CBC News – Technology & Science – E-books: A new chapter begins Kobo CEO, Michael Serbinis, suggests in the above CBC News article that publishers should release books in digital format first to test the market before printing them. I’m inclined to agree, and I often give the same advice to authors starting out on…
Ebooks: the future is now – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Ebooks: the future is now – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A fascinating ABC News feature on e-books and the future of books and some really sharp insights on the challenges facing the publishing industry over the coming year, particularly those of senior editor at TOR, Patrick Nielsen-Hayden. Related articles by Zemanta Close, But No…
Mountains to Sea Festival 2010 | Readers, Writers and the Digital Revolution
I have attended a few of the events this week in the Mountains to Sea Book Festival, but this forum discussion will be the highlight on Sunday – Readers, Writers and the Digital Revolution. The preview from the official Mountains to Sea Book Festival site: Recently, Jeff Bezos reported that Amazon now sells more e-books…
TOC Evolvers: OR Books – Tools of Change for Publishing
Kat Meyer interviews John Oakes of OR Books on O’Reilly TOC. This is a successful new independent publisher I took a look at early last year. TOC Evolvers: OR Books – Tools of Change for Publishing The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Community or Be Damned
One of the biggest challenges facing authors is finding a suitable channel or platform to present their work. For self-published authors, the challenge is even greater without the support of a marketing engine and sales distributor that comes with a commercial publisher. While self-publishing still has its stigmas and detractors, digitalization in the print and…
Lake Wobegon Days or Be Damned
Just before Book Expo 2010 last week, American novelist and Radio raconteur Garrison Keillor wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, The End of an Era in Publishing. I should of course refer to the opinion piece as an ‘op-ed’ (opposite editorial), the description of it by many critics who chose to…
Lulu, Dan on the Double, and The Future of Publishing
Last week we cited a Publishers Weekly Soapbox Blog where John Edgar Wideman revealed it was in fact his son, Daniel, who suggested he consider Lulu’s self-publishing services for his next book, Briefs. Wideman has been publishing books in the mainstream arena since 1967 and is an intrinsic part of the American literary scene. He had been…
Publishing Perspectives: The Author and Their Tribe
Publishing Perspectives has in the past couple of days focused on the ideas of community, tribe and branding in publishing. I find this a fascinating area in regards to the future of publishing. A little over a month ago we took a look at branding from the self-published author’s point of view with this article…
Arse About Face and The Future of Publishing
Currently, the below promotional video is doing the viral rounds. It was created as a promotional tool for the Penguin owned, Dorling Kindersley Books imprint. The video is entitled, The Future of Publishing. I think it works pretty well for the subject matter, but the idea is five years old. Here is the DK Publishing…
The Shape of Publishing To Come: Jason Epstein, NYRB
Jason Epstein has written an illuminating and epic piece on the future of publishing in the March edition of The New York Review of Books. A must read. Jason Epstein is an American editor and publisher with a career spanning more than forty years. He has worked for Random House and Doubleday. He was co-founder…