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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

“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

Conceiving issues that will gestate in the next nine months; planning for 2012 Digital Book World

April 19, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 48 Comments

The fact that Publishers Launch Conferences will stage half-a-dozen or more events before our next big multi-day Digital Book World blowout next January doesn’t change the DBW calendar. Now is the time of year when we have to start thinking about what the big issues will be at the turn of the year so we […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing, rights, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amanda Hocking, Barnes & Noble, Barry Eisler, BIC, BISG, Hachette, Ingram, iPad, James Long, James Patterson, John Locke, Kindle, London Book Fair, Making Information Pay, Nook Color, O'Reilly, Orbit, Pan Macmillan, Rick Richter, Ruckus Media, Safari, Sara Lloyd, Tara Catogge

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