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Things learned and thoughts provoked by London Book Fair 2012

April 24, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 47 Comments

This post contains a batch of observations from this year’s London Book Fair. Some of it recalled an experience from about 20 years ago. We’ll begin there. In the early 1990s, Microsoft was on a mission to get computer hardware manufacturers to install CD-Rom drives in new machines. Microsoft had a very simple motivation. Software […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, New Models, Publishing History, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Allen Lau, Amazon, Andrew Steele, Audible, Belinda Rasmussen, Bloomsbury, Bob Young, Charlie Redmayne, Copyright Clearance Center, Digital Minds, Eric Huang, Evan Schnittman, Fionnuala Duggan, Funny or Die, Hachette Book Group USA, International Course Smart, Jeff Gomez, Kate Wilson, Lulu, Michael Healy, Microsoft, Nosy Crow, Pan Macmillan, Penguin, Pottermore, Publishing Point, Random House UK, Recorded Books, Sara Lloyd, Starlight Runner Entertainment, Susan Danziger, The Great Debate, Wattpad

What’s the greater fear for publishers? Amazon or piracy?

March 27, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 93 Comments

Pottermore changed the game this morning. Congratulations to Charlie Redmayne, their CEO. The “aha” moment for me was when somebody on a listserv mentioned they’d bought Kindle editions of the seven Harry Potter books which, it had been announced, were available only from the Pottermore site. Penny drops. First thought: Hnh? How did that happen? […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, aNobii, Barnes & Noble, Beatles, Big Six, Bookish, Brian Murray, Charlie Redmayne, HarperCollins, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, John Sargent, Kindle, LibreDigital, Macmillan, Matteo Berlucchi, Pottermore, Random House

John Locke and S&S show us another kind of deal we can expect to see again

August 22, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 27 Comments

OK, now we know another new paradigm for book publishing in the digital age with the announcement of self-publishing author John Locke’s new deal for print distribution with Simon & Schuster. The big publishers have said for a while now that they won’t be signing up books for print rights only. That makes sense, up […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Amazon, Barry Eisler, Donovan Creed, Harry Potter, Houghton Harcourt, J.K. Rowling, John Locke, Pottermore, Simon & Schuster, Telemachus Press, Tim Ferriss

Guessing wrong about the future happens to all of us; here are 2 times it happened to me

July 28, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 24 Comments

One very lucky thing for those of us who are in the habit of predicting the future is that very few people keep score on us. We mostly keep score on ourselves. When I want to remind readers of something I said previously, I link back to it and call it forward it again. But […]

Filed Under: Community, Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, iPhone, J.K. Rowling, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, O'Reilly, OpenSky, Palm Digital, Palm Pilot, Pottermore, Psion Organiser, Rocket Book, Safari, Softbook, Sony Reader

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