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Stability in the book marketplace does not mean commercial publishers continue to maintain their share

December 12, 2017 by Mike Shatzkin 6 Comments

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 sales have stalled or perhaps even receded, that print is strong, and that the big publishers […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Ann Arbor Public Library, Apple iBooks, BISG, Boston Globe, Carolyn Reidy, Chicago Tribune, Cuyahoga County Library System, Kindle Unlimited, Michael Cader, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, S&S, Tbooks, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post

Two pieces of news last week that foretell changes in the ebook marketplace

August 24, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 28 Comments

Two pieces of news this past week and how things play out with them might foretell some things about the direction of the ebook market. One news item is that reading on phones is really taking off.  More than half of ebook consumers use their phones at least some of the time and the number that […]

Filed Under: Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Marketing, New Models, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Android, Apple, Apple iBooks, Atria, Baen, Carina, DRM, DRM-free, German ebook market, Google, Google Play, Harlequin, Holtzbrinck, iBooks, interstitial reading, iPhone, James Patterson, Joe Esposito, Judith Curr, Kobo, Molly Barton, Nook, O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media, Palm Pilot, Random House, S&S, Serial Box, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Doherty, Tor

Seven-and-a-half days of conference programming coming up during 4 days in January

December 13, 2012 by Admin 2 Comments

Blog posts have been scarcer for the past couple of months because I’ve been so engaged with a major responsibility: putting together what amounts to 7-1/2 days of conference programming that will be presented on four days next month in New York City. As most readers of this blog probably know, we’re responsible for the […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Politics, Publishers Launch Conferences, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Technology, Vertical Tagged With: "Authors Launch", "Children's Publishing Goes Digital", "Wimpy Kid", "Wool", Abrams, Amazon Kindle, Apex, Apple, Ashleigh Gardner, Barbara Marcus, Barnes & Noble, Ben Evans, Bill Kasdorf, Bill McCoy, Black Dog & Leventhal, Bowker, Brain Hive, Brendan Cahill, Brendan Dineen, Brian Defiore, Brian Napack, Candlewick, Capstone, Carnegie-Mellon, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Chris Bauerle, Citia, Codex, Creative Conduit, Dan Blank, David Houle, David Nussbaum, David Wilk, Disney, Dystel & Goderich, Enders Analysis, Evan Ratliff, F+W Media, Facebook, Gary Gentel, Gary Price, GoodReads, Google, Green Mountain Digital, Hachette, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hugh Howey, IDPF, INFODocket, Inkling, Jane Dystel, Jason Allen Ashlock, Jay Mandel, Jennifer Weltz, Joe Mangan, John Donatich, Johns Hopkins University Press, JP Leventhal, Karen Lotz, Kate Stark, Kate Wilson, Kobo, Kristin Nelson, Linda Holliday, Lorraine Shanley, Macmillan, Magic Town, Marcus Leaver, Market Partners, Matt Baldacci, Matt MacInnis, Matt Schwartz, Michael Cader, Michael D. Smith, Michael Jacobs, Microsoft, MJ Rose, Nathan Maharaj, Neal Goff, Nook, Nosy Crow, Open Road, Osprey, Patricia Arancibia, Patricia Payton, Patrick Brown, Pearson, Penguin, Perseus, Pete Harris, Pete McCarthy, Peter Hildick-Smith, Poptropica, Porter Anderson, Quarto, Rachel Chou, Random House, Randy Susan Meyers, Reading Rainbow, Rebecca Smart, Rick Joyce, Robert Oeste, RRKidz, Scholastic, Simon Lipskar, Sourcebooks, Stephanie Bowen, Steve Axelrod, Storia, Swanna McNair, Ted Hill, Teddy Goff, The Atavist, The Naggar Agency, Tina Pohlman, Todd McGarity, William Morris Endeavor, Writer's House, Yale University Press

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