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The Day Digital Died 2 Aug 2011 | 02:12 am
It was a seemingly innocuous situation… I was sitting in a room filled with publishing types: book publishers, librarians, agents, industry press, metadata specialists, and consultants of varying shap...
Amazon’s Newest BFF 6 Jan 2011 | 02:18 am
Last week Amazon announced that the third generation Kindle became the best selling single product in their history! (http://bit.ly/dOL8AQ) Triangulating this news with an insider rumor insider claimi...
The Finkler Answer 26 Oct 2010 | 09:28 pm
As many of you know, I made a move from academic to trade publishing over the summer. The transition has been fascinating, and I think the last 3 months have been the most exciting in my career as my ...
Ebooks Don’t Cannibalize Print, People Do 28 Sep 2010 | 04:37 am
Last week in The Bookseller, Philip Jones covered a seminar in the UK by Enders Analysis that presented data done as a part of a Nielsen BookScan report. The article led with the following statement....
Pass the Gestalt, Please 15 Jul 2010 | 11:08 pm
In the past two weeks I have heard forcefully stated pronouncements by agent Andrew Wylie and chair of the Society of Authors, Tom Holland, regarding ebook royalty rates. A 50/50 share between author...
Ch-Ch-Changes… 8 Jul 2010 | 02:06 am
Dear Reader: I have been working on finishing the series on disaggregated textbooks and on a new series on territorial rights in a digital world. But alas, production has been slowed by work and life...
The iPad: Gateway Drug to Digital Learning? 5 May 2010 | 10:46 pm
In my last post, What's Next in Digital Reading I explored my notion that there are three kinds of reading; extractive: immersive, and pedagogic. Extractive reading works in digital form as finding an...
What’s Next in Digital Reading? 23 Mar 2010 | 10:15 pm
The history of digital reading in a fascinating one and I believe exploring its development arc helps predict the trends that may lie ahead. Thinking about what worked early on – meaning what was read...
The Powerlessness of Print Advertising 16 Mar 2010 | 03:03 am
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing two of the most influential forces in publishing today: Cathie Black of Hearst and Jane Friedman of Open Road Integrated Media at the Publishing Business Ex...
I’m Coming Back! 18 Feb 2010 | 08:36 pm
Watch this space in early March for my return to blogging. I am taking suggestions here for topics you want to see me cover. I will be checking the comments section daily and take on all serious idea...
