I want to try to lay out a strategic approach to enhanced ebooks which I believe is more extensive than any general house has shown an inclination to pursue so far. I thought the clearest way to express this would be as a letter to an author which … [Continue reading]
First old publishing story: Brentano’s in 1962
My first real "job" in publishing was working as a sales clerk at Brentano's flagship bookstore on 5th Avenue in the summer of 1962. I was deployed to the paperback department, which had opened only weeks before. In those days, almost all real … [Continue reading]
Publishing and cash
There are few moments as entertaining at any BEA or Frankfurt than the moments I spend shooting the bull with David Godine. But I just read an interview with David that left me scratching my head. Early in the piece, David says: "First, we are … [Continue reading]
Amazon’s competitive advantages: will they extend to an ebook world?
Will Amazon's 70% or 75% or more market share of physical book sales online, plus the currently market-leading ebook reader, the Kindle, lead to a similar dominance of the ebook market as it grows? Despite the early lead of the Kindle, and the … [Continue reading]
TTS and audio “rights”
There are credible voices in the publishing world saying that the text-to-speech capability of Amazon's new Kindle 2 constitutes a threat to the value of authors' audio rights. The most extreme interpretation of the Authors Guild position is that … [Continue reading]
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