Dark Horse Circumvents iTunes, Plans to Sell Direct October 18, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 1 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “No licensing fees to Apple means we can pay our creators more while offering readers lower prices.”
If Libraries are Screwed, so are the Rest of Us October 15, 2010 | Emily Williams | 9 By Emily Williams | “All this is happening as taxpayers are having to decide what municipal services they can live without.”
Comics Publishers Recognize Digital Opportunity October 8, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 0 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “My job is to find audiences for this content any way I can.”
Your Old Job in Publishing Doesn’t Exist October 5, 2010 | Don Linn | 7 By Don Linn | “Get comfortable with near-constant change, disruption and, well, discomfort. It’s here to stay.”
Digital Natives and Ebooks: Missing the Point September 30, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 8 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “It’s not about the technology or the format, it’s about giving readers multiple options to engage.”
Bridges Of Virtue: Indie Publishers As The Golden Mean September 21, 2010 | DBW | 8 By Paolo Chikiamco | “The Internet also allows an Independent Publisher to collaborate with the most important partner of all – the readers.”
Publishers: Control IP, Develop Transmedia Brands September 15, 2010 | DBW | 2 By Simon Pulman | “Publishers must cease thinking of themselves as merely book – or even eBook – publishers.”
Copyright, Ebooks and the Unpredictable Future August 27, 2010 | Emily Williams | 8 By Emily Williams | “Where will ebook rights end up?”
Publishing is Dead, Long Live Publishing August 24, 2010 | DBW | 7 By Shiv Singh | “Seth Godin believes in the power of his brand and is betting everything on it.”
It’s Not About eBooks; It’s About Amazon July 28, 2010 | DBW | 6 By Brian O’Leary | “Amazon is busy making the entire book business a ‘direct-to-consumer’ model.”
To Succeed, Publishers Must Experiment… and Fail July 12, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 4 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Different types of content demand different types of interaction.”
Crossing Borders on Demand June 30, 2010 | Emily Williams | 8 By Emily Williams | “An alternative to the established business of rights sales: direct, disintermediated access to readers in other countries.”
Radical Mediation: Agent, Evolve Thyself! June 29, 2010 | DBW | 33 By Jason Allen Ashlock | “There is a lot of slack in publishing these days, and agents are picking up most of it.”
Agents Need to Develop Alternative Models June 25, 2010 | DBW | 7 By Jane Friedman | “Agents need to be empowered and given room to innovate as much as the authors.”
Taming (or Not) the Textbook Market June 21, 2010 | DBW | 6 By Mark Long | “The simple truth is that neither publishers nor bookstores can survive on the margins from selling POD books.”
BEA 2010: Chaotic, Hopeful, and Worthwhile June 4, 2010 | DBW | 1 By Babette Ross || “More people reading more books in the manner of their choosing? Yes, please!”
Was BEA 2010 a Win for Publishing? May 28, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 7 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Has the industry turned a corner, now taking a more proactive role in shaping its destiny?”
A Book Conference You Can Attend in Your Bathrobe May 19, 2010 | Richard Curtis | 13 By Richard Curtis || “Is publishing ready to go beyond eBooks and take the digital transition to the next level?”
Is Konrath’s SHAKEN Change You Can Believe In? May 18, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 10 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Will SHAKEN be remembered as the shot heard ’round the industry, or is it an exception to the rule?”
Closing the Gap Between Publishers and Readers April 23, 2010 | DBW | 8 By Tim Brandhorst || “If Facebook is willing to offer some unbelievably useful data to publishers, will Amazon and Apple rethink their approach?”
Transmedia Requires New Breed of Writers, Publishers April 19, 2010 | DBW | 4 By Alison Norrington || “For transmedia novelists (and publishers) to retain creative control will require more than a repurposing of content.”
Old London vs. New Media April 16, 2010 | Emily Williams | 3 By Emily Williams || “In the houses and at the fairs, the future won’t stay safely at the margins for long.”
Publishers Need to Fail Better, Cheaper, Faster April 16, 2010 | DBW | 7 By Rebecca Smart || “Those closest to the consumers are those best-equipped to come up with the ideas for future experiments.”
Discoverability: Still A Book’s Biggest Problem April 8, 2010 | DBW | 30 By Cecilia Tan || “With an ebook, there is no physical store, no physical shelf.”
The iPad, Transmedia, and the Future of Publishers April 7, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 11 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Why pay $9.99+ for a single eBook, when there are far more compelling apps available for much less money?”
Digital Comics: Level the Playing Field, Part II April 2, 2010 | DBW | 4 By Jim Fallone || “No other print medium is better suited to take advantage of the screen.”
Digital Comics: Level the Playing Field, Part I March 31, 2010 | DBW | 8 By Jim Fallone || “Converting to digital means everyone starts from scratch.”
Digital Comics: Competing with Marvel and DC March 29, 2010 | DBW | 1 By Jim Fallone || “Marvel and DC saw this coming and have already established their digital strategies.”
A Clear, Easy Roadmap for Change March 23, 2010 | DBW | 1 By Edwina Lui || “Failure IS an Option: In fact, failure is nearly a given.”
Transmedia: Gatekeeping the Story, Not the Page March 10, 2010 | DBW | 4 By Alison Norrington || “Transmedia IP must be supported by a solid structure of strategy and can’t rely on a ‘gut-instinct’ or a ‘roll of the dice’.”
New Think for Old Publishers: SXSWi for the Bookish March 9, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 1 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “If you’re attending SXSW, what are you looking forward to?”
Territorial Rights in a World Without Borders February 27, 2010 | Emily Williams | 6 By Emily Williams || “A chasm opened up between discoverability of titles and the consumer’s ability to buy those titles.”
On “Fewer, Better Books” February 19, 2010 | David Nussbaum | 35 By David Nussbaum || “How do we do it? Eliminate the mid-list. No longer can publishers afford to publish mediocrity.”
