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Aside from the publishers: how the other stakeholders fare as ebook adoption continues

July 21, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 12 Comments

In three prior posts, we’ve explored the initial conversation that surrounded the announcement that Sourcebooks would delay the ebook release of Bran Hambric; sketched out what we think are the four stages of ebook adoption; and looked at how publishers see the early “establishment” stage, which is where we are now. This post is about the […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishing History, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Add new tag, Adobe Reader, Amazon, B&N, Baker & Taylor, BookSurge, Bran Hambric, Content Reserve, Diesel Ebooks, dot lit, IDPF, Indigo, Kindle, Microsoft, Mobipocket, OverDrive, Palm Digital, Palm Pilot, Peanut Press, Powell's, Scribd, Smashwords, Sony Reader, Sourcebooks

The Sourcebooks experiment with Bran Hambric: publishers in the early “establishment” stage of ebook adoption

July 20, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 2 Comments

In a post last week we reviewed what Sourcebook CEO Dominque Raccah did — announcing she was holding back the ebook publication of a new hardcover YA novel coming this September — and why she said she did it. Over the weekend, we posted about what we see as the four stages of ebook adoption. […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Arthur Andersen, B&N, Dominique Rac, Evan Schnittman, Forrester Research, Kindle, Michael Cader, Rocketbook, Scribd, Smashwords, Softbook, Sony Reader, Sourcebooks

A context in which to evaluate ebook strategies

July 19, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 27 Comments

This post is part of a growing set initiated by the Sourcebooks experiment holding back an ebook from simultaneous publication with an upcoming hardcover. It is the second (link to the first below) and will be followed by at least one more, as the conclusion of this post makes clear. To talk sensibly about the […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishing, Publishing History, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, B&N, Borders, Bran Hambric, Cool-er Reader, DRM, Elonex, Indigo, iPhone, Kindle, Scribd, Shortcovers, Sony Reader, Sourcebooks

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

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