Self-publishing site Lulu has announced that it will no longer offer digital rights management (DRM) as an option for its authors for books created and sold on Lulu (for books created on Lulu and sold elsewhere, they will still be …

There’s nothing like face-to-face contact, talking with actual breathing, speaking, snorting, singing, handshaking humans. Before I go on and get to the point of this post (there is one, I assure you), I should first tell you that I spend …

We have started to see a diverse range of experiments with Ebook “lines.” For these purposes, I define a “line” to be: A single source of content A content-rich source A content source with an established brand Other models include …

The situation in Croatia is probably typical for a small country with a rather limited language scope or “pool,” but also reflects the situation in large part of Europe. In general, the book trade in Europe is regulated in terms …

“A man can hope, Anastasia, dream even, and sometimes his dreams come true.” ―Christian Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James “I don’t subscribe to luck or chance, Miss Steele. The harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” …

You’ve resolved to do better with your social media in 2013. But what does that mean? The trouble with resolutions — and the reason we so often fail to keep them — is they’re too broad and undefined. Be better. …

Just like in the book publishing industry, the rise of e-books is propelling libraries into a revolution. The most basic questions of library operations are in play. For example, libraries are not able to purchase access to some titles. Other …

“Come, I want to show you my playroom.” … Taking a deep breath, I walk in. And it feels like I’ve time-traveled back to the sixteenth century and the Spanish Inquisition. ― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey “There’s a very fine line …

Putting together our massive ebook predictions article for 2013 was fun but a lot of work. I got to speak with a dozen or so ebook and digital-publishing expert and engage in the always-fun activity of speculating about the future. …

“You’re not supposed to find the [Amazon] sales rankings informative or helpful. You’re supposed to find them interesting.“ -Brent Sampson, “Navigating the Amazon Sales Ranking,” WebProNews, June 15, 2006 “…a hot woman receives roughly 4x the messages an average-looking woman …

Over the past few months, I’ve contributed to DBW’s news coverage of the growing e-learning, academic and higher education markets; kept up-to-date on the developments between publishers and libraries; and eavesdropped on experienced digital publishing journalists and commentators. And a …

The new children’s digital content business has given rise to a new kind of children’s author. In fact, we may not even want to continue calling them simply authors.

Prolific authors, particularly once their careers are complete, tend to follow diverse paths with their publication arrangements.  Some authors spend their entire careers with one publisher—for example, John Updike with Knopf, or Agatha Christie with Penguin.  More commonly, prolific authors …

Bundling–the act of putting a bunch of related items together in one package–has been around for a few years now for video games and music, but it’s only in 2012 that the concept started being widely adapted for books. StoryBundle …

According to a report in the New York Times, a study of 400 apps designed for and marketed to children revealed that only 20% of them provide appropriate disclosures to parents about what kind of data they are collecting about …

Employees at the Hachette Book Group have published an inspiring video in which they tell people that life gets better for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids (LGBT) — or anyone — who are being bullied or feel out of …

I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days in Prague* and found myself in a lovely little English-language bookshop there called Shakespeare & Sons. I was about to leave in search of more Pilsner Urquell when I decided …

Recently, Amazon introduced Kindle Serials, its latest program for original content. http://amzn.to/Q8rGzY By year end, Amazon Publishing will publish the first 15 or so titles in the program.  Price points are typically $1.99.  As Kindle explains the program on its home …