by Joel Friedlander | Jun 18, 2010 | Social Media, Writing
A lot of our culture works on the blockbuster model. You put out lots of books, or movies, or records, knowing that most will fail to repay your investment. But you don’t mind, because you only need that one blockbuster that delivers huge sales to fund the whole...
by Joel Friedlander | May 23, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
As the storm clouds gather, and we wait to find out whether the iPad has come to liberate mankind, or enslave him to a new world order, the faithful gather in New York where the 2010 BookExpo America will be taking place this week. I hope to have reports coming back...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 21, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Book pricing, publishing for iPad, certainty and uncertainty, focusing on your message and the explosion of the Ebook market all make an appearance this week. Hey, it’s the second day of spring, can’t you feel it? Enjoy! Michael Bhaskar on BookBrunch Four...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 28, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
This week we’ve got an inspiring story of self-publishing, talk about the gamut of publishing endeavors, another scam to watch out for, a really good roundup of the recent O’Reilly conference, some guidelines about decisions regarding publishing iBooks or...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 9, 2010 | Book Design, Writing
I’ve been talking off and on for the last few months about the eventual demise of the book as the primary conveyer of what we probably should start calling “text.” When E.M. Ginger said that we probably haven’t seen a book on an e-Reader, and...
