Kobo’s announcement last week—new devices, eyebrow-raising prices—showed nothing if not chutzpah. And predictably, that ambition was challenged before the equipment even rolled down the runway. Maybe rightly. Maybe not. Read More
Are These the Dog Days of the Disruption?
In Publishing Perspectives’ Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at wry digital exhaustion, agents demystifying their craft, and adult YA readers. Read More
And Would You Just Save the Libraries, Too, Please?
In his overview of the week’s web buzz, Porter Anderson looks at an authors-for-libraries effort, DRM debates, Ewan Morrison’s provocations, and more. Read More
Are You Marketing Your Books to "Adjacent Fans"?
In Writing on the Ether, Porter Anderson looks at a marketing phrase from Peter McCarthy, “adjacent fans.” What could this offer to entrepreneurial authors? Read More
Publishing Gatekeepers: Pretty Sure They Don't Wear Black Hats
In Writing on the Ether–read each Thursday at JaneFriedman.com–Porter Anderson looks at outworn ideas of publishing’s black hat “villains,” through the decline and practices of bookstores. Read More
Does Publishing Need More Gatekeepers?
In Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the NY Times’ wistful call for ‘more gatekeepers ’ for authors; copyright contentions; and ‘thought verbs. Read More
Is Amazon-Bashing Doing Publishing Any Good?
In Publishing Perspectives’ Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at a new heat-wave round of Amazon-bashing in an industry that has better things to do. Read More
Are Publishers on a Tightrope with Author Solutions?
As Penguin’s Book Country relaunches with 8,300 manuscript-development members, the anticipated questions arise about the role(s) of Author Solutions. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
Bath Spa Uni's MIX Making Day: Hybrid Storytelling
Author Kate Pullinger on Bath Spa University’s conference on transmedia in storytelling – plus Craig Mod creates a new initiative to “narrative-map the world.” He calls it Hi. Read More
The Agents' View: A Case Study in Agent-Assisted Publishing
Movable Type agents Jason Allen Ashlock and Adam Chromy on the realities of staging the agency-managed Rogue Reader collective: Publishing Perspectives. Read More