The Daily Square – Tomorrow Is Already Here Edition

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Todays links of interest: Could Dan Brown’s ‘Lost Symbol’ Sell Better on Kindle Than in Hardcover?The numbers indicate brisk sales for the Kindle edition of The Lost Symbol, but are they more harbinger than trend? Authorial, agently and personal ramblingsLucienne Diver looks at the state of the industry. A few quibbles: Naked Came the Manatee was, obviously, an homage to the 1960s classic Naked Came the Stranger; also, while the HarperStudio model is suggestive of no/low advances, they haven’t made that a priority. Yet. Teaching computers to read: Google acquires reCAPTCHAThis is an interesting development, and it bodes well for […]

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The Daily Square – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Edition

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Todays links of interest: July Bookstore Sales Slip 0.5%However, today is Dan Brown day and the industry will be saved! Michael Moore: Newspapers ‘Slit Their Own Throats’Well, it’s not like he doesn’t have a point. The Day My Book Was BornA first-time author, Ivy Pochoda, reflects on sharing her release day with another, better-known author. She sees possibilities.

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Digital Publishing: Looking at the Business Model

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As you might imagine, I am still dissecting the past few months, and today I want to focus on business model. Some of this might seem antithetical to how publishing does business (I actually don’t think so, not if you think about it). It will definitely make some people uncomfortable because it links the actual success of a book to aspects of compensation. Not every part of the model needs to be applied in every instance, but it’s worth considering the merits and possibilities, even if you ultimately choose another path. Successful digital publishers have been largely limited to genre

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The Daily Square – A Hard Day’s Night Edition

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Todays links of interest: E-book release delayed for Kennedy memoirHmm, you’re a publisher. You have a growing market segment that features people who like to buy and read books. So what do you do? Oh right, you tell them you couldn’t care less about them. NY judge: Seinfeld cookbook not an illegal copycatAh, now we can move on with our lives! Time Inc. Joins E-Reader Suicide Stampede: ReportOh good. We hadn’t had a story like this in…days.

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

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Welcome back from whatever you did this summer. Me, I spent my time building a digital publishing company. It went mostly okay, though, in the end, there was no company to show for it. That has nothing to do with the work and talent of the people involved. Talk about amazing, smart, and creative. Four terrifying words: high-resolution Word file. When we started Quartet Press, one of the guiding principles was openness. It’s an uncomfortable thing. Publishing people like to pretend that the business different and secret. Not so. It’s good to talk about stuff. I believed then, and I

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The Daily Square – Another Girl, Another Planet Edition

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Todays links of interest: TheWrap Shows You What the Class Action Lawsuit Was All AboutThe Wrap continues to explore the foreign levies issue, but still seems confused about how monies are allocated. Back in the olden days, the assessment on blank video media was allocated based on television broadcast hours. Assumption was blank media was being used to tape shows off the television. Processes may vary, but it does answer some of the questions in the article.

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The Daily Square – Mississippi Goddamn Edition

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Todays links of interest: Sex, scandal, yawn: Madoff books are a bustHonestly, does this surprise anyone in the publishing industry? Authors Guild Slams Amazon Over Its Google Settlement Stance; Other Groups Opt Out of SettlementReally, Authors Guild? Google deadline extended againDue to scheduled systems maintenance, the deadline for objections is extended to September 8, 2009. Three Editorial Cuts at Simon SchusterMaggie Crawford and Margaret Clark (who worked on Star Trek) books have been let go by Simon Schuster.

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