An online discussion forum that includes publishers and librarians and tech people usually sends me several emails a day. About 10 days ago, a conversation evolved about Google Book Search and the Google Library Project, two initiatives by the search … [Continue reading]
Strategies to cut overheads in a shrinking book business make a lot of sense
An inexorable reality of today's commercial book publishing world is that it is shrinking. Although there have been no obvious signs yet that actual long-form book reading itself has declined (even though that would seem a likely consequence over … [Continue reading]
Digital marketing scales and that could create new opportunities for capable publishers
There are three new promotion and marketing opportunities for publishers of ebooks that have been created by the original upstart ebook publisher, Open Road Integrated Media. They all come from OR/M's development of tools to promote their own … [Continue reading]
Dick McCullough was a great client for me, a great boss for many, and a great guy for everybody
I hadn't seen Dick McCullough, who was my most-fun-to-work-with client of all time and the best leader I ever met in the corporate world, for at least a few years when I got a phone call from him at 7pm last New Year's Eve. He was calling to tell … [Continue reading]
First impressions of an Amazon bookstore
The new just-opened Amazon bookstore in Manhattan made my wife think of an airport bookstore or a "gallery, where the books are displayed rather than sold". Everything is faced out. The selection is limited. An airport bookstore would almost … [Continue reading]
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