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BlogsTags > publishingFour short links: 29 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonMay 29, 2013 Quick Reads of Notable New Zealanders — notable for two reasons: (a) CC-NC-BY licensed, and (b) gorgeous gorgeous web design. Not what one normally associates with Government web sites! svg.js — Javascript library for making and munging SVG images. (via … Four short links: 23 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonMay 23, 2013 Kindle Worlds Fine Print — Amazon’s fanfic publishing system has a few flaws: no pr0n, no slash (crossovers), and Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright. I can’t … Cultural capital goes commercialBy Julia ErrensMay 2, 2013 It wasn’t one of my proudest moments when, a week before Christmas last year, I was hunched over my smartphone towards the back of the famous Hamley’s Toy Store on London’s Regent Street, composure tethered to an elusive bar of … Why ebooks & why green e-publishing?By Deborah EminMay 2, 2013 Perhaps you’ve also wondered why the publishing industry produces and distributes all the major climate science information available but doesn’t read it. If it did, publishing could become the standard bearer for global reduction of carbon footprints. This business challenge … Earned Attention: More than a stack of paperBy Joe WikertMay 1, 2013 As an industry I think we’re getting weary of all the various “rich content” experiments and products floating around these days. I have to admit that most make me want to yawn and move on to the next item in … Numbers never lie…unless you’re talking social mediaBy Rob EagarApril 30, 2013 Back in college, I took a class on statistics and never forgot the first lesson my professor taught us, which was, “Anyone can manipulate numbers to make them mean whatever they want.” I see this point magnified today by the … LinkedIn as publisherBy Joe WikertApril 29, 2013 I’m drawn to LinkedIn now more than ever before. The rate of connection requests I’ve been receiving there has also been accelerating over the past few months. Maybe it’s due to all the uncertainty of the publishing industry but I … German digital publishing – the Berlin wayBy Ruediger WischenbartApril 29, 2013 My favorite number at the first TOC buchreport in Berlin on April 23rd was 20, as in 20% of the 2.4 million ebook buyers in Germany in 2012 had not bought any books in the previous twelve months, according to … Publishing News: Our brains on screensBy Jenn WebbApril 26, 2013 Digital vs paper: ink on paper may still have the advantage In a recent edition of Scientific American, Ferris Jabr took a look at how technology is affecting the way we read and the differences between reading on screens and … Do publishers have the right people on the bus?By Michael FoyApril 25, 2013 I know from talking to many of my clients that most have read Jim Collins’ book ‘Good to Great’. I have also been inspired by his research into what makes great companies great. Many of you will recall an article … Direct sales of ebooks in multiple languagesBy Joe WikertApril 24, 2013 O’Reilly has long been a leader in fostering community and building a direct sales channel. This week we took the next step in enhancing the customer’s direct buying experience by offering German editions for many of our ebook titles. Take … Pre-publication samplesBy Joe WikertApril 23, 2013 This one has been nagging at me for years and I’m amazed none of the major ebook retailers offer a solution. I’m talking about the ability to pre-order an ebook sample prior to publication. Yesterday I received a bulk email … Betting on the future of the bookBy Daniel JamesApril 22, 2013 Visiting London Book Fair last week, many of the stands offered ebook technology or outsourcing for legacy format conversion services. Ebooks might seem a seductive bet to the publisher looking anxiously towards the all-digital future, but I find it hard to imagine … Why Paperight should be distributing your contentBy Joe WikertApril 22, 2013 The opening statement on Paperight’s “about” page says it all: Paperight turns any business with any printer and an Internet connection into a print-on-demand bookstore. This isn’t just about distributing content through copy shops though. Paperight helps make content available in the … Publishing News: Crowdfunding, the new way to raise money for newsBy Jenn WebbApril 19, 2013 Fundraising for news Mathew Ingram reports this week on one entrepreneurial blogger and journalist who, finding local news coverage of his home town lacking, crowdfunded his own hyper-local news blog. Ingram notes that Joey Coleman does not have a journalism … We need incognito book purchasingBy François Joseph de KermadecApril 18, 2013 In the physical realm, purchasing a book without revealing one’s identity involves little effort beyond proceeding to a store one does not usually patronise and paying in cash. Unless one is seeking illegal volumes, which are unlikely to be obtained … Accessible user interfacesBy Everett ZufeltApril 17, 2013 For readers in a digital age, interaction with content is ubiquitous. We no longer interact with content through paper, e-readers, or tailored apps alone, but via millions of digital products and web properties designed to streamline our consumption. In recent … Author (R)evolution Day videos now availableBy Joe WikertApril 16, 2013 If you missed TOC’s first Author (R)evolution Day you missed a lot. Cory Doctorow kicked things off and more than 20 speakers followed with terrific presentations on marketing, audience development, choosing service providers, and my favorite topic, data. The room … Why I created a Flipboard magazineBy Joe WikertApril 15, 2013 Flipboard recently announced the ability for anyone to become a publisher on their platform. Within two weeks 500,000+ magazines were created. I created one of those and I’d like to tell you why. Before I do that though, let me tell … Homo abudantia: From Oldowan to UbiquityBy Corey PressmanApril 15, 2013 [This is the first in a series of articles intended to identify key watershed moments in the history of content and container. Our intent is to frame the current moment in this story so that we may better understand the … Publishing News: Democratized publishing and the digital divideBy Jenn WebbApril 12, 2013 Will rise in self-publishing leave world’s digital have-nots behind? Barnes & Noble announced this week it has upgraded and rebranded its PubIt! self-publishing platform and is launching Nook Press to better compete against platforms such as Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. … Newbie author rediscovers his natural aversion to all things bureaucraticBy Michael DaughertyApril 12, 2013 Last week I talked about putting pen to paper, or keystrokes to Microsoft Word, and all the behind the scenes work that involved. When I felt I had no clue what I was doing, I remembered what my developmental editor … Three years of TOC at the Bologna Children’s Book FairBy Sarah TowleApril 11, 2013 O’Reilly Media took its Tools of Change in Publishing Conference to Italy for the first time in 2011, teaming up with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizers to focus on opportunities for children’s content in digital publishing. That year the … Best of TOC: Thought-provoking articles from the past yearBy Joe WikertApril 11, 2013 It’s challenging keeping up with publishing industry news and analysis. I have way too many content feeds to monitor and I’m sure you do too. We do our best to highlight the most important developments on the TOC website but you’re forgiven … Will we ever see a “Spotify for ebooks”?By Joe WikertApril 10, 2013 My music buying habits have definitely changed over the years. I’m doing a lot more streaming now and rarely buying individual tracks or albums. I use Spotify but I also started using Rdio. I’m still in the free trial period for the latter … Taking ebooks mainstream…in GermanyBy Ruediger WischenbartApril 10, 2013 Are German ebooks really any different than those in the U.S. or the U.K.? Many strong indicators say yes, they are different. That’s why many ebook debates in the past have not ended with practical guidelines for German publishers and … Digital publishing and the loss of intimacyBy François Joseph de KermadecApril 9, 2013 Reading used to be an intimate experience. Even Amazon, the pioneer in digital publishing, branded its Kindle with a child reading alone under a tree. Books were specially designed to disappear into the background as much as possible, helped by … The future of educational publishingBy Joe WikertApril 9, 2013 The ebook revolution started with the launch of the original Kindle back in late 2007. More than 5 years later the world is now moving away from dedicated e-readers to multifunction tablets. Despite the dramatic rise in ebook sales most … Three questions for…Adam Salomone of The Harvard Common PressBy Joe WikertApril 8, 2013 1. The Harvard Common Press recently announced plans to open an office in San Francisco to become more closely aligned with the food startup community. The food industry probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when most people … Content ownership and resaleBy Joe WikertApril 8, 2013 Over the past few weeks we’ve seen some landmark decisions on whether you really own that content you bought and if you can resell it. First, in the Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley case we learned that it’s OK to buy low-priced print books … Publishing News: Data is proving to be the backbone of emerging publishing modelsBy Jenn WebbApril 5, 2013 Data’s growing role in the digital publishing ecosystem Data is becoming a driving force in the era of digital content. From subscription strategies to target marketing and advertising to content curation and methods of consumption, data is increasingly becoming the … What if the Game of Thrones Characters were book publishers?By Miral SattarApril 4, 2013 There’s no question that the publishing industry is going through a lot of changes. It’s the last industry to go digital, and as a result going through the fastest disruption. Watching the Game of Thrones is like watching a war … Current state of formats and platformsBy Joe WikertApril 3, 2013 Remember the old days when PDF was pretty much the only way to distribute content and those PDFs were read on computer screens? PDF still lives, of course, but now we’re also faced with offering content in mobi and EPUB … A first-time author builds his team and starts writing the storyBy Michael DaughertyApril 2, 2013 Last week I talked about the lessons learned from self-publishing boot camp. After the boot camp ended I knew I had a lot to learn. I liked the business challenges that I was seeing. For a guy coming in out … Four short links: 2 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 