Todays links of interest:
- Judge won’t toss lawsuit over Hilton movie flop
We all need a daily dose of stupid news! - Book Business honors leading female executives who are helping to shape the industry. : Book Business
Top 50 women in publishing. Cool. - Book Club: Humor
‘Cause without bookclub, what do we have? - AmazonEncore vs. Harper Collins’ Authonomy
Interesting piece on the notion of loving books too much (seeing the industry only from the inside) versus taking the Black Swan approach (considering the unthinkable, changewise). - Scribd Store a Welcome Addition to Ebook Market (and 650 O’Reilly Titles Included)
Andrew Savikas of Scribd explains why O’Reilly Media books are now available in the Scribd bookstore. - Why E-Books Look So Ugly
So many reasons, but rest assured that production concerns will soon triumph! We’re just working to get over the initial hurdles of workflow. - Books Born Digital
A look at books born digital. Tends to focus more on big house productions, but raises some interesting questions about how these books will be accessed in the future. - How to set e-books prices? A trained economist speaks out
Michael Harrington makes several excellent points about the pricing of ebooks. New think will help a lot. - Amazon: It’s time to address the quality problems in Kindle books
While some problems are due to Amazon and some problems are due to publisher errors, consumers will naturally turn to the retailer first for resolution. We need a better process for a) alerting Amazon/publishers about problems and b) communicating solutions back to consumers. - Where the Future Readers Are
Cute alert! - The New Book Buying Realities
Charlotte Abbott rights about the interesting numbers and trends revealed at the Making Information Pay conference. She’s right: this is the stuff we should all be talking about. - Digital Book 2009: A Recap
Sarah’s great write-up of the IDPF conference. Apparently it was much fun in real life as it was on Twitter. - Fox orders ‘Past Life,’ another drama for next fall
And super w00t to MJ Rose — her novel The Reincarnationist will be a television series this fall. - Don’t buy a Kindle when you can steal one …
Interesting post in the Amazon Kindle forum. One, person gets Kindle stolen. Two, thief immediately buys books (charged to original owner!). Three, thief re-registers device. Four, wow. - Making e-Publishing Accessible — and Not Just for Kindle
Great piece on accessibility issues and digital books. - A look at the deliberate strategy that drives the Harlequin Enterprises success
A look at one of the leaders of digital publishing. We applaud. Loudly. - Finding Indie Opportunity on The Kindle
Interesting case study from a new (self-pubbed) author who did price point testing for his Kindle edition. High price — resistance from customers, low price — garnered interest, raising price slightly — slower sales but sales happened.
