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What retailers know that publishers need to know

July 2, 2012 by Admin 9 Comments

The Wall Street Journal ran a piece last week about what the ebook retailers know about how we are all reading. In fact, all the ebook retailers who manage ecosystems that include apps for using their platform on multi-function devices can see every move their consumers make. We all have the sense that they know […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishers Launch Conferences, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "Wool", 20th Century Fox, Amazon, Amazon Singles, Barnes & Noble, Byliner, CreateSpace, Hugh Howey, Jim Hilt, Kobo, Kristin Nelson, Laura Owen, Michael Tamblyn, Nook Snaps, PaidContent, Publishers Launch Hollywood, Shortcovers, The Atavist, Wall Street Journal

A baker’s dozen predictions for 2010

December 30, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 90 Comments

It is customary for those of us who do crystal-ball gazing to make some calls about the year ahead at around the time the celebrants head for Times Square. I am not a man to flout custom. Here are some of the things I expect we’ll see in 2010. 1. At least one major book […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Blio, Enhanced ebooks, Google, Google Editions, Kobo, predictions 2010, Shortcovers, Sony, territorial rights

Debut pricing: my idea, great idea, unfortunately can’t work

August 28, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 7 Comments

In the words of Emily Litella, the Saturday Night Live character of the 1970s invented by Gilda Radner, “never mind.” I’m referring to my post about “debut pricing” from earlier this week. It can’t be done; at least not easily and at least not immediately. The challenges we face require a continuing conversation and crowds […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bran Hambric, Content Reserve, Dominique Raccah, epub, Fictionwise, Google, Ingram Digital, Shortcovers

Ebook growth explosive; serious disruptions around the corner

August 12, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 42 Comments

The news about trade ebook sales growth continues apace. The IDPF has just said that sales in June 2009 were up 136% over June a year ago. Calendar year sales to date are up about 150% over 2008. Anecdotal information from big trade houses suggests that ebook sales are approaching 3% of total sales. But […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barbara Kingsolver, Barnes & Noble, Content Reserve, Dan Brown, E.L. Doctorow, IDPF, Indigo, John Irving, Jon Krakauer, Kindle, Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Attwood, Michael Crichton, Pat Conroy, Philip Roth, Random House, Scribd, Shortcovers, Smashwords, Sony Reader

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

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