2, 2013 Analyzing mbostock’s queue.js — beautiful walkthrough of a small library, showing the how and why of good coding. What Job Would You Hire a Textbook To Do? (Karl Fisch) — notes from a Discovery Education “Beyond the Textbook” event. The … Goodreads + Amazon: Winners and losersBy Joe WikertApril 1, 2013 I decided to wait a few days before writing about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. I wanted to let the dust settle before weighing in with my own opinion. Now that I’ve had some time to mull it over, here’s what I … Libraries to become community publishing portalsBy Mark CokerApril 1, 2013 [Ed. note: The following first appeared on The Huffington Post. It has been reposted here with the author's permission.] Public libraries provide an essential community service by promoting literacy and a culture of reading. With the rise of ebooks, public … Publishing News: Goodreads readers are now valuable Amazon productsBy Jenn WebbMarch 29, 2013 Amazon marches on toward global retail domination The whiplash-inducing headline this week was Amazon’s announcement late Thursday that it has acquired book discovery and sharing site rival Goodreads. Industry response to the announcement was “swift and laced with skepticism,” Leslie … Inspired by children’s ebooksBy Joe WikertMarch 27, 2013 The third TOC Bologna took place this past Sunday on the eve of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. It was a terrific show and closed with a session announcing the winners of the Bologna Ragazzi Awards for digital publishing. You’ll … Author by necessityBy Michael DaughertyMarch 27, 2013 So what am I doing here? As President & CEO of LabMD, Inc., a uropathology medical laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia, (we test blood, urine, and tissue for cancer and other medical issues), this is not my normal venue. However, shockingly, I … Dangerous ideas from the world of startupsBy Todd SatterstenMarch 26, 2013 Dustin Kurtz, marketing manager at Melville House, wrote a piece last week about the incursion of startup vocabulary in the world of book publishing. He says: [N]ow the models and the metaphors of the tech industry are, full-throatedly, without embarrassment, being used … Mobile native publishing: The rise of dynamic content servicesBy Mark SigalMarch 25, 2013 One reason that industry disruptions prove so vexing to market leaders is that disruptive waves simultaneously barrel through assumptions about customer needs, industry economics and operational best practices. Consider the case of the motion picture business, an industry that was disrupted … Publishing News: The SCOTUS “first sale” ruling spells trouble ahead for publishersBy Jenn WebbMarch 22, 2013 Publishers express disappointment in SCOTUS “first sale” ruling Headline news this week was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the student textbook seller in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in which the court upheld the “first … Change is the vehicle for publishing’s future, not the catalyst of its demiseBy Jenn WebbMarch 22, 2013 At the recent TOC conference in New York, Intel futurist Brian David Johnson (@IntelFuturist) gave a keynote address about changing the future. It’s so simple, he said, but changing the future requires us only to “change the story that people … A Nate Silver book recommendation engineBy Joe WikertMarch 21, 2013 It’s NCAA tournament time here in the U.S. and plenty of bracketologists are turning to Nate Silver for his statistical expertise. Silver, of course, is known for his book, The Signal and the Noise, as well as predicting presidential elections and Major … SCOTUS “first sale” ruling a big win for everyone but content publishers and software makersBy Jenn WebbMarch 20, 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kirtsaeng dba Bluechristine99 v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. yesterday, upholding the “first sale” doctrine in the case of copies of copyrighted materials lawfully made outside the United States. O’Reilly GM and publisher Joe … Building an ebook business around analyticsBy Hugh McGuireMarch 20, 2013 AskMen, “the leading online magazine for men,” has just launched an ebook publishing program, using the PressBooks Publisher Platform to manage the front-end catalog/website, and back-end ebook production. In the year-and-a-bit since PressBooks launched publicly, we’ve worked with many traditional … The Kirtsaeng ruling: What’s your opinion?By Joe WikertMarch 19, 2013 Wow. I’m very surprised by the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley case. I figured it would go the other way. Here’s a nice summary of the majority opinion from the Supreme Court (you’ll find more detailed analysis here): … What devices and formats do your customers prefer?By Joe WikertMarch 19, 2013 Most publishers create ebooks in all formats figuring it doesn’t matter whether mobi is more important than EPUB or if the content is read on an iPad more frequently than on a mobile phone. That approach means these publishers have … Reverse showroomingBy Joe WikertMarch 18, 2013 This past weekend a friend asked me to pick up a couple of books for them. Print books, btw, and they needed them later that day. That meant it was time to head to a local bookstore, something I’m doing … 1 to 50 of 1461 Next Stay Connected
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