asked “Do Book Bloggers Really Matter?”. Her answer: yes, very much so. Today, Reed Exhibitions confirmed Beth’s assessment, buying the Book Blogger Convention as a supplement to BookExpo America. Book Blogger Con has a great logo and a new owner. More from the press release: REED EXHIBITIONS, ORGANIZER OF BOOKEXPO AMERICA, PURCHASES BOOK BLOGGER CONVENTION Annual Event Continues to be Co-Located with BookExpo America Norwalk, CT, January 26, 2012: Reed Exhibitions has purchased the Book Blogger Convention, an annual day-long…

  • Cairo’s International Book Fair Is Back, But a Little Shaky

    Olivia Snaije
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pm
    By Olivia Snaije After the cancellation of the Cairo International Book Fair last year due to the revolution, this year’s book fair did indeed open January 22nd, albeit quietly and amidst some confusion. Overlapping with the first year anniversary of the revolution, the fair runs until February 7th. This year’s guest of honor is Tunisia, the country, of course, that sparked the Arab Spring. Marcia Lynx Qualey, an American who has been living in Cairo since 2001, and combines her writing skills and love for Egypt in her highly informed and witty blog on Arabic literature, visited the fair…

  • What Can Waterstones Learn from Russian Bookselling?

    Edward Nawotka
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:57 am
    A visit to Moscow’s bookstores can feel like returning to a lost world. By Edward Nawotka Waterstones is being transformed, albeit slowly, by its new Russian owner. He installed a new CEO, dropped the apostrophe in the company’s name, and is now opening a Russian mini-store in the company’s flagship London location. Last year, Philip Downer wrote in our pages about his impression of Moscow’s bookselling scene, which he described as like “returning to a lost world.” He observed: Whilst bookselling is a global brotherhood (!), in the UK and US there is…
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  • Self-Editing: Back to Basics, Part II – Guest post from Karin Cox, Editor

    davidgaughran
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    We wrap up our series on self-editing today with part two of Karin Cox’s guest post on self-editing basics and the common mistakes writers make. On Monday, we kicked off the series with a post from UK author and editor Harry Bingham (The Writers’ Workshop), who underlined the importance of editing, and how developing your own self-editing skills can greatly reduce the amount you need to spend on professional help (and lead to a better book). If you missed it, that’s here. On Wednesday, my editor, Karin Cox, gave some practical tips on how to avoid some of the more common…

  • Self-Editing: Back to Basics, Part I – Guest Post by Karin Cox

    davidgaughran
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    We continue our series on self-editing today with the first of a two-part post from author and editor Karin Cox. Karin has a unique perspective: she has considerable experience working for a trade publisher in Australia and is also a freelance editor. On top of that, her own work (both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults, as well as poetry) has been published the traditional way and has been self-published; she really has seen all sides of the equation. Karin is also my editor. I have first-hand experience of her impressive pleonasm-hunting skills as well as her uncanny ability…

  • We Interrupt This Blog: Tribute to LC Evans

    davidgaughran
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:18 am
    As some of you may know, indie author LC Evans lost her battle with cancer earlier this month. Simon Royle is organizing a tribute today, which happens to be the anniversary of when he interviewed Linda on IndieView. Simon thought this would be good day to shine a spotlight on the work of LC Evans (author of We Interrupt This Date, one of Red Adept’s picks for 2010), and has got several of the big indie reviewers to review one of her titles today. In addition, he invited all the authors he interviewed on IndieView over the last year to participate in a giveaway to benefit Linda’s…

  • Edit Like A Pro: Guest Post by Harry Bingham

    davidgaughran
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    Last week, I spoke about the importance of getting the basics right. This week we are going to focus on editing, and in particular self-editing. One of the more common criticisms self-publishers receive is with regard to editing (or proofing, which is part of the editorial process). Sometimes the criticisms are misplaced, with readers confusing British English with a typo, or a stylistic choice (like whether to use the Oxford comma) with a rule. But oftentimes,  readers’ comments are on the mark. Equally often, readers find flaws with the story that could have been addressed with a…

  • A New Strategy for a New Year – Guest Post by Sarah Woodbury

    davidgaughran
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:43 am
    To enroll or not to enroll, that is the question on a lot of writers’ minds. I have had several posts on KDP Select, because it’s a complex issue, without one “right” answer that will fit all self-publishers. If you are just catching up, I came out against the program before Christmas, but featured two authors recently that are doing well out of it: Marilyn Peake and Patrice Fitzgerald. To wrap up this mini-series, I have a guest post from bestselling author Sarah Woodbury, who hasn’t enrolled in KDP Select. Instead she’s exploiting the increased…
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    Digital Book World

