Industry News
B&N Vulnerable to Rivals
19th August, 2011Barnes & Noble shares plunged 17.5% after a takeover offer fell apart, leaving the bookseller without a deep-pocketed parent in its battle against Internet giants Apple and Amazon.
Apparently Ebooks Are Now Killing The Desire To Write. Sure.
19th August, 2011A couple of days ago, I took issue with those who whine that ebooks are killing publishing. In fact, I argued, “The Golden Era Of Books Isn’t Over. The Golden Era Of Books Is Now“. Apparently, though, not everyone agrees. In an intervi...
Lindsay Edmunds: Sweet Humility
18th August, 2011While self-publishing does not absolutely require humility, it has ways of forcefully suggesting that it is a very good idea.
Publisher's Claims Anger Readers, Authors
17th August, 2011The print-on-demand publishing company Publish America is under pressure following the reaction to a promise on its website, now removed, to present to JK Rowling...
Leonce Gaiter: The Publishing Industry Redefines a \"Pig\" and Then Slaps Lipstick On It
17th August, 2011Great sighs of joy mingled with the steam from fat free mochaccinos as the Books section of the New York Times declared \"Publishing Gives Hints...
Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA
17th August, 2011An economist is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Old joke based on Oscar Wilde's quip about a cynic. Yesterday I noted how conventional cost accounting inexorably focuses attention of executives on increasing short-...
Amazon strikes first 'major' publishing deal
17th August, 2011The online retailer's aggressive move into publishing has continued with its signing of bestselling self-help author Timothy FerrissAmazon.com has made the first "major" acquisition for its New York-based publishing imprint, snapping up rights in bes...
FOX News Creates E-Book About The World Trade Center
16th August, 2011HarperCollins is teaming up with fellow News Corporation company FOX News to publish an enhanced e-book on Aug 23, RISE OF FREEDOM: The New World...
Kindles make reading people harder
16th August, 2011If you need another reason to worry about the death of print, think of the access to strangers' souls we'll lose when e-readers take overAh ha! I've finally put my finger on a concrete reason for my lingering, irrational, doubtless soon-to-be-jettiso...
Arielle Ford: Do I Really Need a Literary Attorney?
15th August, 2011\"Though publishers use lawyers to write the publishing contracts that authors sign, authors don't seem to realize they, too, need a lawyer to understand those same contracts.\"