Today’s links of interest: Random House Forms Digital Leadership TeamWatching Random House these days as they build their digital initiatives. Indie Press Tries Minimum Advertised PricingThis is interesting, though we’re not sure it’s consumer-friendly.
Today’s links of interest: Barnes Noble Posts Quarterly Gain, and Nook Looks StrongStore sales down, nook rocks. Or something like that.
Today, we welcome back author Pam Jenoff, who wrote a great article for Booksquare called “A Rose By Any Other Name: Has Genre Become Irrelevant?”. Today, Pam explores publicity challenges facing authors, including shifts in world of literary agents as they develop programs to help authors in the wild world of publicity. As you’ll see, there are no easy answers to the questions Pam is asking, and she invites new thinking into her paradox.
Today’s links of interest: Tasha Tudor’s Children Scrap for $2M Vt. EstateThis is just sad on so many levels. Format War Heats Up Among Publishers of Electronic TextbooksBecause we needed another battle. Big sigh.
Today’s links of interest: A Cyclical Argument With A Literal StrawmanOn piracy.
Today’s links of interest: Fear and Loving at TOCLove this. Live this. Dear Mr. Publisher, Let Me Introduce MyselfA reader response to John Sargent of Macmillan. At Record-Busting $19 Mil, It’s Happy Holiday Season for E-BooksFourth quarter of 2009 exceeds all of 2008. December sets new sales record.
As a book buyer, I have a keen interest in thriving bookstores. As a book reader, I have a keen interest in independent publishing and access to my books. And while I wait for traditional independent bookstores to transition to robust physical and online presences, I have enjoyed the emergence of digital booksellers, particularly All Romance Ebooks and its sister store, OmniLit. Traditional PDF is the gateway drug to ebooks. All Romance Ebooks was founded in 2006 by Barb Perfetti and Lori James. The original site, All Romance, focuses on romance novels while OmniLit sells general fiction and non-fiction. Both
Today’s links of interest: Adobe Forums: Error – Document is licensed for a…Seriously, if this is how a world with Adobe Digital Editions will look, I am opting out. Ebook Quality ControlAnother reader for ebook quality control. Thinking of starting a union. Want To Know What a Book Really Costs?A look at the cost of books, with the usual caveats about assumptions.
Today’s links of interest: Penguin to Offer Digital CatalogsOur UPS driver says thank you.
A recent meme in publishing is that some readers are exhibiting a sense of “entitlement” about buying ebooks. I’d like to humbly offer myself as Exhibit A. It is true: I feel entitled to buy books. I insist upon it, actually*. Seriously, is it ever a good idea to disparage your customers? To treat them like they are annoyances? To suggest that they simply don’t understand how things work, when, really, why should they? Especially when, in at least one instance, the publishers were the ones who changed (or attempted to change) the rules? So, as a person who happily