  • Video: Seen and Heard at Digital Book World

    Rich Fahle
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:01 pm
    By Rich Fahle, Founder, Astral Road Media, @richfahle Couldn’t make it to Digital Book World? Came but want to relive the excitement? This is the first in a series of video interviews from Digital Book World, created by DigitalBookWorld.com and Rich Fahle at Astral Road Media. In this series of interview excerpts, Hyperion publisher and president Ellen Archer, Forrester Research vice president and analyst James McQuivey, OverDrive president and CEO Steve Potash and The Atavist editor and CEO Evan Ratliff talk about pressing digital book issues. A joint production of Digital Book World…

  • Bookseller Backed by Big Publishers Advocates Abandoning Digital Rights Management

    Jeremy Greenfield
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:10 pm
    By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Major book publishers should abandon the use of technology that limits how their copyrighted digital material is used by readers after sale, according to Matteo Berlucchi, CEO of London-based social e-retailer Anobii. In a speech this afternoon at the Digital Book World Conference in New York, Berlucchi argued that digital rights management technology, or DRM as it is known, prevents more readers from buying e-books and may actually encourage piracy of copyrighted material. Industry observer Mike Shatzkin, who is also…

  • Sesame Street and Random House Announce E-Book Partnership

    Jeremy Greenfield
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    Random House Children’s Books and Sesame Workshop will partner on creating, marketing and selling books from the Sesame Street library that will be available as e-books for the first time. Elmo Says Achoo! and Elmo’s Breakfast Bingo will be the first titles for sale on January 25. An additional 19 titles will be available this Spring. Related: For Reading and Learning, Kids Prefer E-books to Print Books | Kindle Fire Owners Buy More Children’s Books See the announcement from Random House and Sesame Workshop below: (January 25, 2012, New York, NY)— Random House Children’s…

  • International Expansion ‘May Be Best’ Opportunity for Publishers

    Jeremy Greenfield
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:17 am
    By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid The 500 million to one billion people around the world who speak English as a second language represent what “may be the best opportunity” for publishers in the future, according to Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content, who spoke this morning at the Digital Book World Conference in New York. The growth worldwide of cell-phone, e-reader and tablet-computer adoption will fuel this trend, according to Grandinetti. “There has never been a better time to be a reader in the world today,” he said. In a…

  • Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Drive E-Book Sales Increase

    Jeremy Greenfield
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:53 am
    By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Sales for books available to Amazon Prime subscribers through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library have increased over the two months of the program’s existence, according to Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content, who spoke this morning at the Digital Book World Conference in New York. Books not offered in the Kindle Lending Library program also showed increased sales if they were in a series featured in the lending library or by an author featured in the lending library. The data are preliminary, stressed…
 
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    Book Marketing Strategies and Tips For Authors

  • Over 500 Post From Great Authors And Experts

    Tony Eldridge
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:24 pm
    Three years ago, I started Marketing Tips For Authors and I have met a ton of wonderful authors, authors-to-be, and book marketing experts. I have had the privilege of inviting talented authors to submit guest posts. Some were best selling authors like Jerry Jenkins (Do-It-Yourself Marketing), others were authors who had their first book pending publication. I also had a number of talented book marketing experts freely share their knowledge. They wrote on things like how to sell more book, how to use social media in your book marketing plan, and a host of other evergreen articles that still…

  • eBook Marketing: What Goes Around Comes Around By James Moushon

    Tony Eldridge
    6 Oct 2011 | 9:51 am
    Today, we have a treat as our guest author. James Moushon is an author and a pioneer in the e-publishing world. I found him through his blog and numerous guest articles and was thrilled when he agreed to share his knowledge on e-book publishing with us. When you are finished with this post, make sure you take a look at his other online writing. eBook Marketing: What Goes Around Comes Around By James Moushon To eBook authors, marketing can be a daunting task. Whether you're an indie publisher or you are using a traditional publisher, the marketing is usually left up to you. It is a digital…

