filed in Publishing Industry on Mar.15, 2012
Sometimes I discover a variety of tidbits that aren’t quite enough for a blog entry, but which I suspect will be of interest to those connected to the publishing industry. So… Authors can now autograph their Kindlel ebooks for fans — via KindleGraph. Authors may sign onto the service via Twitter accounts or set up […]
filed in Publishing Industry on Feb.13, 2012
Reading my post from last Friday about literary snobs and snobbish critics, I became a bit worried that readers might think perhaps I was prejudiced toward such folks. I am. Of course I refuse to take personal responsibility (and hereby place full blame on society). Perhaps some of my anger stems from to the review […]
filed in Publishing Industry on Feb.09, 2012
Barnes and Noble as well as Books-A-Million fired warning shots across the bow of Amazon.com. It appears that since Amazon.com blocked sales of Nook titles, Barnes and Noble returned the favor by blocking sales of Amazon.com titles, with Books-A-Million jumping into the fray as well. What’s a little unclear is what all is banned by […]
filed in Publishing Industry on Feb.05, 2012
Piracy is becoming the greatest obstacle for those wanting to make a living in the publishing industry, especially with ebooks. According to NewsCore, in 2011 one in five ebooks were illegally downloaded — twice the number seen during 2010. It’s likely the rates of piracy are even higher for popular books. A publisher I recently […]
filed in Publishing Industry on Feb.02, 2012
As noted in a previous post, the average book printed by a large publisher averages about 40 percent returns from book stores and other sellers in the USA. In other words, for every 100 books printed by a big press, on an average only 60 are sold. What happens to the other 40 percent? Oddly […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Feb.02, 2012
Another round of articles that try to look into the future of publishing… And one with thoughts about the proper price for an eBook and another on which is better for text, Serif or Sans Serif (the answer is not as simple as you might think): The Book Publishing Industry of the Future: It’s All […]
filed in Publishing Industry, Self Publishing on Jan.31, 2012
I’ve been working in the publishing business for several decades. While I’m now making my living mostly as a book illustrator, I’ve had the good fortune to see over 100 of my own books go to print, including 12 novels with HarperCollins and another with Avon, and a slew of technical books and how-to manuals […]
filed in Book Cover Design, Publishing Industry on Jan.28, 2012
Ebooks did well in 2011, and I suspect with all the ebook readers that were handed out by Santa Claus this Christmas, they’ll be in very solid footing in 2012. Many in the publishing industry are expecting that in the not too distant future, ebooks will be outselling print in most markets with the exception […]
filed in Publishing Industry on Jan.09, 2012
Life would be much easier if a guy had that proverbial crystal ball that enabled glimpses of the future. However, we have the next best thing these days: Experts and surveys that can often point the way we’re going, as well as tell us what it is we’re going toward. Here are several excellent articles […]
filed in Book Cover Design, Publishing Industry on Jan.04, 2012
Ebooks did well in 2011, and I suspect with all the ebook readers that were handed out by Santa Claus this Christmas, they’ll be in very solid footing in 2012. Many in the publishing industry are expecting that in the not too distant future, ebooks will be outselling print in most markets with the exception […]
