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The latest marketplace data would seem to say publishers are as strong as ever

October 18, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 61 Comments

This post began being written a couple of weeks ago when I recalled some specific misplaced expectations I had for the self-publishing revolution and started to ponder why things happened the way they did in recent years. It turns out a big part of the answer I was looking for provides clarity that extends far […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Scale, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "Wool", Amanda Hocking, Amazon, Author Earnings, Avon, Barnes & Noble, Bob Mayer, Borders, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Bruce Harris, Byliner, Data Guy, Diversion Books, Hearst, Hugh Howey, Ingram, Ingram Spark, Macmillan, Meredith, Michael Cader, Morrow, Nathan Myhrvold, NBC, Norton, Politico, Pronoun, Publishing Perspectives, Random House, Rodale, Scott Waxman, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Publishing, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vook, Whitey Bulger

It is being proven that smaller bookstores can work commercially

October 25, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 10 Comments

Sometimes it takes a decade or more for an insight to be validated, but it is always nice when it happens. Around the turn of the century, I was developing a business called “Supply Chain Tracker”, which had a nice client base for a few years. What we did was take the data feeds — […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Publishing History, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Anna Borne Minberger, B&N, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Bonniers, Books-a-Million, Borders, Brentano's, Cambridge University Press, Charles Nurnberg, Frankfurt Book Fair, Ingram, Leonard Shatzkin, Lorraine Shanley, Market Partners, Pocket Shop, Sterling Publishing, Steve Clark

Supply chain analysis could get even more important as store sales diminish

January 3, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 20 Comments

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One thing that has changed considerably in the last 20 years is the amount of information publishers have about what is going on in the supply chain: that is, they can track the books between their own warehouse and the end consumer purchase. The Big Kahuna of information, of course, is provided by BookScan, based on cash register capture of data as books are sold at outlets all over the country. BookScan not only lets its

Filed Under: Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Alison Lazarus, Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, BookScan, Borders, Charlie Nurnberg, Chronicle, David Wilk, David Young, Hachette, Harcourt, HarperCollins, Harvard University Press, Ingram, Jaci Updike, Macmillan, Michael Selleck, National Book Network, Penguin, Perseus, Random House, Rich Freese, S&S, Scholastic, Sterling Publishing, Supply Chain Tracker, University of California Pres, University of Chicago Press, Yale University Press

Selling the backlist (and other things) and finding the next battleground

December 28, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 15 Comments

My generation of publishers is distinguished by a few that really understand the opportunities and value to the enterprise of selling backlist and creating evergreens. Peter Workman is the master of this. Quite aside from the intrinsic quality and appeal of much of what he publishes — which is considerable — he has always pushed […]

Filed Under: Authors, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing History, Vertical Tagged With: "Gemstones of the World", "What to Expect When You're Expecting", Charlie Nurnberg, Peter Workman, Sterling Publishing

A brilliant Conference Council helps make a great Digital Book World

June 25, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

We had a very successful debut annual conference for Digital Book World last January, even though we didn’t conceive the idea until June, put together a group of helpers (which we now call our Conference Council) until July, or draft the initial program until August. This year we’re way ahead of that schedule. We’ve put […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, New Models, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Adam Salamone, Association of Booksellers for Children, Baker & Taylor, BISG, Borders, Brian Napack, Cengage, Charlie Redmayne, Copyright Clearance Center, Cory Smith, David Blansfield, David Cully, David Nussbaum, Dominique Raccah, Evan Schnittman, F+W Media, Filedby, Frankfurt Book Fair, GiantChair, Google, Guy Gonzalez, Hachette, HarperCollins, Harvard Common Press, ICM, Ingram Content Companies, Jane Friedman, Joe Esposito, John Ingram, John Schline, John Wiley & Sons, Kaplan, Kate Rados, Ken Brooks, Kobo, Kristen McLean, Larry Norton, Lorraine Shanley, Macmillan, Madeline McIntosh, Maja Thomas, Marcus Leaver, Mark Gompertz, Market Partners International, Matt Mullin, Maureen McMahon, Michael Cader, Michael Cairns, Michael Tamblyn, Open Road, Overdrive Systems, Oxford University Press, Penguin, Persona Non Data, Peter Balis, Peter Clifton, Publishers Marketplace, Random House, Sara Domville, Scott Lubeck, Scott Waxman, Simon & Schuster, Simon Lipskar, Sloan Harris, Smashwords, Sourcebooks, Sterling Publishing, Steve Potash, Ted Hill, THA Consulting, Thomas Minkus, Tom Turvey, Tracey Armstrong, Waxman Agency, Writer's House

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