E-Reading Application Showdown, Part 2: Typography July 28, 2011 | India Amos | 28 India Amos | An overview of how your ebooks render across multiple platforms
Digital Reading: Getting Beyond the Book Fetish July 25, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 15 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 | 11 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 | 14 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 | 10 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 | 12 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 | 17 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 | 9 Dan Lubart | Ebook bestseller lists show far less “churn” than print lists.
New Workflows for Editorial and Production July 5, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 8 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 | 10 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 | 8 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 | 5 Pieter Swinkels | European publishers saw how the battle was fought in the US over the past decade, and we didn’t like the outcome.
Ebook MarketView: Amazon’s Sunshine Deals Lifts Low-Priced Ebooks June 15, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 10 Dan Lubart | The surprising finding in the recent June promotion is that premium-priced titles don’t suffer from the discounted competition.
New Releases in the Digital Book World, 6/10/11 June 10, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 2 7 New and Notable Releases in Digital Books
DBW Insights: Rick Richter June 8, 2011 | Rich Fahle | 4 “I think that as the curators emerge, you’re going to find apps becoming more and more meaningful.” Rick Richter
Ebook MarketView: The Value of Promoting the First Title of a Series June 7, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 10 Dan Lubart | Publishers and authors stand to make huge gains from smart promotion of a first title, under the right conditions.
E-Reading Application Showdown, Part 1 – Annotations June 6, 2011 | DBW | 17 “Because we’re not used to having choices about how we read.., most people haven’t thought much about what makes reading comfortable for them.” India Amos
BookExpo America: An International Approach June 6, 2011 | DBW | 1 Joana Costa Knufinke | Despite the challenges of the global digital market, the future promises to be exciting on both sides.
DBW Weekly Roundup, 5/31/11 May 31, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 3 This week: the Oprah effect, Amazon, the age of the author, and more!
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ebook Piracy May 23, 2011 | DBW | 40 Cecilia Tan | Is Ebook Piracy Good or Bad for Authors?
Digital Reading: Other Conferences, Other Insights May 23, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 6 Anne Kostick | This is the time for flights of imagination: while we’re reading, wouldn’t it be nice if … ?
Ebook MarketView: Examining Agency-Model Publishers’ Share of Bestseller Lists May 20, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 21 Dan Lubart | Agency titles on general bestseller lists are finding their equilibrium, but premium-priced romance titles lose ground.
Ebook Distribution for Small Publishers May 19, 2011 | Matt Mullin | 5 New WEBcast 6/21 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
DBW Weekly Roundup, 5/19/11 May 19, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 7 This week: ebook piracy as marketing, libraries and ebook lending, and more!
Digital Reading: To Do Digital Books Right, Writers Will Learn to Talk Tech May 16, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 11 “Writers who want to do more than simply present plain text really need to learn how the various parts fit together.” Peter Meyers
New Releases in the Digital Book World, 5/13/11 May 13, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 6 New and notable releases in the digital book world.
Authorship and Collaboration with L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories May 11, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 3 Mulholland Books teams up with Rockstar Games to produce L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories.
The State of the Market with Impelsys Founder Sameer Shariff May 6, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 5 “The growth horizon is massive.” Sameer Shariff
Digital Reading: Three UX Principles from the Catalyst Group’s Peter Hughes May 2, 2011 | Anne Kostick | 6 Anne Kostick | Peter Hughes advises a “concierge” approach to helping user interaction.
New Releases in the Digital Book World, 4/29/11 April 29, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 4 New and notable releases in the digital book world.
What Comes After the Google Book Settlement? April 28, 2011 | DBW | 6 New WEBcast 5/10 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
DBW Weekly Roundup, 4/21/11 April 21, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 8 This week: Kindle Library Lending, new media talent, and more!
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