Chip Kidd, renowned book cover designer is currently on a trip to Ireland and this evening he did an interview for Culture Shock, an arts program on one of Ireland’s national radio broadcasters, Newstalk, hosted by Fionn Davenport. Chip Kidd is an associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House. He joined the Knopf book…
Self-Publishing Book Expo: New York, Saturday, November 7th
The much anticipated Self-Publishing Book Expo in New York’s Sheraton Hotel is just a week away, taking place on Saturday, November 7th. The organizers of the event have managed to put together a very impressive array of speakers and panelists from the world of self-publishing services, independent presses, distributors, printers and self-published authors. The highlight…
Virtual Conference Today: Digital Content Day at Your Desk!
Book Business is presenting a free Publishing Business Virtual Conference today online, entitled, Digital Content Day at Your Desk! Here is a brief from their website. Book Business is proud to present the first Publishing Business Virtual Conference & Expo: Digital Content Day at Your Desk! Please fill out the registration form below to register…
Google Books Settlement: Make Haste At Your Peril – Objectors
Judge Denny Chin, presiding over the Google Books Settlement case, has again been requested by opponents to ensure they are given ‘sufficient time to study and comment on any amended settlement agreement’ and that there are no limits on any objections. The call came from Yahoo and Microsoft, two of the most significant corporate objectors…
ABA Make a Stand on Independent Booksellers & Hardback Books
The Department of Justice in the US—whether it is their wish or not—has become extremely acquainted with the book publishing world in the last year. The Google Book Agreement was recently kicked into touch following their comments and intervention last month, and now, the American Booksellers Association has requested the Department of Justice to investigate…
Smashwords For Non-US Authors – Nicola Furlong
Nicola Furlong has an excellent guide to the process of uploading your book to Smashwords on her blog today. Interestingly, she highlights the particular problems authors outside of the US have with using Amazon’s Kindle. Unfortunately, you must be able to provide a US address and bank to use Amazon to upload a book for…
POD TV – Program 17: Frankfurt Book Fair, 2009 – Andrew Savikas, VP for Digital Initiatives at O’Reilly Media
Vice President at O’Reilly Media, Andrew Savikas, gave an interview ahead of Tuesday’s Tools of Change Conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2009. He discusses how digital media is changing modern publishing as well as everyday life and the arrival of e-books and e-readers. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
AU Optronics Goes All Floppy With E-paper Future
It must be the day for e-reader and e-paper announcements. AU Optronics Corporation today announced a series of innovative e-paper technology devices. One is a 20-inch e-paper LCD-shaped monitor which has a myriad of possibilities, from public information units to advertising monitors. This is just one of a number of innovative products AU Optronics will…
Barnes & Noble Look To ‘Nook’ The E-Reader Competition
Barnes & Noble will announce the launch of their own e-reader later today at a press conference in Manhattan. The e-reader will be called the Nook. Don’t ask; perhaps Barnes & Noble executives will reveal the reasons why they chose such an odd name for the device. The e-reader will feature colour touch-screen controls, which can…
McCrum On Originality In Publishing Today
“How can good new writers be published when the industry is ruled by people who aren’t interested in originality?” This is the question posed by Robert McCrum in an article entitled, Stop the bean-counters ruling the fiction roost on the Guardian.co.uk this morning. He recounts a personal tale of a new author’s attempts to place…