Author name: Kassia Krozser

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Todays links of interest: Six Implications of Digital Vertical NichesThe brilliant Eoin Purcell expands upon his pecha kucha presentation from Tools of Change Frankfurt. Love this for the truth and funny: All of this is going to take time. And a lot of that time is going to look very unproductive. You need to be ready for that. If you work in a publisher with a decent editorial staff, you’ll be used to that in any case. Ibis Reader and BookServerLove this! E-Reads: What Can Publishers Learn from Cory Doctorow?Richard Curtis on the Cory Doctorow publishing experiment. For the Cory […]

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A (Probably Naive) Attempt to Move the DRM Conversation Forward

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If there are two truths we hold to be self-evident, they are these: 1) DRM does nothing to stop piracy, and 2) DRM, as used by many publishers today, frustrates legitimate purchasers of books. This leads many to conclude that DRM does not work, and that DRM is evil. How do we get past “it’s good” or “it’s evil”? Not true. And not true. Consumers will happily accept the shackles of DRM if the trade-off is worth it to them. For example, while some Kindle users grumble about loss of rights, they express joy at the ease of purchase created

The Future of Publishing

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Todays links of interest: LibreDigital Promises Fidelity for Digital PubsWhile we love Bob Carlton of LibreDigital, we quibble with the idea that readers demand print fidelity when it comes to ebooks. Sometimes, yes, but many times, that fidelity comes at a cost. To reader. In this, as with all other things, consider the book, consider the reader, then make the choice. Borders in talks over websiteDear Borders, it’s clearly time to hire me to help with your strategy. Please. You are making me sad. Love, Booksquare What’s Next In Book Promotion?We all hear a lot about how HarperStudio is changing

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On Listening and Learning

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Author Mur Lafferty offers her thoughts about the changes in publishing. What really surprises me is when you hear publishing people say that they don’t know what to do, or that they refuse listen to Internet professionals. They seem to believe if they do what has worked in the past, eventually the storm will pass and the anchor of tradition will have kept them steady and safe. They look at the people who are succeeding by merging their digital plans with their traditional print plans and call them anomalies at best, or insane at worst. What they need to be

Quote of the Week

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Todays links of interest: End of an era for early websitesAs GeoCities is razed, the Internet Archive attempts to save the memories. Pretty cool, huh?, how we have people thinking now about preserving our (sometimes ephemeral Internet) past for the future? Love it. It’s not digital publishing. It’s publishing.Kate Eltham makes an excellent point. DIY Publishing: What’s Worth Paying for?Excellent post from Maria Schneider.

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Todays links of interest: What Can Book Publishing Learn from Online Gaming?Immersive story. E-Book Fans Are Proving to Be Enthusiastic ReadersCount books purchases as up in the Booksquare household as well. Bookglutton Launches Social Bookstore With O’Reilly TitlesVery, very cool. We love Bookglutton and O’Reilly.

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The Week That Was

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A lot happened in publishing this week — so much that just as I wrapped my head around one thing, something new popped up to either make me re-evaluate my previous thinking…or to send me down a different rabbit hole. Let’s just put it out there: once you’ve gone subterranean, things start to make a lot of sense. Which probably accounts for my mood today. Here in the dark and dangerous world of the publishing underground, spirits are sapped and minds are bent. Sometimes you travel toward the bright light, only to find a seemingly insurmountable pile of “that’s how

The Business of Publishing

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Todays links of interest: L.A. Times, Newspaper MorgueAnd the LA Times keeps cutting staff. Sigh. Readers are not the enemyAuthors, read this important commentary from one of your best customers. In-App Sales and iTablet: The Killer Combo to Save Publishing?Now *this* is interesting.

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