Direct to Reader: Best Practices for Publishers (Roundtable 4/21/11)

April 12, 2011 | DBW | 0

DBW Roundtable: 4/14 | Topic: Direct to Consumer Models for Publishers

Direct to Reader: Best Practices for Publishers (Roundtable 4/21/11) [ 1:02:23 ]

DBW Weekly Roundup: 12/10/10

December 10, 2010 | DBW | 0

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

Reply Hazy, Try Again (Roundtable: 12/9/10)

December 8, 2010 | DBW | 2

Topic: Reply Hazy, Try Again (2011 Predictions) | Roundtable: 12/9/10

Reply Hazy, Try Again (2011 Predictions) [ 1:00:44 ]

What Can Publishers Learn From an ARG?

December 2, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 0

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.”

Cyber Monday: Book Subscription Models

December 1, 2010 | Emily Williams | 0

By Emily Williams | “Subscriptions + online shopping are a fabulous way for indies to scale their personal touch; build close ties with loyal readers.”

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.”

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.”

Digital Strategies: Learning from Comics Publishers

June 23, 2010 | DBW | 0

WEBcast: Innovative approaches to digital comics, windowing, and the pros and cons of having a highly engaged readership.

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.”

F+W Media, Ingram in eCommerce Collaboration

June 2, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 1

“The agreement will add approximately 500,000 additional book titles…”

Live from BEA 2010 (Roundtable: 5/27/10)

May 27, 2010 | DBW | 2

Topic: Live from BEA 2010 || Roundtable: 5/27/10

Live from BEA 2010 [ 29:56 ]

The Amazon Effect (Roundtable: 5/20/10)

May 19, 2010 | DBW | 0

Topic: The Amazon Effect || Roundtable: 5/20/10

The Amazon Effect [ 36:08 ]

The Digital Author: New Challenges, Opportunities, Partners

May 4, 2010 | DBW | 1

“From Amazon and eBooks to new media, social media and transmedia, the landscape for authors has changed dramatically.”

Search 101: Practical SEO/SEM Tactics

April 13, 2010 | DBW | 0

“An overview of SEO/SEM strategy, along with specific tactics for publishers to put books in front of the right readers.”

Editorial and Marketing 2.0: Thinking Digitally

April 12, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 5

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “The average reader would be hard-pressed to identify the editor of their favorite books or authors.”

Laura Dawson: Metadata Evangelist

April 12, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 4

By Marian Schembari || “I’m loving the recognition that identifiers and metadata are important marketing tools!”

eBook Hide-and-Seek (Roundtable: 4/8/10)

April 7, 2010 | DBW | 4

Roundtable: 4/8/10 || Topic: eBook Hide-and-Seek

eBook Hide-and-Seek [ 34:04 ]

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.”

Glue Offers Authors an Alternative to Amazon

March 18, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 5

By Marian Schembari || “Adaptive Blue’s Firefox browser add-on, Glue, has been downloaded an impressive 2.4 million times and counting.”

Metadata! More Important Than Ever!

March 1, 2010 | DBW | 6

By Laura Dawson || “If your sales are dipping, it’s entirely possible that readers can’t find your books.”

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.”

Learning from Ellora’s Cave

February 16, 2010 | DBW | 8

By Tim Brandhorst || “The laughter was gradually replaced by an awed silence as Raelene Gorlinsky described with perfect clarity how Ellora’s Cave has evolved.”

Don Linn, Optimistic Book Lover

February 12, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 1

By Marian Schembari || “If you’re a traditional business, you have to manage your old business while transitioning to the new.”

Bookstore of the Future (Roundtable: 02/11/10)

February 10, 2010 | DBW | 6

The Roundtable: 02/11/10 || Topic: Bookstore of the Future

Bookstore of the Future [ 33:16 ]

Is Niche the Key to Publishing Survival?

February 3, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 5

By Marian Schembari || “To try to be a generalist as a small publisher is basically suicide.”

The Takeaway: Good for Business, Good for the Soul

February 2, 2010 | DBW | 4

By Stephen Bateman || “And that is the first lesson: sharing is de rigueur in this new digital world.”

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