  • The new phone book is here! By Christopher Hudson

    Tony Eldridge
    30 Sep 2011 | 8:54 am
    We have a treat today with a new guest post by author Christopher Hudson. He will be discussing the problem that all authors face when they add their name to the big list of published authors. Undoubtedly, millions of authors find themselves in this situation. It's going to be interesting to see the comments as authors share their experience with this and how they all deal with it.   The new phone book is here! By Christopher Hudson When Steve Martin's character in the movie, The Jerk, see's his name in the new phone book, he exclaims, 'I'm somebody.' That's exactly what I said when I…

  • Adding Customer Images to Your Amazon Page To Increase Your Sales By Laura Pepper Wu

    Tony Eldridge
    20 Sep 2011 | 10:21 am
    Today, I'm thrilled to introduce you to author Laura Pepper Wu. Laura will share a fascinating  tip she learned on how to make your Amazon sales page more effective by adding your own images to it. My continued thanks to everyone as I still catch up with scheduled posts that I'm working to get out to you. Adding Customer Images to Your Amazon Page To Increase Your Sales  By Laura Pepper Wu Not all book marketing efforts come equal. Some are large endeavors (book tours, ad campaigns, guest posts), others are small tweaks that bring surprising results. One such thing is adding…

  • 5 Tips For Marketing Your Novel The Second Time Around By Dan McGirt

    Tony Eldridge
    13 Sep 2011 | 11:57 am
    One of the reasons I love to do this blog is to discuss tips like the ones I'm discussing with you today. Actually, they come from an author who shares his experience when it comes to resurrecting a blacklist. New authors may not appreciate just how great this "Golden Age" of publishing is for us, but those with backlist books sure do. Author Dan McGirt shares 5 powerful tips for those who have a previously published novel that you want to shake the dust off of and put back into circulation. There's some great tips here, so let's get started. 5 Tips For Marketing Your Novel The Second Time…
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    Book Think | Big Think

  • Six Things That Are Dead, According to Harold Bloom

    Austin Allen
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:04 am
    Celebrated literary critic Harold Bloom turns eighty-two this year and is still publishing and teaching. In his honor, I’ve compiled a list of six things he’s outlived. 1) The Western canon. “Unfortunately, nothing will ever be the same because the art and passion of reading well and deeply ...Read More

  • Enhanced E-Books and the Pride of the Publishing Industry

    Austin Allen
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:03 am
    The title of the Wall Street Journal's recent article on enhanced e-books—"Blowing Up the Book"—strikes me as an appropriate blend of the exciting and the ominous. (See also: "Kindle Fire.") The format is a wide-open field of creative possibilities with one or two landmines waiting underneath ...Read More

  • Cormac and Oprah, Revisited

    Austin Allen
    16 Jan 2012 | 2:16 pm
    Five years ago this June, Cormac McCarthy appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show . Given McCarthy’s legendary reticence (he had done only one major interview in the past, with the New York Times in 1992) and exalted literary stature (he has won every major American book award; Harold Bloom has called ...Read More

  • "Humanity Over Technology": The Stucky Plan to Save Bookstores

    Austin Allen
    12 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Bravo to Janaka Stucky, whose new article in Poetry on struggling independent bookstores is both the most sensible and inspiring thing I’ve read on the subject. Stucky concedes what everyone in the industry knows, that a price war with Amazon is one small bookstores cannot win. Reasoning that these ...Read More

  • Physics, Miracles, and Witchcraft: 50 Years of "A Wrinkle in Time"

    Austin Allen
    7 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    It was a dark and stormy night. By starting A Wrinkle in Time with the most famous “bad” opening in literary history—the same Edward Bulwer-Lytton line later adopted by Snoopy—Madeleine L’Engle was practically daring critics to doubt her Even fifty years after its first publication, Wrinkle, a ...Read More
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    The Book Designer

  • Real eBooks: Are We Still in the Stone Age?

    Joel Friedlander
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    by James Moushon I’m really pleased to bring you a guest post by author and blogger James Moushon. I met James through the blog and the articles he contributes to other sites like SelfPublishingReview.com and he has been a featured blogger in our own Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. In this article James poses a question every ebook author might want to think about. Here it is. So when will we start to see REAL ebooks appear on the market? You know the ebooks that take advantage of their digital environment. Ebooks that have been rendered to improve the reader’s…

