publishing business

Thursday News: It’s all vertical

Thursday News: It’s all vertical

I’ve collated four interrelated stories for you as a snapshot of where entertainment / publishing may be going. The Macmillan one I’ve shared before but it bears repeating in this context. The companies are trying to create vertical silos of intellectual property. Instead of buying 50 Shades or Life of Pi from someone else or(…)

Friday Midday Links: Spike Jonze’s Stop Motion Love Story

Friday Midday Links: Spike Jonze’s Stop Motion Love Story

You can now trade in your older Kindles for Amazon credit. A quick test shows a $46-47 trade in value for the Kindle 3G with keyboard and $36 for the wi fi only version. If you wanted to get the Kindle Touch, that would reduce the cost to about $50+ Not bad. In other big(…)

Monday Midday News: Unhappy Author Goes Viral

Monday Midday News: Unhappy Author Goes Viral

I didn’t intend to post this link but I had multiple send this to my inbox and tweet the link to me.   As a result of this post is that the author’s name and books are viral. It’s a smart marketing strategy for her self published books but probably places any future publisher contracts in(…)

Wednesday Midday Links:  Publishing, Not Just Print, Is Dead

Wednesday Midday Links: Publishing, Not Just Print, Is Dead

Ewan Morrison writes a long essay published in the Guardian about how advances are declining and may be discontinued (true for the former, unlikely for the latter) and because of the demise of print, publishing is doomed. He ends the essay with a call to action for everyone to think and take actions against this(…)