Publishing Newsbookstores / crafting / defamation / Espresso Book Machine / geography / History / lawsuit / poetry / Print-on-Demand / tiny books2 Comments
New Chapter for Classic Paris Bookstore: Books Printed on Demand – A great profile of legendary Paris bookstore, Librairie les Puf, which has been converted to POD via the Espresso Book Machine (you can watch a video on the technology here). At a time when some physical bookstores are selling non-book ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / DOJ / Print-on-Demand / self-published29 Comments
Last week at BEA I spoke with a number of publishing people about 50 Shades. I was beginning to feel sanguine about the book. A book that made women feel more comfortable about their sexuality was a good thing. A book that got people reading was a good thing. The ... more >
Publishing NewsBacklist / digital rights management / plagiarism / Print-on-Demand / tablet84 Comments
Do you ever wonder where the year went? Me too. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow begins the last month of 2011. I would love to post some reader reminiscences about their 2011 year of reading. What they loved. What they hated. How they’ve seen the genre evolve, either for ... more >
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Cover Cafe nominations for 2010 are now open. If you want to nominate a cover for a book that has been published in 2010, please go to http://www.covercafe.com and click on Nominate. The new 2010 nomination form is now available. All About Romance has launched its annual readers’ poll. Author Stephen ... more >
Featuresbook prices / Espresso Book Machine / Intellectual Property Issues / Print-on-Demand / video12 Comments
September seemed to drag on forever. Finally October is here and with it, hopefully, a wonderful set of days. Don’t harsh on my new month buzz. I have a copyright rant below. Authors might want to look away lest it ruin your new month buzz. Blogger Arachne Jericho points out ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / Print-on-Demand19 Comments
Even though the likelihood of a POD getting reviewed in a major print publication*, the POD phenomenon keeps churning along. Recently, Jayne reviewed Susan Higginbotham’s self published novel, Hugh and Bess, giving it a B review. An article in Business Week takes a look at on demand publishing and how ... more >