Publishing Newse-readers / Emily Dickinson / gift guide / love letters / movie soundtracks / poetry / Tablets2 Comments
EMILY DICKINSON’S SINGULAR SCRAP POETRY – A lovely meditation on Emily Dickinson’s habit of writing poems and pieces of poems on all sorts of paper items, including chocolate wrappers (genius). There is still a good deal of curiosity and speculation around Dickinson, and thinking about the relationship between the writing and ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Army / careers / childrens-books / e-readers / gender equity / Kindle / multimedia / wattpad15 Comments
Wattpad Wades into Hollywood with Wattpad Studios – We’re seeing more and more of these hybrid enterprises, demonstrating in part the way that stories are diversifying across media platforms, well beyond traditional books. Wattpad has been particularly ambitious in this regard, with initiatives like Wattpad Brands, which has Wattpad writers creating ... more >
Publishing NewsAisha Rahman / America / civil rights / digital publishing / e-readers / earnings / Ebooks / literature / MLK / print books / Race / Self-publishing / traditional publishingComments Off on Wednesday News: Three posts about the future of books and one honoring an American artist and activist
Print is alive and well—at least for books – The first three posts today are all related to book sales and earnings. This report from Deloitte, part of their TMT (technology, media, telecommunications) predictions for 2015, and it’s global in scope. Markets perform differently, of course, and consumers trend in ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Agatha Christie / auctions / DRM / e-readers / Ebooks / grammar / Kobo / Libraries / privacy / security / Tablets / writing7 Comments
Kobo: tablets ‘no longer a focus’ – So Kobo President Michael Tamblyn has confirmed that Kobo is not going to be developing any more tablets, but will focus on the Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura and the new H2O. Without enough “unique content,” according to analyst Douglas McCabe, Kobo is now ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital publishing / e-readers / Ebooks / Erotic-Romance / gender / History / Libraries / research40 Comments
Big Changes at Ellora’s Cave – On Monday, an anonymous person posted on Absolute Write the full email Patty Marks sent to the Ellora’s Cave authors. Before the post was taken down, we managed to copy and paste the letter, and Jane put together the following news item: To All ... more >