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Conferences are thermometers recording the level of fear about publishing changes

December 7, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 7 Comments

In the latest sign that the need for information about digital change in publishing has undergone a sea change in the past few years, it was announced today that Nielsen will not stage an independent conference in London this April, but will instead join forces with the London Book Fair to do an event there […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Marketing, New Models, Publishing History, SEO, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, David Nussbaum, Denis Bennett, Digital Book World, Diversion Books, EverAfter Romance, F+W Media, Frankfurt Book Fair, Ingenta, Ingram, KIPI, Knowledge Industry Publications, London Book Fair, Michael Cader, Microsoft, NetGalley, Nielsen, O'Reilly Media, Palm, Publishers Lunch, Publishers Weekly, Radius Book Group, Sara Domville, Scott Waxman, Sony, Tim O'Reilly, Tools of Change, VISTA Computer Services

Two pieces of news last week that foretell changes in the ebook marketplace

August 24, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 28 Comments

Two pieces of news this past week and how things play out with them might foretell some things about the direction of the ebook market. One news item is that reading on phones is really taking off.  More than half of ebook consumers use their phones at least some of the time and the number that […]

Filed Under: Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, Marketing, New Models, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Android, Apple, Apple iBooks, Atria, Baen, Carina, DRM, DRM-free, German ebook market, Google, Google Play, Harlequin, Holtzbrinck, iBooks, interstitial reading, iPhone, James Patterson, Joe Esposito, Judith Curr, Kobo, Molly Barton, Nook, O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media, Palm Pilot, Random House, S&S, Serial Box, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Doherty, Tor

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