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Authors need help with their digital presence that they still are not getting

April 12, 2017 by Mike Shatzkin 27 Comments

A major difference between book publishing today and book publishing 25 years ago is the practical power of the author brand in marketing. Multi-book authors can not only build their own followings in ways that can be usefully exploited, they now have an unprecedented capability to help each other. Of course, they can do that […]

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The publishing world is changing, but there is one big dog that has not yet barked

August 5, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 112 Comments

Recent data seem to show that, for the publishers, the growth in the retail ebook market has slowed down or stopped (at least for the moment), while Amazon’s ebook sales apparently continue to grow. The share of the market controlled by the publishing establishment — the Big Five publishers and others — is starting to be […]

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