2014 may go down as the year of the subscription. It’s been something we talked about on this blog for many years. We discussed price point, the types of books we wanted to see Back in 2009 we took a poll about subscriptions when a new company called Paper Egg[FN1] ... more >
When I was reading Jayne’s review of the Ellen O’Connell release, Without Words, there were so many elements that appealed to me–the unusual location, the hardscrabble life, the marriage of convenience. The description of the book and the characters brought to mind one of my favorite Western writers, Jo Goodman, and ... more >
Sourcebooks is running the “Send Susanna to MY Hometown” contest again this year. Fans can nominate/vote for their hometown. First round winners will be announced December 16, with the winning bookstores/libraries announced on February 18th! Sourcebooks is also offering 10 fans the chance to attend a LIVE online event with Susanna ... more >
In my last post, I talked about how publishers have not leveraged some important technology developments nor, it would seem, understood the implications of those developments. I’ve never been at any publisher’s internal strategy meeting, though the DOJ anti-trust suit gave us a glimpse into what those might look like. ... more >
Starting out With the Rough Stuff This week’s post is going to get technical. As ever, I am leaving out some details in order not to write a textbook. Updated to add a link (see bottom of post) to a very apropos Venture Beat article) Some acronyms up front: SQL: ... more >
I was going to review some tablets here. A few weeks ago I ordered one of the Nook Samsung tablets. I was pretty excited about it, actually, because I’ve heard such great things about Samsung devices. My work-provided phone is a Samsung and I like it a lot. So I ... more >