Today, the American Library Association (ALA) released Digital Content: What’s Next? This new report, ALA’s third American Libraries Digital Supplement on digital content issues, focuses on the opportunities and “Faustian bargains” of ebooks. I had the privilege of serving as …

Traditional publishing typically turns to the archives of important writers after their death. Posthumous traditional Kurt Vonnegut titles include:                 Three anthologies of previously unpublished short fiction and nonfiction         …

Today, Hachette Book Group announced a major expansion in its library e-book sales policy. The American Library Association largely praised the move, though noting that pricing could be better. Anyhow, with Hachette Book Group’s change, we are now clearly entering …

What are the factors that authors consider when deciding how to publish their next book? A well-written article by publishing beat newbie Leslie Kaufman in The New York Times entitled New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves suggests that it’s money and …

As we’ve discussed over the past several months, pricing for ebooks has been in flux over the past year due to a number of factors but has seemed to stabilize since the end of 2012. In the past four months, …

Just last month Digital Book World debuted DBW U, an online education program. In DBW U’s self-paced courses students will learn from some of digital publishing’s most recognized experts on their own schedule. We’re aiming to help prepare digital publishing …