The first Publishers Launch Conferences show outside the United States, "A Global Perspective on Digital Change", will be at the Congress Centre in central London on June 21, with the Publishers Association serving as our partners in putting on the … [Continue reading]
Who would buy a print publisher? An internet vertical creator!
Nolo Press, the Berkeley-based publisher of books and software on the law for laypeople, announced this week that the company has been acquired by Internet Brands, an internet company that builds verticals. This news should be seen as another one of … [Continue reading]
It’s hard to figure out pricing for ebooks from anecdotal evidence
The Wall Street Journal wrote last week about what we have been concerned about for some time: how hard it will be for publishers to sustain book prices as supply (of books) rises faster than demand because of all the self-publishing being … [Continue reading]
It’s official: putting books in stores is a subsidiary right
The headline in a number of places was that Amazon was now aggressively going after exclusives for their Kindle line and actually bid against the publishers for Amanda Hocking's trade books. The enabling component, as reported in Publishers Lunch, … [Continue reading]
Do ebook consumers love bestsellers, or does it just look that way?
In theory, the more books are sold online the more sales should move to the long tail. Online bookstores have the advantage of "unlimited shelf space". Nothing has to be left out of the assortment because of constraints on capital to stock inventory … [Continue reading]
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