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 [...]
From the monthly archives:
January 2010
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 been in [...]
Podcast: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know About Editing [8:16]
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New self-publishers are often confused about how the editorial process works. They want to know what takes place at each stage of their book’s [...]
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 showmanship [...]
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 [...]
Despite the explosive growth of audio and video on the internet, content on the web is still largely text. And reading online can be a difficult experience.
I don’t know about you, but some of the sites I read online—blogs, content sites, news sites, article sites—are really difficult. Small san serif type in grey on an [...]
I’ve tried to explain to people why I enjoy designing books, but somehow descriptions elude me. When I talk about it, it never comes out right. But today I’m going to try again.
Right now I’m designing three books for different clients, all in distinct genres whose requirements and expectations vary. Like sketching with a pencil, [...]
Later this month Carla King and Lisa Alpine, the force behind Good to Go Media will run another session of their Self-Publishing Boot Camp.
For seven hours, in historic Fort Mason Center in the beautiful Marina district of San Francisco, you’ll “explore each destination on your self-publishing journey from conception to distribution.” Carla and Lisa think [...]
