‘I needed somebody who could publish a work of this magnitude,’ says Patricia Cornwell of her new nonfiction work from Amazon Publishing. Read More
Albertine Makes 28,000 French-Language Ebooks Newly Available in the US
New York City’s Albertine Books — “the French one” to locals on Fifth Avenue — adds a huge assortment of French-language ebooks to its offerings. Read More
Crowdfunding for Latin American Writers: A Few Words With Enrique Parrilla
Spain-based Lantia’s crowdfunding platform has become a ‘channel’ for Latin American independent titles, says its CEO Enrique Parrilla at RICOH’s symposium. Read More
Climbing Down: Mall Operator Says Comment ‘Not Intended To Represent Amazon’s Plans’
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Editor-in-Chief CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Mathrani has indicated that a statement he made concerning Amazon during GGP’s earnings conference call held on February 2, 2016, was not intended to represent Amazon’s plans. Not a complete reverse-ferret, is it? More qualification than clarification, that’s… Read More
A New Architecture Of Algorithms: Could Trajectory Make Books ‘Discoverable’ At Last?
‘To Read More Books In A Similar Vein’ As the book publishing industry heads into its first major conference of the year this week — Digital Book World (hash it #DBW15 with us) in New York City — we learn now that we won’t be seeing one late-breaking major development on the program. And that’s not the… Read More
Framing #FutureFoyles in London
From February 19, 2013 An excerpt from my series of Ether for Authors columns on publishing at Publishing Perspectives, appearing Tuesdays. Framing #FutureFoyles in London Here is one thing no one will deny about the events hashtagged #FutureFoyles in London: here was unabashed dedication, enthusiasm, love and hope — loud, rackety, even strident… Read More
What We Leave Behind
From February 5, 2013 An excerpt from my series of Ether for Authors columns on publishing at Publishing Perspectives, appearing Tuesdays. Table of Contents Tick-TOC: Optimism Ahead What We Leave Behind: ‘There Is No Midlist’ But More Optimism: An International Startup Showcase Tick-TOC: One Week To Go It would be enough to know simply that… Read More
Ether for Authors: eBook Prices at Rock Bottom
Writing on the Ether is a collection of news and perspectives on publishing. It is written by journalist and critic Porter Anderson for Jane Friedman and it appears at JaneFriedman.com each Thursday. Sponsorship opportunities are available and offer generous promotion. Join us on Tuesdays at Ed Nawotka’s and Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Perspectives for the new Ether for Authors column. Read More