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In an indie-dominant world, what happens to the high-cost non-fiction?

April 6, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 78 Comments

I first learned and wrote about Hugh Howey about four years ago. At the time, he was one of the first real breakthrough successes as an indie author, making tens of thousands of dollars a month exclusively through Amazon for his self-published futurist novel, “Wool”. As soon as I could track him down, I invited […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, rights, Self-Publishing Tagged With: "Dark Money", "Wool", Amazon, AuthorEarnings, Barry Eisler, Borders, Daniel Berkowitz, Data Guy, Doubleday, Hugh Howey, Jane Mayer, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, Kristin Nelson, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster

Transformation of companies and the book industry itself are not just 21st century phenomena

January 27, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 5 Comments

Company transformation is a major theme at this year’s Digital Book World conference. By “transformation” we mean substantial changes in a company’s business model or core competencies or revenue streams. We found eight worthy companies to speak on this subject. Six of them — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ingram, Quarto, Rodale, Sourcebooks, and Wiley — are […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, Marketing, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing History, Scale, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: ABA Convention, Amazon, American Booksellers Association, Baker & Taylor, BEA, Bell & Howell, BookPage, Daniel Berkowitz, DBW blog, Diversion Books, Harry Hoffman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ingram, Jeff Bezos, Joe Esposito, John Ingram, Lightning Print, Michael Zibart, microfiche reader, Nashville Tennessean, NetGalley, Quarto, Reed Exhibitions, Rodale, Sourcebooks, Wiley

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