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eBook pricing resembles three dimensional chess

September 6, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 40 Comments

The current round of reporting from major publishers contains some danger signs. Their ebook sales are declining (in dollars and even more dramatically in units) in an ebook market that is probably not declining. The “good” news for the publishers is that print sales are pretty much holding their own, or even growing. And profits […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Author Earnings, Barnes & Noble, Bookbub, Bookperk, HarperCollins, Kindle

The “Big Change” era in trade book publishing ended about four years ago

July 11, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 8 Comments

Book publishing is still very much in a time of changing conditions and circumstances. There are a host of unknowables about the next several years that affect the shape of the industry and the strategies of all the players in it. But as publishers, retailers, libraries, and their ecosystem partners prepare for whatever is next, […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, Publishing History, Scale, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "Electronic Publishing and Rights", Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Borders, CreateSpace, Edelweiss, Firebrand, Hachette, HarperCollins, iBookstore, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Kobo, Macintosh, Macmillan, NetGalley, Nook, Palm Pilot, Penguin, Publishers Weekly, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs, US Department of Justice, Voyager Expanded Book

Things are calmer than they were in the book business, but change is a constant

May 25, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 12 Comments

Among the shifts that have been taking place in publishing houses over the past decade is an increase in the head count dedicated to marketing and a decrease in head count dedicated to sales. This reflects the reduction in the number of bookstore accounts and the transfer of “discovery” from store shelves to digital search. […]

Filed Under: Atomization, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Scale, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Unbundling Tagged With: Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Borders, CreateSpace, HarperCollins, Ingram, Kindle

An obituary last week reminded me of some family history we are proud of

December 29, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 2 Comments

Normally what is written here is about publishing’s present with a look to its future. An obituary notice last week recalled some personal family history about publishing’s past and shed some light on how much has changed in the past six decades. It’s publishing history from a highly personal point of view, but it seems […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, General Trade Publishing, Publishing History Tagged With: Amistad Press, Charles F. Harris, Doubleday, Ed Simmons, Eleanor Shatzkin, HarperCollins, Howard University Press, Karen Shatzkin, Leonard Shatzkin, Nance Shatzkin, Urban League

Books as brands and the opportunities to sell book-branded merchandise

November 5, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

There’s a lot in this post that anticipates conversations we will have at Digital Book World 2016, coming up March 7-9 at the New York Hilton. “Transformation” will be an important theme at that event and nothing says “transformation” more than revenue sources you didn’t used to have. It was really 20 years ago that […]

Filed Under: Authors, Direct response, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, rights, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "Bad Feminist", "Halloween Scare", "I Love You So", "Put Me in the Story", "This Is Your Cookbook", Agatha Christie, Amazon, Bookperk, Chronicle, F+W Media, Greatness Summit, HarperCollins, Lost My Name, Macmillan, Marianne Richmond, Notorious RBG, PMITS, Quarto, Rodale, Roxane Gay, Sourcebooks, Tor.com

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