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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

By one benchmark at least, we are probably halfway through the (r)evolution

February 13, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 23 Comments

A couple of major (Big Six) publishers have acknowledged that ebook revenues for them have passed 20% of their revenues. Of the 80% that remains print, I think it would be conservative to estimate that 20% of that is sold online. That’s an additional 16 percent of their business. Adding those together tells us that, for at […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Barry Eisler, Big Six, breaking the color line, Doubleday, Ingram, J. A. Konrath, John Locke, John Sargent Sr., Kindle, Leonard Shatzkin, Perseus, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's

“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

Publishers Launch Conferences: a new partnership with Michael Cader

March 22, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 22 Comments

I had already been in the “publishing futurist” game for a few years when my frequent project partner Mark Bide and I put together a day-long conference in March 2000 at the London Book Fair called “Publishing 2010.” (As I look at what I wrote for that conference, I can see some things I got […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing Tagged With: Constellation, Copyright Clearance Center, David Nussbaum, F+W Media, Lady Diana Spencer, London Book Fair, Lorraine Shanley, Mark Bide, Market Partners International, Michael Cader, Michael Carlisle, Perseus, Publishers Association, Publishers Lunch, Publishing 2010, Stanford Publishing Course, Tools of Change

Eisler’s decision is a key benchmark on the road to wherever it is we’re going

March 21, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 171 Comments

I wasn’t planning to write a post this past weekend for Monday morning publication. But then Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler contacted me on Saturday to tell me what Barry is up to. I’ve read their lengthy conversation about Barry’s decision to turn down a $500,000 contract (apparently for two books) and join Joe (and […]

Filed Under: Authors, Baseball, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishing, Publishing History, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, Bookmasters, Branch Rickey, Charles Levy, Christian publishing, Constellation, CreateSpace, Google ebooks, iBookstore, Ingram, Jackie Robinson, Joe Konrath, Kindle, Kobo, Lightning Source, Negro Leagues, Nook, Perseus, PubIt, Scott Waxman Literary Agency, Smashwords, Sony

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