Random Ebook Thoughts From A Jetlagged Mind

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So here I am, in London, part of a country with neither the Sony eReader nor the Amazon Kindle, yet dinner conversation turned, as conversations often do, to the fact that the Sony eReader will soon be available in the UK. I think that’s just cool, even as I think, “What’s taking so long, Sony, Amazon?” Let me tell you: awareness of the Kindle, particularly, is great, and people show great interest in the concept when they see an ereader in the wild. I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home for the past few weeks, and I’m getting lots

Non-Traditional Publishing

How to Succeed After the Writers’ Workshop — Exhibit A: Seth Harwood

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After graduating from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Seth Harwood pursued a career path familiar to many Booksquare readers. Seth honed his skills writing short stories and submitting them to literary journals. Despite modest success, he was unable to find an agent or interest a publisher in his work. Instead, he was caught up in an endless cycle of writing, revising, and submitting. It turns out that graduating from a prestigious writers’ workshop isn’t always enough to launch a career. It was only after Seth turned to the Internet that he started to find the success he was looking for. Working

Podcasts

Not Ready For E-Time: Meyers Ebook Release Delayed

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Last night, I had dinner with the digital team from Harlequin — one of the most, if not the most, forward looking publishers when it comes to migrating to a digital future — and came away feeling positive about the mindset of the industry. Today, I’m feeling like we’ve taken two steps back. The fine folks at Hachette, the parent company of Little, Brown, have decided to delay the ebook release of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn until 24 hours after the print edition went on sale.

The Future of Publishing

On Giving Youth A Chance

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Why is it that teenagers, being hit with puberty, peer groups, youth culture, adolescent growth, the weird world of education, and the oncoming threat of higher education, are expected to become avid readers? Is it a case of “Oh, good, you’ve got five seconds to yourself, read this”? How is that better than throwing a tabloid newspaper at them, and calling it “reading”? Is any old extraneous thing, however irrelevant, OK, if it’s called “literature”? People being driven into a state of terminal time management crisis are hardly likely to become enthusiastic readers. If they’re not interested, why not? Literacy

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