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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

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

Can big publishers compete if the coin of the realm is “names”?

October 27, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 10 Comments

In a conversation earlier this week I learned that the big Hollywood talent agencies have come to the recognition that “audience aggregation”, a component of what I have been calling a “vertical” strategy, needs to be incorporated into their thinking going forward. This was signaled very strongly recently when longtime publisher Steve Ross took his […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, Direct response, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Abrams Artists Agency, Amazon, Author Solutions, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Blio, Borders, Digital Book World, F+W Media, Harlequin, Hay House, Ingram, iUniverse, Joe Konrath, LibreDigital, Open Sky, PubIt, SkyShelf, Steve Ross

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