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In Re the Changing Face of Business of Publishing

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Tagged: Chris-Anderson, Espresso Book Machine, John Green, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Nielson, publishing business, Seth Godin
Filed under: Link Round Up, Publishing News

There are a few very interesting (and some long) pieces on the current publishing business model and the way that it will need to adapt and change in order to survive.

• Michael Nielson’s long post on how publishing is failing and how smart parts of publishing can reinvent itself. It’s definitely worth reading but it’s not an article that can be read and absorbed in one sitting.
• John Green talks about advances versus royalty rates. Like many a good blog post, the topic inspires many good comments.
• The Espresso Book Machine is becoming a favorite of patrons in an independent bookstore in Vermont but it’s used mostly to publish self published works.
• Chris Anderson and Malcolm Gladwell are arguing on the issue of free. Seth Godin weighs in.

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• The Lost Art of Publication (or why ebooks haven’t degraded print at all)

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

2 comments to “In Re the Changing Face of Business of Publishing”

1. 1	by Mischa July 1st, 2009 at 4:05 pm Michael Masnick over at TechDirt gives a review of Chris Anderson’s book as well. Reply

2. 2	by Heather Massey July 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm Great links, thank you. Reply