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Book Manufacturer Courier Acquires Self-Publishing Platform FastPencil

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[Press Release] Courier Acquires FastPencil Advanced Content Management and Self-Publishing Platform Courier Corporation (Nasdaq: CRRC), one of America’s leading innovators in book manufacturing and content management, today announced that it has acquired FastPencil, Inc., a developer of end-to-end, cloud-based content …

Hydra is appropriately named.

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In mythology, a hydra is a serpent-like beast with many heads.  And when you cut one head off, it grew two more.  It also had poisonous breath and acid like blood. So why would you name a publishing imprint after …

Expanding Options for Publishing: The New Hybrid Author

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There have been some fantastic reflections of late on the emerging powerhouse that is the “hybrid author”. One of my recent favorites is Jane Friedman’s interview with CJ Lyons. Lyons discusses her experience on the fronts of traditional publishing (big …

The Change Agents: Amy Tannenbaum

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The Change Agents is an occasional series spotlighting the work of of people inside Big Publishing who confronting disruption with creativity, and helping their respective companies adapt, adjust, innovate, and reinvent. Read the anchor post here. If you read the …

E-Tail Wags P-Dog

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At the dawn of the e-book revolution I made a prediction that publishers found so horrifying that one editor told me it made him sick to his stomach. The prediction was that one day an important author would make a …

The Slippery Slope of E-Originals, Part 2

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In the first part of this article I described a fundamental shift under way in the book industry from original paperbacks to original e-books – “e-originals” in Publisher Speak – and its depressing effect on author compensation. These deals point …

The Slippery Slope of E-Originals, Part 1

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In the last year a number of major publishers have begun offering authors contracts for “e-originals” – books released originally – and exclusively – in e-book format. Though this is a logical step in the evolution of traditional publishing houses …

Are Publishers Making a Killing on E-Books? Part 1

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In a post last spring DBW’s Jeremy Greenfield wrote,”Publishers are making a killing on e-books because they cost nothing to produce, distribute and sell and are almost 100% pure profit. At least, that’s what many consumers think.” I’ve been brooding …

Grafton Apologizes to Indies. Will They Accept?

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Bestselling novelist Sue Grafton recently triggered a near-nuclear conflagration when she described self-published authors as “too lazy to do the hard work” She subsequently apologized to the community of independent authors who swamped her with righteous indignation, and admitted she …

Self-Publishing Platform FastPencil Expands Print Partnership With Barnes & Noble

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If limited distribution to e-bookstores and not bricks-and-mortar retail stores, where most books are sold, is a problem for aspiring self-published authors, FastPencil has a solution. Since the first quarter of this year, the Campbell, Calif.-based self-publishing platform has been selling a limited selection of its books in Barnes & Noble, Hudson News, Costco, Target and other stores.

Lessons from the ‘Penelope Trunk Affair’

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This week, author Penelope Trunk went on a rant about how she left her publisher with her advance after determining that the publisher didn’t know how to market books online. Despite the dubious nature of some of her claims, there …