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A lot has changed in book publishing in the last ten years

July 23, 2019 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

I am returning this September to speak at Digital Book World, a conference I helped to found and then programmed for its first seven years. (One motivation to go back is to promote my new book.) The occasion calls for some reflection. DBW itself has changed, having passed from book publishing company ownership to tech-information […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: Amazon.com, Apple iBookstore, Borders, Digital Book World, Ingram, iPad, Nook, Print-On-Demand, YouTube

Making Information Pay 2010: Points of No Return

May 10, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 1 Comment

We have a program packed with information which we always strive for here at Making Information Pay. This conference, as usual, is about what’s changing in our publishing world right now and how we should address it. Before I walk us through this morning’s program, I want to give you two snapshots of the future, first as I see it and then as it was reflected in the answers you and others gave to the survey that tied into this year’s event.

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: Author Solutions, Barnes & Noble, Bertelsmann, Big Six, BISG, Bookmasters, Books-a-Million, Borders, Bowker, brick-and-mortar, disintermediation, eBooks, Facebook, Gilbane Group, Hachette, Harvard Common Press, Kaplan, Lulu, Macmillan, Making Information Pay, Open Road, Print-On-Demand, Publishing Technology, Random House, SBS Worldwide, Scribd, Smashwords, Sterling Commerce, Twitter, Wolters Kluwer

VIDEO: Planning for a Long Career in an Industry That’s Changing

December 17, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

Mike’s speech to a packed house at Hachette, as part of a lunchtime lecture series known as The Publishing Point. Delivering what proved to be a thought-provoking and farsighted view of the future of the book industry, Mike had some clear advice for those planning a long career in publishing: the companies that will succeed will be those that focus on building compelling content for well-defined “vertical communities.”

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Blio, blog, book clubs, Book of the Month, BookScan, Cathy's Book, Daily Lit, dedicated device, eBooks, Google, Hachette, HarperCollins, iPhone, Kindle, Kirkus, Macmillan, Penguin, Perseus, Print-On-Demand, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks, television, The Publishing Point, verticle

Stay Ahead of the Shift: What Publishers Can Do to Flourish in a Community-Centric Web World

May 29, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 35 Comments

Speech given at BEA 2009. Focusing on the changes that will take place in publishing in the next 20 years. With a look back to the last 20 years, we are able to look forward and predict not only how publishing will be in the future, but also how information will be shared.

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: Amazon, B2B, B2C, Bantam, Barnes & Noble, BEA, BISAC code, blog, Bloomsbury, Borders, CD, cloud, craigslist, Crown, DRM, eBooks, epub, Facebook, Google, Hachette, HarperCollins, horizontal, iPhone, iPod, Lulu, McGraw-Hill, metrics, Nelson, Ning, O-Reilly, Penguin, Print-On-Demand, Random House, Scribd, Simon & Schuster, Taylor & Francis, television, The Safari Bookshelf, Tools of Change, Twitter, verticle, Wikipedia, Wiley

Will You Recognize the Industry in 10 Years?

February 1, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

There is no doubt that the industry is in a period of significant transition. What can we expect 10 to 15 years from now?… Ten years from now, there will still be more books sold that were printed centrally and warehoused for sale than all other ways combined, but the end of that era will be in sight.

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Big Six, cloud, Facebook, Google, Ingram, Outsell, Print-On-Demand, SharedBooks, Wikipedia, Wiley

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