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What to watch for in 2013

January 2, 2013 by Jess 33 Comments

Although “digital change in publishing” has a year that lags the calendar year and this year won’t “end” until we have a read on how post-Christmas ebook sales were affected by the new devices consumers got for Christmas, the dropping of the ball in Times Square is the signal most of us respond to when […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishers Launch Conferences, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Abrams, Angry Robot, Barnes & Noble, Black Dog & Leventhal, Borders, Duncan Baird, F+W Media, Hachette, HarperCollins, Interweave, John Sargent, Kindle Fire, Macmillan, Nook, Open Road, Osprey, Penguin, Perseus, Random House, Reading Rainbow, Rick Joyce, RRKidz, Ruckus, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Storia, Story Town

Two new initiatives to ponder as we end the year

December 28, 2012 by Jess 1 Comment

Two announcements made in the last two weeks caught our attention. One was Simon & Schuster’s deal with Author Solutions, creating a new Archway Editions publishing imprint. This was the third such major deal with a publisher for ASI, following similar arrangements forged with romance publisher Harlequin and Christian publisher Thomas Nelson (now owned by […]

Filed Under: Authors, Direct response, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Amazon, Archway Editions, Author Solutions, Bella Andre, Bookateria, Bookish, F+W Media, Ganxy, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Hay House, Hugh Howey, Impelsys, Indiebound, John Locke, Macmillan, Osprey, Politico, Politics & Prose, Publishers Lunch, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Thomas Nelson, Tor Books, Zola

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

December 13, 2012 by Jess 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

Going where the customers are might be an alternative to selling direct

August 9, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 5 Comments

The news that Faber in the UK has partnered with a company called Firsty Group to offer direct-to-consumer services to their distribution clients again calls the question about publishers selling direct. In my recent post about the likely outcome of the DoJ settlement being accepted by the Court, I said I was re-thinking my admonition […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Blio, F+W Media, Faber, Firsty Group, iBookstore, Ingram, Lightning Source, Open Sky, Phil Ollila, Politico, Politics & Prose, Random House, Zola Books

Somebody please tell me the path to survival for the illustrated book business

August 6, 2012 by Jess 26 Comments

My eye was caught at the end of last week by a story in The Bookseller that acknowledged that ebooks just haven’t worked for illustrated books. It appears that the publishers of illustrated books they spoke to for the piece think that situation is temporary. The Managing Director of Thames & Hudson, Jamie Camplin, is […]

Filed Under: eBooks, New Models, Vertical Tagged With: advanceImages, Aerbook Maker, Blio, Bowker, Codex, Dorling Kindersley, F+W Media, fotolibra, iPad, Jamie Camplin, John Duhigg, Kindle Fire, Osprey, Peter Hildick-Smith, Ron Martinez, Thames & Hudson, The Bookseller, Wiley

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