  • Upcoming West Coast Book Publishing Events for Indie Authors

    Joel Friedlander
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    One of the staples of an author website or blog is the Calendar page. Fans can find out the next stop on your blog tour, where you might be speaking at a live event, or other notable happenings. The problem is, in practice, these Calendar pages rarely get updated. It’s quite common to go to an author’s Calendar page and find out where they were speaking two, three, or four years ago. This makes me sad, so I’ve never put a Calendar page on my blog. Instead, I’m listing right here the upcoming events I’ll be speaking live at, with links to the registration pages…

  • Video: John Kremer on Book Marketing in 2012

    Joel Friedlander
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    Last week I had a chance to sit down with John Kremer and have a chat about book marketing. I don’t think John needs much of an introduction, but for those new to the indie publishing scene, you really ought to get to know him and what he has to offer indie authors. John is the owner of Open Horizons publishing in New Mexico and his website, www.bookmarket.com is the largest collection of marketing advice for indie authors anywhere online. John is the author of several books including the classic 1001 Ways to Market Your Book, and he runs The Book Marketing Network, a social media site…
 
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    A Newbie's Journey into the Publishing World

  • Why I Wrote ‘Olga – A Daughter’s Tale’

    Marie Campbell (Olga's Daughter)
    4 Jan 2012 | 5:11 am
    Until I got married and had my own family there was only ever my mother and me. I knew very little about my mother’s family or past because of her reluctance to talk about my father or her family in Jamaica. Consequently, growing up in Brighton, a seaside town on the south-east coast of England, I had a great sense of “not belonging” which for years caused me to feel insecure and become dysfunctional. Although Mum couldn’t afford it she was adamant that I had a good education and so sent me to private Catholic convents and to pay for my education she worked as a cook in two…

  • The Power of Humanity

    Marie Campbell (Olga's Daughter)
    22 Oct 2011 | 12:33 am
    Go Back To Where You Came From was an Australian TV series broadcast in 2011. It was about six ordinary Australians each of whom had different opinions on Australia’s asylum seeker debate. The six Aussies had agreed to embark on a confronting 25-day journey travelling in reverse the journey that refugees and asylum seekers have taken to reach Australia. In other words they were going back to where the refugees came from. It was an epic journey, dangerous and very challenging for them physically and emotionally. In order for them to have a similar experience as the refugees and asylum…

  • Mothers: The Unsung Heroes

    Marie Campbell (Olga's Daughter)
    10 Jul 2011 | 11:21 pm
    I read a quote recently by Bhagwan Rajneesh, an Indian spiritual teacher, who said that “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” IMHO Rajneesh nailed it! In the sixties (and that puts me in the category of a baby boomer!) the only resource we had was a book by a guy called Dr Spock (no not the Star Trek Spock, although honestly he might have been of more use).  There was no online tutorial, manual, syllabus or Idiots Guide To Parenting. From the beginning we hit the…

  • To Pay or Not To Pay for Press Releases – That is the Question

    Marie Campbell (Olga's Daughter)
    12 Feb 2011 | 8:48 pm
    When I first started seriously marketing my book  ‘Olga – A Daughter’s Tale’  I paid  for two press release services to promote it to newspapers and magazines.  A friend of mine, who’s in Media put the press release together for me.  The results - nothing!  I’d been hoping that some book reviewers might ask for a copy to review it.  Disenchanted I thought ‘what the hell’ I might as well use a free press release service since they couldn’t do any worse than the paid ones. So I  used two free press release sites to…

  • Blog Talk Radio Interviews

    Marie Campbell (Olga's Daughter)
    26 Jan 2011 | 1:21 am
    Here we are at the beginning of 2011 and I haven’t posted since last November.  I know why.  It’s because I got despondent again struggling to get a my book ‘Olga – A Daughter’s Tale’ picked up by either a literary agent ora  publisher.  I’ve sent hundreds of query letters but either I get no response or a rejection letter.   I self published it on Lulu.com a couple of years ago and nothing much happened there either. But recently I discovered Smashwords which takes all the hard work out of formatting your book/s yourself and formats it/them for you, FREE,  into…
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    Self Publishing Advisor

  • Weekly Self-Published Book Review: Parallel Lives

    selfpublishingadvice
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written. When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review: Parallel Lives Martin Gwent Lewis Publisher: Outskirts…

  • Self-Publishing For Mature Writers

    Cheri Breeding
    24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    If you are a mature writer who is considering self-publishing, there are a few things you need to consider. First of all, find out what type of assistance  self-publishing companies offer. Determine if they provide phone assistance, email assistance, or both. Also note that most self-publishing companies facilitate their production process online and need written documentation of author requests. If you are not computer savvy, there are people out there who can help you. For instance, you may be able to pay your publisher to assist you with this additional need. Another option is having a…

  • How Much Does It Cost to Self-Publish?

