The link below is to a book review of ‘The Way of Kings,’ by Brandon Sanderson.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/book-review/book-review-the-way-of-kings-by-brandon-sanderson/
Daily Archives: 13 January 2014
Adieu / Guy Laramée
Not In The Public Domain Yet – Still
The link below is to an article that looks at what could have been in the public domain now, but isn’t.
For more visit:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131231/23434825735/grinch-who-stole-public-domain.shtml
Digital publishing: How it will evolve in 2014 and beyond
I recently attended Le Web in Paris, where the theme of the conference was innovation in the next decade. It got me to thinking about where we go with publishing. Even on Google, you won’t be able to find an article on publishing trends from the 1440s, the decade after Johannes Gutenberg introduced movable type printing to Europe. But if you did, it would probably focus more on the gloomy outlook for the illuminated manuscript industry than on the then-unfolding print revolution, which launched cascading innovations that would change everything and usher in the Age of Enlightenment.
Something similar is at work today: Digital publishing is now a mature, thriving industry, and yet many still insist that publishing is in its death throes. Book publishers know better: While hardcover sales declined slightly between 2008 and 2012 (from $5.2 billion to $5 billion), eBook sales grew at an astonishing clip…
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Bookish Acquired by Zola Books
The link below is to an article reporting on the purchase of ‘Bookish’ by Zola Books.
For more visit:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/60539-bookish-acquired-by-zola.html
Ebook Slump Myth
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the myth of the ebook slump.
For more visit:
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/word-for-word-don-t-buy-the-myth-about-ebook-slump-1.1642599
The End of Professional Book Reviewing
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the decline and fall of book reviewing.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/07/decline-fall-book-reviewing-empire/
Authors Prefer Traditional Publishers
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the preference of traditional publishing for authors.
3D-Printed Book Covers
The link below is to an article that takes a look at 3D-printed book covers – is this the way of the future for traditional books?
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/books/riverhead-books-creates-3d-printed-book-cover/
Self-Publishing – Quantity and Quality???
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the issue of self-publishing and asks if it really is a question of quantity versus quality?
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/reading-2/self-publishing-a-question-of-quantity-vs-quality/
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