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Getting an award and getting caught up with innovation with BISG

April 21, 2019 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

The Book Industry Study Group, or BISG, is a book publishing trade organization now headed by Brian O’Leary that was formed to be pan-industry. They were preceded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the American Booksellers Association (ABA), but those were two “sides” of the book trade with their own interests, and they […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Conferences, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishing History, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: Alison Rich, Apple, Barnes & Noble, BISG, Book Industry Study Group, Booknet Canada, Bradley Metrock, Brian O'Leary, Carolyn Pittis, Christopher Kenneally, climatechangeresources.org, Copyright Clearance Center, Curtis Brown, Dominique Raccah, Eleanor Shatzkin, Ginger Clark, Google, Hachette, HarperCollins, Ingram, Jess Johns, Kindle, Lena Tabori, Leonard Shatzkin, Maja Thomas, Michael Tamblyn, MVB U.S. Michael Cader, Planned Production, PRH, PublishersLunch, Rakuten Kobo, ReaderLink, Sally Dedecker, Sandy Paul, Sourcebooks, Story Fit, Ted Hill, Wattpad, Welman Digital

Digital marketing and coping with Amazon are the two big challenges for publishers as we begin 2017

January 3, 2017 by Mike Shatzkin 8 Comments

I am getting ready to attend my first Digital Book World as a “civilian” (having programmed and moderated the first seven), Thinking about DBW entails recognizing how different the book publishing world today is from what I expected three or six years ago. Be that as it may, the big challenges for the industry — […]

Filed Under: Authors, Conferences, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, Publishing History, SEO, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: "Electronic Publishing and Rights", Amazon, Apple, Author Earnings, B&N, Brian Defiore, Codex, Dan Lubart, Data Guy, Ginger Clark, Hugh Howey, iBooks, Ingram, iobyte, John Sargent, Jon Fine, Kindle, Knopf, Kobo, Macmillan, Michael Cader, NetGalley, Nielsen Bookscan, Nook, Peter Hildick-Smith, Peter McCarthy, Porter Anderson, Publishers Weekly, Simon & Schuster, Susan Ruszala, Ted Hill, Wall Street Journal

The Digital Book World program this year covers the waterfront of the digital transition for book publishing

December 11, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 2 Comments

(This is a longer-than-usual Shatzkin Files post reviewing the topics and speakers for the 26 breakout sessions at DBW 2015. It serves as a checklist of “things to think about right now” for book publishers living through the experience of digital change. The entire program is here. We decided not to link to each and every […]

Filed Under: Atomization, Authors, Digital Book World, Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, Scale, Self-Publishing, Subscriptions, Supply-Chain, Technology, Vertical Tagged With: "Books in the Digital Age", "Breaking the Page", "Merchants of Culture", :Professor John B. Thompson, Adrian Norman, Alex white, Alyson Forbes, Amanda Edmonds, Amazon, Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, Andrew Dorward, Andrew Weinstein, Angela Tribelli, Annie Lowrey, Apex Content Solutions, Ashleigh Gardner, Ashley Gordon, Association of American Publishers, Atria, Barry Eisler, Barry Lynn, Beni Rachmanov, Bianca D'Arc, Bill Kasdorf, Bill McCoy, BISG, Bitlit, Blloon, Bluefire, Bookbub, BookGenie451, Bookmate, Booksource, Booktracks, Brian Murray, Caitlin Friedman, Carlos Carrenho, Carolyn Pittis, Chris Kennealley, Chris Kubica, Chris Palma, Christine Hung, Citia, CJ Alvarado, Clancy Marshall, Content Marketing Institute, Copyright Clearance Center, Curriculet, Dana Beth Weinberg, Daniel Houghton, Dasilva & Phillips, Dave Cramer, David Burleigh, David Vinjamuri, Defined Learning, Dev Chatillon, Diversion, Douglas Stambaugh, Entangled, Enthrill, ePub Direct, Eric Shanfelt, Erica Lazzaro, Evan Schnittman, F+W Media, Fast Company, Fast Forward Labs, Forbes, Foreign Affairs, Frankfurt Book Fair, Full Fathom Five, Gareth Cuddy, George McBride, George McBride Media Group, Google, Greg Ferguson, Hachette, Hannah Harlow, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Heather Myers, Heidi Vincent, Hilary Mason, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, IDPF, Ingram, Intelligent Television, iShook, James Frey, Jane Friedman, Jared Friedman, Jason Pinter, Jason Singer, Jay Lauf, Jeff Dodes, Jeremy Greenfield, Jess Johns, Joe Esposito, Joe Pulizzi, John B. Thompson, John Clinton, Johnjoe Farragher, Jonathan Stolper, Josh Schanker, Judith Curr, Judith Regan, Keith Fretz, Ken Auletta, Ken Brooks, Kensington, Kerry Dyer, Kevin Franco, Keywords Press, Kindle Unlimited, Knewton, Kobo, Kristin Fassler, Laura Hazard Owen, Len Vlahos, LibreDigital, Liz Pelletier, Logical Marketing, Lonely Planet, Lorraine Shanley, Lucas Wittman, Lynda Hammes, Macmillan, Marcello Vena, Marcus Woodburn, Market Partners, Mary Cummings, Matt Shatz, Matthew Cavnar, McGraw-Hill, Micah Bowers, Michael Tamblyn, Mike Perlis, Nathan Maharaj, National Geographic Books, Neal Goff, Neal Shenoy, Neil Jaffe, New America Foundation, New York Magazine, Next Big Book, Niantic Labs, Nielsen Bookscan, O'Reilly, Open Road Media, OverDrive, Oyster, Paul Belfanti, Paul Cameron, Paul Labay, Pearson, Penguin Random House, Perseus, Peter Borland, Peter Hudson, Peter Kaufman, Peter McCarthy, Peter Meyers, Phaidon, Phil Madans, Polis Books, PW, Quartz, Rachel Chou, Regan Arts, Rick Chapman, Rick Joyce, Robin Warner, Sanders Kleinfeld, Sara Domville, Sara Ittelson, Scholastic, Scott Mebus, Scribd, Seth Godin, Simon & Schuster, Simon Allen, Simon Dunlop, Snippet, Spark No. 9, Speakaboos, Steve Zacharius, Sue Fleming, Ted Hill, Thad McIlroy, The New Yorker, The Street, Thomas Leliveld, Thomas Minkus, Tom Allen, Tom Thompson, U.S. News & World Report, Verso Advertising, Vook, Walter Isaacson, Wattpad, Welman Digital, Wiley, Workman, YouTube

Penguin Random House does its competitors a favor by walking away from subscription

November 19, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 30 Comments

I sometimes feel like I’m the only guy in town (NYC, but I’d include London too) contemplating out loud how Penguin Random House might use its position as by far the biggest commercial trade publisher to make life a bit more difficult for its competitors, which in the first instance means the Following Four: HarperCollins […]

Filed Under: Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Scale, Subscriptions Tagged With: 24Symbols, Amazon, Bertelsmann, Bookmate, BookScan, FutureBook, Hachette, HarperCollins, Jonathan Stolper, Kensington, Kindle Unlimited, Macmillan, Nielsen, Oyster, Penguin Random House, Philip Jones, PRH, Scribd, Simon & Schuster, Skoobe, Ted Hill, The Bookseller, Tom Weldon, vendor-managed inventory

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

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