A major difference between book publishing today and book publishing 25 years ago is the practical power of the author brand in marketing. Multi-book authors can not only build their own followings in ways that can be usefully exploited, they now … [Continue reading]
Amazon could become our leading physical retailer before very long
More than five years ago in this space we contemplated the likelihood that Amazon would just keep growing and growing its share of the book business without any end. Of course, a book business-centric view of Amazon these days doesn't really do … [Continue reading]
Deep in the weeds of publishing economics
This is a geeky post about publishing economics. Some people like that. If you don't, you were warned before you invested any time. Two otherwise unrelated projects last week -- a book I'm working on with a veteran fellow consultant named Robert … [Continue reading]
Crafting a publishing strategy to address a very specific need
Lena Tabori is, like me, a book publishing lifer who wants to work on climate change. She was an executive at Abrams when I met her and went on to be a founder of illustrated book publisher Stewart Tabori & Chang and then Welcome Books, the book … [Continue reading]
Agency pricing didn’t restrain Amazon; it strengthened them
Many, if not most, of the people in publishing houses I know have what they feel is a pretty clear picture of the changes we're seeing in the business. There seems to be a strong consensus that the ebook share is leveling off or diminishing as … [Continue reading]
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