DBW Insights: Jason Allen Ashlock

July 27, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 2

“We want to think digitally first and we want to act digitally very early” Jason Allen Ashlock

DBW Insights: Richard Curtis

April 20, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 3

“Over the last 20 years or so, as publishers have vacated many of their responsibilities to authors, agents have had to step in to perform tasks that they never used to.” Richard Curtis

Can Publishers Compete on Tech’s Cutting Edge?

February 11, 2011 | DBW | 8

Mary Kole | “It sure is sharp and fun up there, but it’s easy to lose one’s footing.”

The Evolution of Self-Publishing

February 9, 2011 | DBW | 18

DBW/PW WEBcast, presented live on Tuesday, February 22nd at 1pm ET / 10am PT.

The Agent’s Role in Today’s Digital Book World

January 13, 2011 | DBW | 42

Mary Kole | “Agents should start treating their clients’ business like a tech start-up.”

What is a Publisher? (Roundtable: 9/23/10)

September 23, 2010 | DBW | 7

Topic: What is a Publisher? | Roundtable: 9/23/10

What is a Publisher? [ 39:19 ]

Rethinking Contracts and Copyrights

August 30, 2010 | DBW | 9

DBW WEBcast: Explore the conflicts and opportunities presented by digital rights (ebooks and beyond), and discuss alternative models.

Richard Curtis: eBook Folly Leads to Innovation

August 19, 2010 | Emily Williams | 10

By Emily Williams | “Our revenues have quadrupled in two years. We’re beginning to make a profit and pay substantial royalties.”

Arthur Klebanoff: eBook Veteran, First Mover

August 16, 2010 | Emily Williams | 6

By Emily Williams | “eBooks are good news. There are many more paths to market.”

Scott Waxman: Change Agent, Digital Entrepreneur

July 29, 2010 | Emily Williams | 6

By Emily Williams | “The future, in terms of digital publishing, is not profitable in a lot of cases yet.”

eBook Revolution: Random House vs. The Jackal

July 26, 2010 | Richard Curtis | 10

By Richard Curtis | “Publishers are loath to sue authors (or the widows and children of authors).”

eBook Rights: The Agents’ Perspective

July 23, 2010 | DBW | 6

DBW WEBcast: Exploring the controversies and conflicts that have arisen around eBook rights and how agents are treating them.

Amazon Wins? (Roundtable: 7/22/10)

July 21, 2010 | DBW | 2

Topic: Amazon Wins? | Roundtable: 7/22/10

Amazon Wins? [ 0:01 ]

DBW Weekly Roundup: 7/9/10

July 9, 2010 | DBW | 1

The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.

Crossing Borders on Demand

June 30, 2010 | Emily Williams | 14

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 | 46

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 | 16

By Jane Friedman | “Agents need to be empowered and given room to innovate as much as the authors.”

Are Agents Due For a Raise?

June 25, 2010 | DBW | 7

By Victoria Strauss | “How would publishing change if agenting moved from commission-based payment to billable hours?”

Is Konrath’s SHAKEN Change You Can Believe In?

May 18, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 13

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Will SHAKEN be remembered as the shot heard ’round the industry, or is it an exception to the rule?”

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.”

The iPad, Transmedia, and the Future of Publishers

April 7, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 21

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Why pay $9.99+ for a single eBook, when there are far more compelling apps available for much less money?”

Territorial Rights in a World Without Borders

February 27, 2010 | Emily Williams | 13

By Emily Williams || “A chasm opened up between discoverability of titles and the consumer’s ability to buy those titles.”

DBW Conversations: Richard Curtis & Richard Nash

February 22, 2010 | DBW | 9

A 60-minute discussion on the future of the publishing industry, and what they’re doing to ensure they have a place in it.

Book Rights: Headed for a Borderless Future?

February 10, 2010 | DBW | 7

Readers around the world can discover new books, but they may not be able to purchase them because of where they live.

The Changing Agent-Author Relationship

February 2, 2010 | DBW | 7

By Jane Friedman || “We have this commission model, but if I am offering a fair service for a fair price, fine.”

Tomorrow’s Book Contract

February 2, 2010 | DBW | 3

By Jane Friedman || “Splitting the rights sounds tasty, but that would push down the e-book price since that rights holder has no stake in the print version of the book.”

Back-Loaded Book Deals: The Biggest Bright Spot in Publishing’s Future?

February 1, 2010 | DBW | 15

By Jane Friedman || “Publishing is much more collaborative and transparent now than it was even 10 years ago.”