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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

Subscription models seem to me to be for ebook niches, not a general offer

July 16, 2012 by Jess 32 Comments

Another fledgling ebook retailing venture came through our office this month touting a subscription proposition. I told the entrepeneur “I’m skeptical of the subscription model for ebooks,” and he said, “I know”. We had a great chat, but I’m still skeptical. When I say that, I mean I’m skeptical that a general offering subscription model […]

Filed Under: Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing History, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Angry Robot, Audible, Baen Books, Book-of-the-Month Club, continuity series, Discover a New Love, Disney Digital Books, Dzanc, F+W Media, Harlequin, iTunes, Literary Guild, Netflix, O'Reilly, Osprey, Pearson, Recorded Books, Safari, Sesame Street eBooks, Sourcebooks, Spotify, TED conferences, The Atavist, Time-Life Books

“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

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