Digital Strategies: Learning from RPG Publishers June 17, 2010 | DBW | 20 WEBcast: Innovative approaches to eBooks and POD, and the pros and cons of having a highly engaged readership.
Ron Hogan: Putting the Reader First June 16, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 7 By Marian Schembari || “I am confident that there are publishing companies forward-thinking enough to be responsive to communities of readers.”
DBW Weekly Roundup: 6/11/10 June 11, 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.
Blurring the Lines Between Fiction and Reality June 1, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 7 By Marian Schembari || “Fresh ideas certainly beat annoying the world with friend requests and promotional tweets.”
A Book Conference You Can Attend in Your Bathrobe May 19, 2010 | Richard Curtis | 19 By Richard Curtis || “Is publishing ready to go beyond eBooks and take the digital transition to the next level?”
The Digital Author: New Challenges, Opportunities, Partners May 4, 2010 | DBW | 8 “From Amazon and eBooks to new media, social media and transmedia, the landscape for authors has changed dramatically.”
Joseph Phillip Illidge: A Different Kind of Social April 29, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 1 By Marian Schembari || “Being able to express myself under fictional guises allows me to comment on anything I want to, but the face isn’t me.”
What’s Not to “Like”? (Roundtable: 4/29/10) April 28, 2010 | DBW | 7 Roundtable: 4/29/10 || Topic: Facebook – What’s Not to “Like”? Facebook: What's Not to [ 33:48 ]
Three Months Later… How Are We Doing? April 26, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 13 A look at our top articles and referring sites, and a request for feedback.
Gretchen Rubin: Social Media Happiness for Authors April 26, 2010 | DBW | 35 By Joe Dolce || “Publishers don’t have the time to think about it; and a lot of authors don’t know what to ask for.”
Closing the Gap Between Publishers and Readers April 23, 2010 | DBW | 19 By Tim Brandhorst || “If Facebook is willing to offer some unbelievably useful data to publishers, will Amazon and Apple rethink their approach?”
DBW Conversations: Jane Friedman & Debbie Stier April 23, 2010 | DBW | 15 A 60-minute discussion on the future of the publishing industry, and what they’re doing to ensure they have a place in it.
Should Publishers “Like” Facebook’s Open Graph? April 22, 2010 | DBW | 6 By Shiv Singh || “The Internet is going to become much more of a personalized experience. That can be a good and a bad thing.”
How Do You Engage Online and Not Get Fired? April 20, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 13 By Marian Schembari || “If you’re waiting for permission, it’s probably too late for you. You’re already so far behind the curve.”
Editorial and Marketing 2.0: Thinking Digitally April 12, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 8 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “The average reader would be hard-pressed to identify the editor of their favorite books or authors.”
Discoverability: Still A Book’s Biggest Problem April 8, 2010 | DBW | 46 By Cecilia Tan || “With an ebook, there is no physical store, no physical shelf.”
OpenSky Seeks to Add Value to Author Platforms April 7, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 15 By Marian Schembari || “Open up shop and recommend/sell your favorite crafty products; make some more money; write another book.”
Location Infatuation: Where’s the Publishing Angle? March 30, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 11 By Marian Schembari || “Libraries and bookstores are the ones with the most immediate opportunity here.”
Freelance Jobs in Publishing: Taking Advantage of Outsourcing March 22, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 21 By Marian Schembari || “If you have talent and are wondering why you’re broke, it’s because you don’t know how to market or sell yourself.”
Digitize Your Career: Marketing & Editorial Forum March 19, 2010 | DBW | 18 Digitize Your Career: Marketing & Editorial Forum: Practical tactics on how to implement the latest strategies and tools into your existing workflow.
Three Analytics Tools to Maximize Social Media ROI March 19, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 18 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Without a focus on analytics, social media can quickly become a worthless investment of your time.”
Glue Offers Authors an Alternative to Amazon March 18, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 18 By Marian Schembari || “Adaptive Blue’s Firefox browser add-on, Glue, has been downloaded an impressive 2.4 million times and counting.”
SXSW Interactive Takeaways (Roundtable: 3/18/10) March 17, 2010 | DBW | 0 Roundtable Topic: #SXSW Interactive Takeaways || Date: 3/18/2010 #SXSW Interactive Takeaways [ 34:29 ]
The End of Publishing Gets Flipped March 17, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 2 “It’s always refreshing to come across an optimistic take on things, especially when it’s grounded in simple truths.”
Ryan Chapman, Marketing Optimist March 12, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 8 By Marian Schembari || “The approach for each author must be unique; there’s also a lot of misinformation out there.”
Transmedia: Gatekeeping the Story, Not the Page March 10, 2010 | DBW | 7 By Alison Norrington || “Transmedia IP must be supported by a solid structure of strategy and can’t rely on a ‘gut-instinct’ or a ‘roll of the dice’.”
Review: You Are Not A Gadget, Jaron Lanier March 8, 2010 | DBW | 12 By Stephanie Anderson || “Who gains from the current and coming technological changes, and what do they gain?”
Synergizing the Book and Web: The Future…? March 4, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 10 By Marian Schembari || “With intiatives like these, who could possibly worry about the future of publishing?”
Dear Author: Digital Books from the Consumer’s POV March 2, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 16 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “My main takeaway is that readers are hungry to have a conversation with publishers.”
Pablo Defendini, Catalyst and Innovator February 22, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 7 By Marian Schembari || “I love that books and publishing are becoming fodder for dinner table conversation again.”
Getting Noticed: Everyone’s an Online Marketer February 19, 2010 | DBW | 13 By Iris Blasi || “I don’t know how to publish an author who will not engage online.”
How Publishers Can Build Their Own Communities February 18, 2010 | Marian Schembari | 21 By Marian Schembari || “If you’re in marketing and in publishing and not in social media, you’re not going to have a job.”
The New Farm System: From Blog to Book February 12, 2010 | DBW | 43 By Iris Blasi || Not everything from the web works; “It takes more art and timing to get it right than you might think.”
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