“Price Pulsing”: the Benefits of Dynamic Pricing on Amazon October 13, 2011 | Carolyn McCray | 77 Carolyn McCray | Pricing strategy in the Amazon marketplace that gives new life to ebook sales.
Digital Reading: At the Intersection of Reading and Retail October 10, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 5 Anne Kostick | Social discovery and attention to detail help readers find (and buy) more books.
Ebook Marketing: New Skills and Fresh Opportunities (WEBcast 10/25/11) October 6, 2011 | DBW | 5 Free 1-hour WEBcast presented by Digital Book World and Ingram Content on October 25th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
Gaining Traction in the Amazon Ebook Marketplace September 28, 2011 | Carolyn McCray | 27 Carolyn McCray | Part 1 in a 3 part article on Amazon sales
DBW Insights: Fauzia Burke, President of FSB Associates September 21, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 2 “The ROI a lot of times is building that brand for the author so they can take advantage of different opportunities.” – Fauzia Burke
6 Key Takeaways From Aptara’s 3rd Annual Survey of Ebook Publishers September 20, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 11 Matt Mullin | Data from a publishing revolution, 2009-2011
Lessons From Creating the World’s Largest Spanish Ebook Catalogue September 20, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 4 Adrián Puentes & Joana Costa Knufinke | An interview with B&N’s Patricia Arancibia: “Thanks to the ebook, small editors can now think globally”
Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Sony Join in Supporting the Publishing Innovation Awards September 13, 2011 | DBW | 0 Retailers join to support quality in ebooks, enhanced ebooks, and book apps
The State of the Spanish Ebook Market for Authors and Publishers September 7, 2011 | DBW | 10 Spain’s ebook market may be nascent, but it has huge potential over the next year.
Ebooks’ Real Impact on the Book Publishing Market: 2009 – 2011 August 31, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 5 New WEBcast 9/20 at 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST / 4 PM GMT
Publishing Innovation Awards on Beyond the Book August 30, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 3 “A fine example of technology in the service of literature can inspire other publishers to see how far they can go with things and still wow the consumer.” – Anne Kostick
Digital Reading: Liberating Front Matter (A Follow-up) August 23, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 5 Anne Kostick | In the e-book environment, most front matter doesn’t have to be in front.
Maximizing Digital Book Sales, Part 2 August 22, 2011 | Carolyn McCray | 23 Carolyn McCray | A case study in the effect of bestseller lists on Amazon ebook sales
Search Inside Ebooks: Why Readers Look & What They’re Finding August 18, 2011 | PeterMeyers | 3 Peter Meyers | Often billed as one of the ebook’s marquee attractions, how well do in-book search tools really work?
DBW Insights: Kevin Smokler, Author and Consultant to Byliner August 17, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 4 Kevin Smokler on the emerging market of short-form ebooks.
DBW Insights: Sarah Wendell, Author and Romance Blogger August 11, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 4 Sarah Wendell on the romance reader community, ebooks, DRM, and connecting with readers.
The Publishing Innovation Awards Introduce the QED Seal August 9, 2011 | DBW | 3 New categories, new distinctions for ebooks, enhanced ebooks, and apps, plus the all-new QED.
Digital Reading: Getting Behind Front Matter August 8, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 4 Anne Kostick | Front matter needs rethinking to unleash its digital potential
Breaking it Down: the ePub 3 Spec August 4, 2011 | Eric Freese | 25 Eric Freese | Understanding what’s new in the leading language of ebooks
Ebook MarketView: Who Won Amazon’s “Big Deal” Promotion? August 1, 2011 | DBW | 2 Dan Lubart | Gaining title share on e-book bestsellers lists wins the game.
E-Reading Application Showdown, Part 2: Typography July 28, 2011 | India Amos | 22 India Amos | An overview of how your ebooks render across multiple platforms
Digital Reading: Getting Beyond the Book Fetish July 25, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 8 Anne Kostick | The book of the future should be more like an app, only better.
Good, Better, Best: An Ebook Reader’s Review of Formatting & Design July 25, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 7 DBW Roundtable: 8/4 | Topic: The Top Common Ebook Design Mistakes Ebook Readers Review of Formatting and Design [ 1:02:21 ]
Ebook Specific Cover Design: Size and Resolution July 22, 2011 | DBW | 9 Piotr Kowalczyk | “Designing for a screen means designing in smaller resolution – and this is a big opportunity.”
New Releases in the Digital Book World, 7/15/11 July 15, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 7 This week: interactive stories for youngsters, Kerouac’s On the Road, the latest from Seth Godin’s Domino Project, and more!
Digital Publishing News: Google+, Amazon’s Tablet, and More! July 14, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 4 There’s just no avoiding Google+ in the news this week, but discussion about tablets and e-reader devices abound.
Digital Standards at the Speed of Ebooks (Roundtable 7/14/11) July 11, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 7 DBW Roundtable: 7/14 | Topic: The Who, What, and Why of Ebook Standards Digital Standards at the Speed of Ebooks [ 1:00:28 ]
Ebook MarketView: Becoming a “Made” Book July 7, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 6 Dan Lubart | Ebook bestseller lists show far less “churn” than print lists.
New Workflows for Editorial and Production July 5, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 3 New WEBcast 7/12 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
Everything Embellished: The Making of an Enhanced eBook Series June 30, 2011 | Peter Costanzo | 6 Peter Costanzo | One lesson from creating the Everything Learning Language Enhanced Series? “Perfect is the enemy of good enough.”
DBW Weekly Roundup, 6/23/11 June 23, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 2 This week: Borders bankruptcy, B&N numbers, “Spamazon,” and more!
Designing Better Ebooks (Roundtable 6/30/11) June 23, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 5 DBW Roundtable: 6/30 | Topic: Improving What Publishers Release Into the Digital Marketplace Designing Better Ebooks [ 1:01:41 ]
The European Digital Avalanche June 17, 2011 | DBW | 3 Pieter Swinkels | European publishers saw how the battle was fought in the US over the past decade, and we didn’t like the outcome.
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