Hey there. Checking in from a surprisingly blog-free vacation to direct your attention to an article from the Times…it makes the argument that the book industry is being slammed by people who are buying books super-cheaply on the Internet. That is…
What’s undermining the book industry is not the absence of casual readers but the changing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘publishing’
29 Dec
Another Week, Another Article on the Demise of Publishing as we know it.
9 Oct
What I am reading
Contrary to my previous posts, I do actually get a chance to read books every once in a while. Of course, I suffer from the horrific problem of not finishing most of what I read. Especially with non-fiction, I often start books, get into the middle, and then drop off. The following are 3 books [...]
28 Aug
Going Social – Publishing article in Business Week
It’s been a hectic week, but I finally got around to reading Sarah Lacy’s article in Business Week about how book publishing needs to evolve and be more Web 2.0.
Initially, I was a bit skeptical. Having seen first hand her interview of Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, I’m not exactly a fan of hers. I read [...]
1 Aug
Blood Lust for Books
When I was at BEA earlier this summer, I picked up a few galleys and books to read.
OK, if you were with me or saw me at the show, you are falling over laughing right now. I’m well known as someone who cannot pass by a free book. I have been known to resort to [...]
19 Jul
OMG OMG OMG
Being on the Blog to Book panel was more amazing than I could imagine. I was so nervous, but it seemed to go well. I’m writing this from the closing keynote where I’m half listening, half reading Tweets about what people thought of the session. The response was amazing, overwhelming, and most [...]
11 Jul
BlogHer Blog to Book redux
We’re just about one week, make that 7 days from BlogHer…and it’s time to get moving!
As you may know from my incessant blogging on the topic, I’m going to be speaking at BlogHer. Not only that, I am moderating the panel. Which means I have a good reason for the rash I just broke out [...]
16 May
Blog to book redux at BLOGHER
My session is posted! On the 2008 BlogHer conference session list, you can see the Blog to Book session is listed. So, this means I might have to do some thoughtful research and planning, like all good speakers are supposed to do.
So I turn it over to you. If you are thinking of writing a book, what [...]
13 May
Vote early and often
Cover designers may loathe this type of activity, but Bantam is doing what Wiley did some months back on our blogs and asking the public to choose a new cover for their upcoming book Super Crunchers. Publishers are doing this as a way to quickly engage readers and buyers (I saw an ad for this [...]
4 May
Amazon page “autopsy” on Gary Vaynerchuk’s new wine book
I saw a tweet this morning from @garyvee, aka Gary Vaynerchuk, where he was thinking about new ways to promote his book. Gary’s a master of social media marketing, and I’ve been looking forward to reading his book for a while. Instinctually, I went to his Amazon listing page (ok, so I maybe I was just [...]
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