On Listening and Learning

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Edward Champion gets to the crux of the matter. With grace, wit, and verve: My suspicions about BEA have more to do with whether this massive conference is presently in the right form with which to bring together these many viewpoints. Perhaps the manner in which we unite publishers, booksellers, authors, and assorted parties needs to match the drastic manner in which the industry is changing. The digital enthusiasts need to understand the perspective of a 60-year-old publisher who will never use a Kindle. And the frightened publisher needs to comprehend why readers aren’t jumping up and down about DRM. […]

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The Daily Square – Everglades Part 1 Edition

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Todays links of interest: SoundProofThis article explores issues surrounding making reading accessible for disabled readers. A topic near and dear to our BS hearts. Another thought about how deals might change in the ebook value chainMike Shatzkin takes a long look at ebook prices. Something’s gotta give. Interesting though line here is the author royalty question. That’s gonna be big in the near future. And You Thought a Royalty Involved a CrownThe always delightful Moonrat offers a look at the magic of author royalties. A lovely primer (even for those of us who, sigh, live and breathe these terms).

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Pre-BEA Lazy Post: Round-Up Style

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As you all know, the entire United States publishing community is gearing up for BookExpo America 2009 (#BEA09). For a show that conventional wisdom pegged as leaner and smaller due to the economic downturn, there is a whole lotta buzz going on. So buzzy, in fact, that I’m packing my bags and heading to the show. Yeah, it’s a news round-up post!

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The Daily Square – Jaguar Edition

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Todays links of interest: Amazon Upgrades its Kindle for Iphone AppFYI. E-books are ugly, but it’s not the fontsJoshua Tallent takes a realistic look at the recent Wired story on ebooks and finds points to dispute. Note especially his comments about outsourcing production and quality control. Your Daily Amazon NewsPublishers Lunch sums up today’s Amazon news: countersuit in Discovery’s ebook patent plus new suit regarding search. Ebook sales continue to rise – latest IDPF infoIt’s nice, you know, to see business on the upswing. And ebooks? Definitely upward!

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The Daily Square – Sardengna Amore Edition

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Todays links of interest: Judge won’t toss lawsuit over Hilton movie flopWe all need a daily dose of stupid news! Book Business honors leading female executives who are helping to shape the industry. : Book BusinessTop 50 women in publishing. Cool. Book Club: Humor‘Cause without bookclub, what do we have?

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The Daily Square – That’s the Way I Like It Edition

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Todays links of interest: Tim O’reilly has good advice for publishersBest. Thing. Ever. Exact Editions: The Twitter Book ClubWait! There’s a rival to the Twitter Book Club created by The Book Maven and Booksquare. Game. On. Something Wildly Inappropriate From Soft SkullLooks like some people are going beyond pajamas and mules at parties…

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Ebooks, Prices, Consumers, Choices. Again.

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Resolved: digital books will be a growing and important part of the reading mix of the future. Resolved: readers are not monolithic nor predictable and will expect digital books to be as flexible as they are. Resolved: digital versus print is not an either/or decision. Resolved: due to laws and insanity (not necessarily in that order), digital books are not the same as physical books. Are we seeing that format is as much a choice of need as it is price? Yesterday, Motoko Rich of the New York Times looked at the price of ebooks, a topic too big for

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