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It’s hard to figure out pricing for ebooks from anecdotal evidence

April 25, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 49 Comments

The Wall Street Journal wrote last week about what we have been concerned about for some time: how hard it will be for publishers to sustain book prices as supply (of books) rises faster than demand because of all the self-publishing being done. WSJ built their story around John Locke, whose thrillers are 99 cents […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Fall of Giants, John Locke, Ken Follett, Kindle, Kobo, Penguin, Wall Street Journal

Conceiving issues that will gestate in the next nine months; planning for 2012 Digital Book World

April 19, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 48 Comments

The fact that Publishers Launch Conferences will stage half-a-dozen or more events before our next big multi-day Digital Book World blowout next January doesn’t change the DBW calendar. Now is the time of year when we have to start thinking about what the big issues will be at the turn of the year so we […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing, rights, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, BIC, BISG, Hachette, Ingram, iPad, James Long, James Patterson, John Locke, Kindle, London Book Fair, Making Information Pay, Nook Color, O'Reilly, Orbit, Pan Macmillan, Rick Richter, Ruckus Media, Safari, Sara Lloyd, Tara Catogge

Do ebook consumers love bestsellers, or does it just look that way?

March 28, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 61 Comments

In theory, the more books are sold online the more sales should move to the long tail. Online bookstores have the advantage of “unlimited shelf space”. Nothing has to be left out of the assortment because of constraints on capital to stock inventory or room to hold it. Furthermore, as Konrath and Eisler pointed out […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, Bowker, Google, iBookstore, Joe Konrath, John Locke, Kindle, Kobo, metadata, Nook

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