Amazon's introduction of the Kindle in 2007 was followed rapidly by other ebook systems -- Kobo, Google, B&N's Nook, and Apple's iBook -- and widely-available print-on-demand capabilities for printed books offered by Ingram (Lightning Print was … [Continue reading]
Stability in the book marketplace does not mean commercial publishers continue to maintain their share
Publishing reporters doing wrap up stories occasionally call me for impressions. From those conversations I have gleaned that the prevailing impression of where the book business is now is of "stability". The consensus about adult trade is that ebook … [Continue reading]
Ten Years Ago Amazon Started A Revolution and It Just Gave Me a Very Good Month
Ten years ago, Amazon released the first Kindle device. There had been electronic book reading devices before the Kindle and, indeed, the Sony ereader was actively in the market when Kindle arrived. (Others, like Rocketbook and Softbook, had perished … [Continue reading]
Temperature check from two US CEOs at Frankfurt 2017
It is no surprise that the public remarks at Frankfurt by Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle and Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy contain gems worth pondering. Book publishing has been fortunate to have really smart people leading the … [Continue reading]
Amazon and the future of physical retail
There are two parallel conversations about the future of retail that are quite active. One is within the book business and it centers around what the future will be -- and will there be one? -- for Barnes & Noble. The other one is about the … [Continue reading]
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