ePublishing

Amazon claims that they’ve hired Kirshbaum, former head of Time Warner Books, to manage a publishing laboratory, “where authors and editors and marketers can test new ideas.” Established publishers see that, by taking on ebook production itself, Amazon can decimate their business by paying authors more and charging readers less — and many of these […]

Though not in those words. After conducting several phone polls, the Pew Research Center believes that in the early part of the year the percent of U.S. adults with e-book readers doubled from 6% to 12%. By December, the figure had increased to 18% and as of this week, the number had jumped to 29

A bit of a contretemps over a leaked document at Digital Book World illustrates the divide between what publishers think they offer — support, backing, quality assurance, marketing — and what self-publishers think traditional publishers bring to the table. Prepared by Hachette as part of a presentation for agents, the document enumerates the publisher’s roles

In conversation with Ken Doctor, author of “Newsonomics,” Betsy Morgan explained how her baseline content strategy was divided evenly into thirds: one-third original, professional journalism, one-third opinion, and one-third curation. On the financial side, Huffo paid virtually nothing for curated content, tried to acquire opinion content as cheaply as possible, and devoted most of its

On January 25, 2012, influential publishing consultant Michael Shatzkin spoke with the video team from digital book world. According to Shatzkin, the big six are “Run by a legitimately smart, forward-thinking leadership. And yet, they are in a very, very difficult position. Because the model on which they, not only have always made their money