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January 2010

This Week in the Blogs: January 25 – 31, 2010

January 31, 2010 2 comments

This week iPad fever hit, sweeping everything else out of its way for a couple of days. Since the device isn’t available yet, I think we can safely hold off with any more analysis until there’s actually something to talk about. E-books seem destined to shake up the publishing business this year, but it was [...]

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Amazon and Macmillan In Dispute over E-Books: Was It Something Apple’s iPad Said?

January 30, 2010 2 comments

In an article late Friday night, the New York Times reported that “Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement.” Originally reported by Venture Beat, Friday evening books from Macmillan publishers have simply disappeared from Amazon’s virtual shelves. Macmillan is a massive publisher, one of the largest in the country. Apparently Amazon and Macmillan have [...]

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What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing

January 29, 2010 38 comments

Podcast: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know About Editing [8:16] (Right click the link to save the podcast, or click the play button below to listen.) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] New self-publishers are often confused about how the editorial process works. They want to know what takes place at each stage of [...]

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Apple iPad: E-Book Reading, Kindle-Killing, Business-Saving Product of the Century?

January 28, 2010 70 comments

I have to say that watching today’s launch by Apple of the new iPad was quite entertaining. I picked Gizmodo which had a team of four or five people live blogging from the hall and taking photos of the visuals Steve Jobs was using in his presentation. You really have to admire not only the [...]

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The Problem With “E-Books”

January 27, 2010 24 comments

It’s the eve of the long-awaited announcement from Apple about its e-reading / kindle-killing / publisher saving / book destroying tablet computer. In the Twittersphere, the feed has been lighting up with people reporting from Digital Book World in New York, and everyone is looking to the future, trying to discern the horizon line somewhere [...]

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