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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

Libraries and publishers don’t have symmetrical interest in a conversation

February 22, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 15 Comments

Because libraries are, at most 5% of a general trade publisher’s business and far less of the ebook business, and because the market is changing so rapidly and because every retailer except Amazon can be said to be struggling to carve out a sustainable position in the global ebook marketplace, there are many legitimate reasons […]

Filed Under: eBooks, libraries, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: 3M, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bloomsbury, Bookish, Google, Kobo, OverDrive, Random House

What smaller publishers, agents, and authors need to know about ebook publishing

September 5, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 28 Comments

As the shift from a print-centric book world to a digital one accelerates, more and more digital publishers are creating themselves. The biggest publishers, with the resources of sophisticated IT departments to guide them, have been in the game for years now and paying serious attention since the Kindle was launched by Amazon late in […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishers Launch Conferences, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "eBooks for Everyone Else", Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, BookBaby, Bowker, Copyright Clearance Center, David Wilk, Dimension Books, F+W Media, Google, Ingram Content Group, INscribe Digital, Iris Blasi, Jack Perry, Jane Dystel, Joshua Tallent, Kindle, Knight Agency, Kobo, LibreDigital, Mark Coker, Michael Cader, MintRight, Open Road, OverDrive, Perseus Constellation, PubIt, Renee Register, Rich Fahle, Robert Gottlieb, Ron Martinez, Rosetta, Scott Waxman, Scott Waxman Agency, SEO, Sloan Harris, Smashwords, Story World

Are open markets for ebooks a race to the bottom on price? Maybe our London show will help me understand

June 1, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 23 Comments

Sometimes something seems very obvious to me, but other people — smart people I respect — don’t see it that way and it makes me wonder if I’m missing something. What I’m thinking about that way today is the future of “open territories” in the ebook world. When English-language rights are sold to US and […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing History, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Atlantic Books, Bloomsbury, David Miller, Foundry, Future Book, Google, Ingram, Kobo, OverDrive, Philip Jones, Richard Charkin, Rogers Coleridge and White, Simon Lipskar, Stephanie Abou, Toby Mundy, Writer's House

“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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