The Daily Square – You Don’t Know Me Edition
Today’s links of interest: Administrators comb through Borders stock, staff left ‘disappointed’Looks like this story is coming to an end.
The Daily Square – Let’s Go Get Stoned Edition
Today’s links of interest: How our brains learned to readReading is, apparently, only about 5,000 years old while our brain, in current form, is closer to 200,000. Review of Reading in the Brain. 750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracyRead and remember this article when you read that pirates are killing the book business. Pirates find easy new pickings in open waters of e-book publishingSo far, no real sourcing on the numbers. It would be helpful if we could start this discussion with a firm foundation.
The Daily Square – Hide Nor Hair Edition
Today’s links of interest: Barnes Noble Has Mixed Quarter, Lowers Earnings GuidanceLooks like addition of ebooks increases sales on BN.com, though demand for the nook may provide some cost challenges. For Wal-Mart and Amazon, the First Round of a Price FightIn the fight to the bottom, the two are willing to destroy their own businesses for the dubious privilege of, um, selling below cost. May not be the customer builder they anticipate. Bonus: photo of Stephen King signing at Wal-Mart; funny because he denounced low book prices as killing publishing. The Coming Search Engine Media WarsYay. Can’t wait. Oh, right,
The Daily Square – Take These Chains From My Heart Edition
Today’s links of interest: GeoCities, Scribd and Your ContentInteresting thoughts about content ownership, mad moves by corporations, and how your money is being used by others. Good advice about reading the fine print and determining if terms meet your needs (or, just because it’s there, doesn’t mean it’s a good deal). Time to ChangeJesse Kornbluth says it’s time to change (it is!) the publishing industry. How many times do the same things need to be said before someone listens? Is B2B is the Real Market for E-books?Another look at the changing landscape of publishing — how the customer relationships are
The Daily Square – You Are My Sunshine Edition
Today’s links of interest: Your Price May VaryAt PersonaNonData a suggestion of variable pricing and rapid response. Regretsy Scores Latest Blog-to-Book DealWas it just last week someone put Regretsy in the gonna get a book deal pool? Publishers: As Harlequin is Finding Out – Sometimes You Can’t Win For LosingA different perspective on the issue. WHS ‘walks away’ from Borders deal, as distributor cuts off supplyBorders UK is having a very, very, very bad year.
The Daily Square – I’ve Got A Woman Edition
Today’s links of interest: Jane Friedman Launches Open Road MediaPortfolio covers yesterday’s presentation on Friedman’s new venture. Barnes Noble Adopts ePub Standard; Aligns With AdobeThis is a smart market move by Barnes Noble. Kindle Sales explode for Random House – $2.9 to $22.6 millionLots of interesting bits and pieces in these numbers.
The Daily Square – Georgia On My Mind Edition
Today’s links of interest: Print or digital – which is more sustainable?Interesting article about the sustainability issues surrounding different publishing choices. Hoping to hear more from this conversation. (Also Karen Christensen is just so smart!) Arrington: CrunchPad ‘Steamrolling Along’, ‘Big News’ SoonAlrighty then. Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke MagnantiOnce upon a time, this might have been interesting, but wethinks that moment has passed. On the plus side, it’s nice to see she’s not ashamed or hiding behind blobby words. Like that.
Digital Rights Management — A Wrinkle or An Opportunity
For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about Digital Rights Management (“DRM”), and the diversity of comments have been fascinating. I still do not believe DRM prevents or slows piracy*. Add to this fact that public perception of DRM, honed by years of abuse by the music industry, is negative…or rather, though most people do not know nor use the terms “digital rights management” or “DRM”, they hate it when they encounter it. There are genuine concerns on both side of the DRM issue. (Oh, and do they hate it! This is a serious challenge for the industry.) Managing
The Daily Square – Unchain My Heart Edition
Today’s links of interest: Publishing in the Google EcosystemVery interesting post by Joe Esposito on living and publishing in the current world. Leaving it All Behind: One, Two, Three, GOIn which the Pragmatist and Concerned Idealist debate a path forward in reading. Google Book Search Now Explicitly a Canadian IssueFinally, Canada gets something to worry about! g
The Daily Square – Together Again Edition
Today’s links of interest: Aaaaand…the Stephen King …ebook is already available in pirate edition. Most awesome.