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Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman

Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:30 +0000

[...] Kassia Krozser at Booksquare in Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. She notes that “it seems like so much of the industry is on round three or four of the same [...]

Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by Simon Groth

Simon Groth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:47:52 +0000

I’ve been waiting for bundling for years, purely for selfish reasons because I like to drift between paper and screen. Or at least I’d like to be given the option. In this instance though I’m thinking of automatically bundling digital with print, which doesn’t seem to me all that difficult. Doing it the other way around (print with digital, whether retroactively or otherwise) might be a bit more challenging, but who doesn’t love a challenge?

Wish I could be at TOC, but the tyranny of distance means I’m looking forward to waking up at strange hours and watching the webcast. No really.

Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by Kat Meyer

Kat Meyer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:20 +0000

Thanks for the great post, Kassia. I am very excited about TOCCON and really appreciate the support and participation of so many hard-working, smart and motivated people.

PS: Just curious, what is this “dry-cleaning” of which you speak?

Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by Brian O'Leary

Brian O'Leary — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:24 +0000

I appreciate how you feel about the iterative nature of the publishing conversation. It can be frustrating, but I think it can also be a positive sign.

Change, particularly a widespread shift in a business model, usually meets resistance (denial, anger) before becoming generally accepted. You could say “this change has been evident for a decade”, but lots of things have been evident for decades and publishing has soldiered on. The early warning signs are easy enough to dismiss or sidestep.

So, people talking openly about what is needed may be a sign that acceptance is replacing denial (though there remains anger, particularly at Amazon and Apple).

The point you make in the middle of your post, about the danger inherent in locking yourself to a specific business model in a period of rapid change, is critically important. I hope you come back to that again sometime soon. The unintended consequences of agency (thanks for the link) and handing the digital book market to Amazon in exchange for the illusory promises of DRM are just a couple of examples.

Your panels look great; I’m sorry one is at 8:30 a.m. Maybe I can bring donuts.

Comment on Living in a Writer’s Dream World by Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa

Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:38:52 +0000

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Comment on Reading in the Digital Age, or, Reading How We’ve Always Read by Blogrundschau#3: Social Reading it is! -- litaffin |Rezensionen, Literaturbetrieb, Literatur, Berlin

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:40:53 +0000

[...] daraus resultierenden Möglichkeiten, die sich der Branche bieten, berichtete Booksquare-Bloggerin Kassia Krozser schon 2010 in einem sehr lesenswerten Artikel. Laut Krozser bestehe die Herausforderung darin, den [...]

Comment on Amazon, Macmillan, Agency Models, and Quality (Oh My) by The agency model is the wrong trousers | Arthur Attwell

The agency model is the wrong trousers | Arthur Attwell — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:29:12 +0000

[...] question is if publishers know how to find the right retail price”. A key issue here, as Kassia Krozser explains, is that “Publishers have made bad arguments when it comes to ebook pricing. They confuse [...]

Comment on That Customer Service Thing by Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:38:31 +0000

All this change in the digital world makes we really wonder what the future holds for books and publishing… at least it’ll be a fun ride! I agree though – conversion errors in ebooks drive me crazy!

Comment on Tools of Change, or The Future of Publishing Isn’t What You Think It Is by Back to school: On the march of technology

Back to school: On the march of technology — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:54:21 +0000

[...] a little. (I’m half-way between young and old and a libran to boot so can see both sides.) Krozier ends by encouraging publishers to invest in R&D. Great idea, but even for large and seemingly [...]

Comment on What Are Enhanced Ebooks? by Back to school: On Books or websites

Back to school: On Books or websites — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:54:04 +0000

[...] and websites – both can do video, both can include added-value content (even if it’s what Booksquare might scathingly refer to as “some marketing person’s notion of value”), both can link to [...]