As painful as pricing issues may be in the marketplace and in authors’ efforts to put together a living, the real question is what happens in the public mind when pricing goes through the floor? Read More
Facing Up to the Importance of Your Author Photo
It’s ironic how many fine independent writers are fully onboard with professional-class editing, design, and production, and yet when it comes to their author photos, you’re likely to be looking at a gallery of amateurism. Read More
#IDPFDigiCon Preview: Why Are Subscriptions Outside the US Succeeding?
An interesting phenomenon in ebook subscriptions: some outside the US market seem to fare better than their American counterparts. Read More
#IDPFDigiCon Preview: A Few Words With Michael Healy
Content today is ‘born digital, transmitted digitally, used digitally, consumed digitally,’ and a leading player in the field plans his address at IDPF’s conference at BEA to highlight some of the hotspots in a world teeming with copyright issues. Read More
'Tales of Two Markets': Publishing Industry Issues and Observations
The architecture of the publishing industry today is changing amid “abundant” content and digital developments. Philip Jones and Andrew Albanese discussed the trends in a session led by Porter Anderson, Publishing Perspectives. Read More
The Importance of a Web site in Self-Publishing
For authors today, no “piece of digital real estate” is more important than the author Website: It gets your message to a busy visitor fast. Read More
Sari Feldman and Mitchell Davis: The US Library Transformation Takes Hold
Two leaders in the United States’ library system’s new digital lease on life — the ALA’s Sari Feldman and Bibliolabs’ Mitchell Davis — talk to us about the ‘creative commons’ that the sweet building down the block from you has become, a community mecca for makers and a partner in grassroots creative leadership. Read More
Quantum’s Quandary: London Book Fair’s Careful Conference
In a day 0f congenial panel discussions and reassuring pep talks, London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference threw an amber-warm light on tricky times for publishing. Read More
The IPA London Congress: Confrontation and Debate
Dichotomies of local and global, major and modest, resonated throughout the International Publishers Association’s 31st Congress, convened in the run-up to London Book Fair. Read More
Twitter: The Author's LinkedIn
One of Twitter’s function in publishing—as a directory, a roster in which you need to be discoverable—is being overlooked by too many writers Read More