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The ebook marketplace could definitely confuse the average consumer

September 17, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 32 Comments

There are no links in this post. I refer to searches done in several ebookstores, but the pages reporting results would be dynamic, so creating a link wouldn’t assure you’d see the same results as I saw. You can replicate the searches and you may or may not see the same thing because the facts […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "George Washington", "Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy", B&N, Caroline Kennedy, Fall of Giants, Google ebooks, Hyperion, iBookstore, Kobo, Nook

Merchandising ebooks is a problem not really solved yet

June 14, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 30 Comments

I have always been in the process of reading at least one book since I was about 8 years old. When I was a little kid, I’d find them in the house (Dad was in publishing) or at the library in my home village of Croton-on-Hudson or in the school library. Sometimes extraordinary measures delivered […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, aNobii, Bookish, Gene McCarthy, George McGovern, Google ebooks, James Patterson, John Locke, Kindle, Kobo, Landmark Books, Making of the President 1968, Nook, Palm Digital, Pierre Salinger, Random House, Robert Kennedy, The Shatzkin Files, Theodore White

“A Global Perspective on Digital Change” will be our first show in London

May 15, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

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 event. We also owe special thanks to the PA’s group of Digital Directors, who were […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Angry Robot, Anthony Forbes Watson, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, Blio, Bloomsbury, Charlie Redmayne, Constellation, Copia, Copyright Clearance Center, Curtis Brown, David Miller, David Roth-ey, Dominic Myers, EDItEur, Faber, George Walkley, Google, Google ebooks, Graham Bell, Hachette, HarperCollins, Helen Kogan, Ingram, iPad, Jacks Thomas, James Long, Jean Harrington, Jo Howard, John Makinson, Jon Windus, Jonny Geller, Juan Lopez-Valacarel, Karina Luke, Kindle, Kobo, Kogan Page, Ltd, Marc Gascoigne, Mark Bide, Maverick House, Michael Cader, Midas Public Relations, Mobcast, Mosaic Search & Selection Ltd, Nielsen, Osprey, OverDrive, Pan Macmillan, Patricia Aranacibia, Pearson, Penguin, Perseus, Peter Cox, Publishers Association UK, Publishers Licensing Society, Publishing Ireland, Random House, Redhammer, Richard Charkin, Rick Joyce, Rogers Coleridge and White, Sara Faulder, Sara Lloyd, Sony, Stephen Page, Tools of Change, Waterstone's

Eisler’s decision is a key benchmark on the road to wherever it is we’re going

March 21, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 171 Comments

I wasn’t planning to write a post this past weekend for Monday morning publication. But then Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler contacted me on Saturday to tell me what Barry is up to. I’ve read their lengthy conversation about Barry’s decision to turn down a $500,000 contract (apparently for two books) and join Joe (and […]

Filed Under: Authors, Baseball, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishing, Publishing History, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, Bookmasters, Branch Rickey, Charles Levy, Christian publishing, Constellation, CreateSpace, Google ebooks, iBookstore, Ingram, Jackie Robinson, Joe Konrath, Kindle, Kobo, Lightning Source, Negro Leagues, Nook, Perseus, PubIt, Scott Waxman Literary Agency, Smashwords, Sony

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