Jan 10 2010
I didn’t attend CES but I did read as much as I could about the digital book technology that was displayed there. Not everything that is shown at CES will ever come to market. Some of what is displayed are prototypes, working and sometimes non functioning. Some of the items displayed are simply concepts. What(…)
Jan 3 2010
While the traditional advance/royalty model is the least risky for authors, its open to only a limited few within a limited framework. Publishers are buying books that they can sell to bookstore buyers and distribution partners. The benefit of digital reseller market is that the filter is not the bookstore buyer or the distribution buyer because there is no artificial limitation set physical boundaries. The digital bookshelf is infinite and endless.
Dec 15 2009
I have no idea the contractual terms under which Stephen Covey made his publishing deal with Simon & Schuster but apparently it is allowing him to sell his digital rights to Rosetta Books in a deal that will make two of his bestselling books available ONLY on the Kindle platform for one year. My guess is(…)
Dec 4 2009
Explicit sex is hard to write well and even if you do write it well, it means you are just packaging up pornography for women. Also, bla bla bla, romance books are killing romance bla bla bla. All according to this article by Alan Elsner. I don’t plan to comment over there because Alan Elsner(…)
Sep 13 2009
The laments I hear about ebooks is the loss of the book culture. There is the loss of the smell and feel of books. There is the loss of the interpersonal connection of books. There is the loss of the cultural signal of book covers. Some see value in the actual turning of pages, as(…)
Sep 9 2009
Quartet Press closes. I know. I can hardly believe it either. I’m reeling from it all. On the one hand, it makes sense to close the doors before the Press takes on rights and opens itself up to the paying public. On the other hand, it’s like completely destroying my faith in digital publishing. For(…)
Sep 8 2009
Did you have a nice vacation? I was almost completely untethered these past four days which was great while I was away. Unfortunately, the inbox doesn’t clear itself. Here is a piece of news that I missed. According to a mobileread.com poster, Sony will replace all the LRX format books (books you bought at Sony(…)
Sep 6 2009
Last week, I wrote that publishers had sacrificed the quality of the printed book in order to preserve their margins reducing the shelf worthy quality of hardcover, trade and mass market fiction. Because of the decreased quality of the printed books, it’s no real sacrifice to move to digital books. <—-this is the first of(…)
Aug 26 2009
So yesterday the article I read about Jane Friedman’s $3 million capital venture gave me the impression that she was looking to move books into movies. Today on Galley Cat, there is some suggestion that her new venture is a digital publishing one and that she is looking to bring out of print titles into(…)
Aug 5 2009
Quartet Press is a new digital publisher specializing in romance stories. I love the people behind Quartet Press and believe that they are bringing technological, marketing, business expertise, and vision that we’ve not yet seen in digital publishing. But, I had some concerns that because these individuals weren’t long time romance readers that perhaps their(…)
Aug 2 2009
RIAA (and hence the music industry) believes that your digital product should not play into perpetuity but rather you, the consumer, should be required to repurchase a digital product from time to time. Steven Metalitz, an attorney representing the RIAA and MPAA, during the DMCA exemption hearings asserted the argument that digital is ephemeral. “We(…)
Jul 22 2009
Dear RWA: It looks like next year, you’ll have to disqualify at least one New York publishing house from the RITAs next year. Hopefully you have someone looking into this right now and will be making an announcement in the interest of fairness and equity. According to an editor, one New York house is not(…)
Jul 9 2009
We’ve got a time: 8:30 AM On a date: July 16 And a Room: The Harding Room While we have some great sponsors including: Books on Board, Red Sage Publishing, Samhain Publishing, Quartet Press, and Smart Bitches, this is a streamlined event and we would ask you to bring your own tea, coffee, hashbrowns or(…)
Jul 5 2009
Photo: SkiTripper Epublishing is unquestionably a vibrant opportunity for publishers and authors but because it is relatively new to the publishing world, it is still viewed with suspicion and disdain. Because digital publishing is seeking legitimacy with readers, writers, and others, it needs to step up its game. First, there is the barrier to entry.(…)
Jun 23 2009
University presses are facing closures and lack of funding in these difficult economic times. Michael Jensen, director of strategic Web communications for the National Academies Press urged university presses to rethink publication and scholarship: Scholarship must be “de-linked from print publication,” such that books are “the exception” and no longer the norm for disseminating new(…)
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