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Thinking more about ebooks and libraries and what big publishers should do

March 18, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 49 Comments

The reluctance of most big publishers to make ebooks available through library lending is a topic of widespread attention and concern. The AAP turned a chunk of its annual meeting over to the topic and Dr. Anthony Marx, the President and CEO of the New York Public Library, used his time to volunteer his institution […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Big Six, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Kindle, Library Bookshelf, Oprah, OverDrive, Perseus, Random House, Rick Joyce, Spiegel & Grau, Suze Orman

Lots going on; no single topic today

July 20, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 26 Comments

I find myself with a lot of pages open on my web browser. Even before Amazon’s announcement yesterday about ebooks passing hardcovers in sales this past quarter, there has been a lot going on. There had been some suggestions, which I never bought into, that ebook sales were slowing in 2009. (Is this a meme […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: AAP, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Cool Springs Press, Farrar Straus & Giroux, IDPF, Joe Konrath, Joe Wikert, Kat Meyer, Kindle, Knopf, Madeline McIntosh, O'Reilly, Oprah, Publishers Weekly, Random House, Wall Street Journal

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