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Eisler’s decision is a key benchmark on the road to wherever it is we’re going

March 21, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 171 Comments

I wasn’t planning to write a post this past weekend for Monday morning publication. But then Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler contacted me on Saturday to tell me what Barry is up to. I’ve read their lengthy conversation about Barry’s decision to turn down a $500,000 contract (apparently for two books) and join Joe (and […]

Filed Under: Authors, Baseball, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishing, Publishing History, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, Bookmasters, Branch Rickey, Charles Levy, Christian publishing, Constellation, CreateSpace, Google ebooks, iBookstore, Ingram, Jackie Robinson, Joe Konrath, Kindle, Kobo, Lightning Source, Negro Leagues, Nook, Perseus, PubIt, Scott Waxman Literary Agency, Smashwords, Sony

Ted Williams: 3 stories you won’t have read anywhere else

July 31, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 11 Comments

Today’s post is about Ted Williams, the baseball player who might have been the greatest hitter who ever lived. There’s no attempt here to make the piece accessible to people who neither know nor care about baseball so, if you came to the blog for publishing or digital change today, please come back for the […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Baseball Tagged With: Arthur Kimmel, Babe Ruth, Baseball Fan's Guide to Spring Training, Bright House Field, Cool Springs Press, Eddie Mifflin, Jack Russell Stadium, Jimmy Foxx, John Updike, Lawrie Mifflin, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Phllies, Roger Waynick, Ted Williams, Tony Kubek, Yogi Berra

Publishing conversation at the ballpark

July 18, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 38 Comments

The very nice people of Tata Consulting Services entertained a group of publishing executives at Yankee Stadium on Friday night in a luxury box behind first base. This was an ideal way to see an historic evening at the ballpark on a very hot night (the box is air conditioned and opening the big window […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Apple, Bob Sheppard, George Steinbrenner, Google Editions, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Tampa Bay Rays, Tata Consulting Services, TCS

A baseball fan in the steroid era

May 14, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 13 Comments

I have been a baseball fan since the middle of the 1955 season. I have written books about baseball. I have a web site dedicated to baseball. I have built whole life adventures around baseball. My wife and I spent the 2000 season living across the street from (what was then called) Pac Bell Park […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Baseball Tagged With: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Maury Wills, Pac Bell Park, Rickey Henderson, San Francisco Giants

From a book to a 1.0 website: the story of BaseballLibrary, part 1

April 27, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 1 Comment

This is the first of what will be 3 or 4 posts about the birth and development of BaseballLibrary.com, a sterling Internet 1.0 site still chugging along (barely) deep in the Internet 2.0 era. It shows that a good idea can sustain itself for a long time, even in the face of erratic and sometimes […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Baseball, General Trade Publishing Tagged With: Arbor House, BaseballLibrary.com, Jim Charlton, John Thorn, Mark Rucker. The Baseball Encyclopedia, The Ballplayers

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