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Export sales is one of the few areas of predictable growth for book publishers

October 3, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

For a client meeting last week, I was shown a chart that came from Bookstats of channel revenue for publishers. Bookstats is the recent (and now no longer) partnership between the AAP and BISG collecting book publisher shipment information. It has four years of data, which were arrayed in a neat bar chart. Since the chart […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Marketing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: AAP, Amazon, Andrew Weinstein, BISG, Bluefire, BookStats, Brian Murray, CCC, Chris Kenneally, Copyright Clearance Center, David Burleigh, ePub Direct, Gareth Cuddy, HarperCollins, Ingram, Kobo, Len Vlahos, Marcus Woodburn, Micah Bowers, Michael Cader, Michael Tamblyn, OverDrive, Russ Grandinetti, Scribd

The motivation of the publisher-bashing commentariat is what I cannot figure out

September 29, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 318 Comments

Once again this morning we wake up to a piece by David Streitfeld in The New York Times about Authors United and their ongoing effort to discredit Amazon. The message coming loud and clear from the legacy publishing establishment is that Amazon doesn’t appreciate, and perhaps doesn’t understand, the value that agents, publishers, and chain and […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Self-Publishing Tagged With: "Wool", 24Symbols, Amazon, AuthorEarnings, Authors United, Barry Eisler, Bookbub, Chuck Wendig, David Streitfeld, e Unlimited, Hachette, Hugh Howey, Joe Konrath, Jonathan Nowell, Josh Schanker, Judge Cote, Judith Curr, Ken Auletta, Kindl, KOLL, Lee Child, Matthew Greenfield, Michael Cader, New York Times, Oyster, Russ Grandinetti, Scribd, Walter Isaacson

Subscriptions are in the news this week

July 24, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 16 Comments

Subscriptions for ebooks are certainly in the news this week. Amazon just announced their Kindle Unlimited offering, taking its place beside Oyster and Scribd as a “one price for all you can eat” Netflix- or Spotify-for-ebooks program. And the Book Industry Study Group has released a lengthy and fact-filled report from Ted Hill and Kate […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Self-Publishing, Subscriptions, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Baen, Big Five, BISG, Book Industry Study Group, Hachette, HarperCollins, Hugh Howey, Kate Lara, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle Unlimited, KU, Macmillan, Madeline McIntosh, Oyster, Penguin Random House, Publishers Lunch, Scribd, Simon & Schuster, Ted Hill

It is hard for publishers to apply even Harvard B School advice in their struggle with Amazon

July 15, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 109 Comments

Harvard Business Review published an article recently by Benjamin Edelman called “Mastering the Intermediaries” which gives advice to businesses trying to avoid some of the consequences of audience aggregation and control by an intermediary. The article was aimed at restaurants who don’t want their fate controlled by Open Table or travel companies who don’t want […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "The Everything Store", Aerbook, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, Ashley Gordon, B&N, Baker & Taylor, Benjamin Edelman, Big Five, Bluefire, Book.ish, Chris Kubica, Donnelley, Eugene Volokh, Expedia, Fandango, Foodler, Google, Grubhub, Hachette, HarperCollins, Harvard Business Review, Ingram, Jeff Stone, Joe Regal, John Sargent, Kayak, Kindle, Macmillan, MovieTickets, Open Table, Oyster, Penguin Random House, Peter Meyers, PRH, Robert Bork, Scribd, Zola Books

Not all books and not all subscription services are created equal

June 11, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 3 Comments

Digital change has forced many book publishers to rethink the mix of their lists. The most obvious aspect of that is the need for increased vertical-, topic- or audience-consciousness. In the days when bookstores did most of the selling, all publishers could reach audiences in stores by being displayed in the right section (or sections). […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Andrew Savikas, Bank of America, Boeing, Logical Marketing, Oracle, Oyster, Peter McCarthy, Safari, Scribd

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