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How to Boost Your Online Book Sales With “Sales Nodes”

October 21, 2011 | Carolyn McCray | 12

Carolyn McCray | How grouping your titles in your back-matter and promotions can lead to increased sales.

Five Tablet Trends Signaled by the New Kobo Vox

October 20, 2011 | Jeremy Greenfield | 15

Jeremy Greenfield | With 5 million devices sold, Kobo has fewer users than other tablets, yet the arrival of the Vox signals several important trends for publishers.

Give the Readers What They Want: Producing Better Ebooks (WEBcast 10/27/11)

October 18, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 19

A free 1-hour WEBcast presented by Digital Book World and the Publishing Innovation Awards on October 27th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

Optimizing Your Titles For Online Bookselling Part 2 (Roundtable 10/20/11)

October 13, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 15

BW Roundtable: 10/20 | Topic: Generating More Sales on Amazon

DBW Insights: Susan Orlean, Author of Rin Tin Tin: the Life and the Legend, Part 2

October 11, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 5

“You have a story that you’re dying to write, it doesn’t just fit necessarily in the agenda of those magazines, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it.” – Susan Orlean

DBW Insights: Susan Orlean, Author of Rin Tin Tin: the Life and the Legend, Part 1

October 7, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 3

“I think writing, especially non-fiction writing, is a form of performance art.” – Susan Orlean

Ebook Marketing: New Skills and Fresh Opportunities (WEBcast 10/25/11)

October 6, 2011 | DBW | 7

Free 1-hour WEBcast presented by Digital Book World and Ingram Content on October 25th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

Five Ways to Educate Your Staff with DBW Corporate Membership

October 5, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 4

Matt Mullin | There are 3 new ways to get access to digital resources year round

Amazon Kindle Announcement News Roundup

September 28, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 11

Matt Mullin | The best of the web on the Kindle announcement and what it means for publishing

Gaining Traction in the Amazon Ebook Marketplace

September 28, 2011 | Carolyn McCray | 33

Carolyn McCray | Part 1 in a 3 part article on Amazon sales

6 Key Takeaways From Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers

September 20, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 19

Matt Mullin | Data from a publishing revolution, 2009-2011

Beyond the Publishing Headlines (Roundtable: 9/29/11)

September 15, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 7

DBW Roundtable 9/29 | What are the major changes quietly reshaping our industry?

Ebooks’ Real Impact on the Book Publishing Market: 2009 – 2011

August 31, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 10

New WEBcast 9/20 at 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST / 4 PM GMT

Publishing Innovation Awards on Beyond the Book

August 30, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 3

“A fine example of technology in the service of literature can inspire other publishers to see how far they can go with things and still wow the consumer.” – Anne Kostick

Why I Said ‘Yes’ to StoryWorld

August 23, 2011 | DBW | 4

Alison Norrington | More on the program for the world’s first transmedia conference.

Search Inside Ebooks: Why Readers Look & What They’re Finding

August 18, 2011 | PeterMeyers | 8

Peter Meyers | Often billed as one of the ebook’s marquee attractions, how well do in-book search tools really work?

Optimizing Your Titles For Online Bookselling (Roundtable 8/25/11)

August 16, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 10

DBW Roundtable: 8/25 | Topic: Making Ebooks More Discoverable On Amazon

The Publishing Innovation Awards Introduce the QED Seal

August 9, 2011 | DBW | 5

New categories, new distinctions for ebooks, enhanced ebooks, and apps, plus the all-new QED.

Breaking it Down: the ePub 3 Spec

August 4, 2011 | Eric Freese | 31

Eric Freese | Understanding what’s new in the leading language of ebooks

Digital Textbooks: Innovations From the Academic Business Model

July 26, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 7

New WEBcast 8/9 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

Good, Better, Best: An Ebook Reader’s Review of Formatting & Design

July 25, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 11

DBW Roundtable: 8/4 | Topic: The Top Common Ebook Design Mistakes

Ebook Readers Review of Formatting and Design [ 1:02:21 ]

Ebook Specific Cover Design: Size and Resolution

July 22, 2011 | DBW | 14

Piotr Kowalczyk | “Designing for a screen means designing in smaller resolution – and this is a big opportunity.”

Digital Standards at the Speed of Ebooks (Roundtable 7/14/11)

July 11, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 17

DBW Roundtable: 7/14 | Topic: The Who, What, and Why of Ebook Standards

Digital Standards at the Speed of Ebooks [ 1:00:28 ]

What’s Possible with Transmedia: Case Studies in Successful Projects (WEBCast 7/27)

July 6, 2011 | DBW | 21

Join us on July 27th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT for this free StoryWorld WEBcast.

New Workflows for Editorial and Production

July 5, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 8

New WEBcast 7/12 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

Designing Better Ebooks (Roundtable 6/30/11)

June 23, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 8

DBW Roundtable: 6/30 | Topic: Improving What Publishers Release Into the Digital Marketplace

Designing Better Ebooks [ 1:01:41 ]

Monetizing Cross-Platform Storytelling

June 14, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 10

Join us on June 29th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT for this free StoryWorld WEBcast.

iPad Books and the Reader Experience (Roundtable 6/2/11)

May 31, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 10

DBW Roundtable: 6/2 | Topic: What Works (and Doesn’t) in Book Apps

iPad Books and the Reader Experience [ 1:01:23 ]

Ebook Distribution for Small Publishers

May 19, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 5

New WEBcast 6/21 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

A New Frontier: Independent eBookselling and the Google Experience

May 19, 2011 | DBW | 3

An exclusive preview for Publishers Launch’s first event, eBooks Go Global at the BEA, with a panel on ebook sales at independent bookstores.

Rights Management for Publishers (Roundtable 5/19/11)

May 17, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 6

DBW Roundtable: 5/19 | Topic: Problems and Opportunities in Contracts

Rights Managemnet for Publishers [ 1:00:48 ]

Publishers Launch: eBooks Go Global at BookExpo America

May 2, 2011 | DBW | 4

Publishers Launch announces program for eBooks Go Global to be held May 25 at BookExpo America.

Developing Verticals & Serving Readers (Roundtable 5/5/11)

April 28, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 9

DBW Roundtable: 5/5 | Topic: Community Building for Publishers

Developing Verticals and Serving Readers [ 1:02:54 ]

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