    Wendy Stetina
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Many authors ask, “How much does it cost to self-publish?” The question should be “What should an author invest in their project based on their marketing goals?” Most authors self-publish in hopes of selling their book. While your book needs to be appealing and have good content, a solid marketing plan is essential to selling to your book. I always recommend professional copyediting and a custom cover to all authors who are serious about sales. Authors are given approximately eight seconds for potential buyers to decide if they like the cover enough to consider…

  • Weekly Self-Published Book Review: March Forth: My Journey through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery from Breast Cancer

    selfpublishingadvice
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written. When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review: March Forth: My Journey through Diagnosis, Treatment, and…

  • Balcones Fiction Prize

    Kelly Schuknecht
    18 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    The Creative Writing Department at Austin Community College is committed to recognizing outstanding works of literary merit through its Balcones Literary Prizes. The program is currently accepting submissions for books published in 2011. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2012. Last year’s winner, Linh Dinh, was awarded $1,500 and was flown to Austin, Texas for a public reading. Congratulations Linh Dinh! For more information on how to enter, please visit http://www.austincc.edu/crw/html/balconescenter.html. ABOUT KELLY SCHUKNECHT: Kelly Schuknecht is the Vice President of…
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    The Book Designer

  • Real eBooks: Are We Still in the Stone Age?

    Joel Friedlander
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    by James Moushon I’m really pleased to bring you a guest post by author and blogger James Moushon. I met James through the blog and the articles he contributes to other sites like SelfPublishingReview.com and he has been a featured blogger in our own Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. In this article James poses a question every ebook author might want to think about. Here it is. So when will we start to see REAL ebooks appear on the market? You know the ebooks that take advantage of their digital environment. Ebooks that have been rendered to improve the reader’s…

  • Upcoming West Coast Book Publishing Events for Indie Authors

    Joel Friedlander
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    One of the staples of an author website or blog is the Calendar page. Fans can find out the next stop on your blog tour, where you might be speaking at a live event, or other notable happenings. The problem is, in practice, these Calendar pages rarely get updated. It’s quite common to go to an author’s Calendar page and find out where they were speaking two, three, or four years ago. This makes me sad, so I’ve never put a Calendar page on my blog. Instead, I’m listing right here the upcoming events I’ll be speaking live at, with links to the registration pages…

  • Video: John Kremer on Book Marketing in 2012

    Joel Friedlander
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    Last week I had a chance to sit down with John Kremer and have a chat about book marketing. I don’t think John needs much of an introduction, but for those new to the indie publishing scene, you really ought to get to know him and what he has to offer indie authors. John is the owner of Open Horizons publishing in New Mexico and his website, www.bookmarket.com is the largest collection of marketing advice for indie authors anywhere online. John is the author of several books including the classic 1001 Ways to Market Your Book, and he runs The Book Marketing Network, a social media site…
 
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    Publishing Insight & Coverage on O'Reilly Radar

  • Publishing News: Ereader ownership doubles, again

    Jenn Webb
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm
    One survey said ereader and tablet ownership doubled during the holidays; a second showed that Amazon may not be losing money on its Kindle Fire sales. Also, Amazon got a new print edition distributor and the library discussion elevated beyond ebooks.

  • ValoBox wants to reward content creators and consumers

    Jenn Webb
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    ValoBox, a publishing startup we covered earlier this year, has launched. In this interview, co-founder Oliver Brooks describes the platform, its development, and how its social retail system works.

  • Why the fuss about iBooks Author?

    Joe Wikert
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    Apple doesn't have an objective to move the publishing industry forward. With iBooks Author, the company sees an opportunity to reinvent this industry within its own closed ecosystem.

  • Transforming data into narrative content

    Jenn Webb
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Scaling content no longer requires new hires — Narrative Science automatically generates stories from data. In this interview, CTO Kristian Hammond explains how it works and how the expanding types of data are creating new storytelling opportunities.

  • Coming soon to a location near you: The Amazon Store?

    Joe Wikert
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    In this podcast, Weblogs, Inc., co-founder Jason Calacanis shares his thoughts on Amazon's market presence and what the future might hold. He says an Amazon retail presence isn't out of the question and that AmazonBasics is a preview of what's to come.
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