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  Publishing Trends: 15 Good Twitter Follows

  1885 readersThis is an excerpt from a post I recently wrote for Mashable: 15 Twitter Users Shaping the Future of Publishing. A lively ongoing conversation is taking place on Twitter about where the publishing industry is headed. With digital media overshadowing its legacy media counterpart, publishers are struggling to figure out pricing, digital rights issues and

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  BTB #193: Books Not Required

  504 readersAt the recently-concluded 2010 IFRRO AGM, which gathered hundreds of author and publication associations and their RRO partners to Boston, publishing pundit Mike Shatzkin moderated a panel discussion, Licensing Business Models for the Future. He gave Chris Kenneally a preview, explaining what happens when “books are no longer required” in publishing. “The form factor [of

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  BTB #232: Books, Enhanced and Otherwise

  5403 readersAt Digital Hollywood 2011 earlier this month, as part of the Transmedia Summit, CCC’s Chris Kenneally joined a panel of authors, developers and technologists to discuss “The Future of Enhanced Book Experiences.” Moderator Lisa Napoli, author of Radio Shangri-La, coaxed predictions from Dani Klein, Author/Actor, “Afterbirth…stories you won’t read in a parenting magazine”; Nina Lassam,

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  Amazon Seeks Savvy Rights and Licensing Leader

  1309 readersCalling all bookworms! Amazon Publishing is looking for an experienced senior leader of rights and licensing to oversee the development of its print, digital and audio sub-rights business, while cultivating key distribution and licensing relationships...

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  Digital Publishing Executives Share Discoverability Advice for Writers

  8997 readersAt the Publishing App Expo yesterday, two digital publishing executives shared advice for helping readers find your digital books in a sea of digital content. Disney Publishing Worldwide digital media VP Lyle Underkoffler and Barnes & Noble NOOK apps program director Claudia Romanini both offered frank advice for writers looking to join these crowded marketplaces. Below, we’ve

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  BTB #216: Publishing, Dead or Alive?

  998 readersAttend enough conferences on the future of publishing, and pretty soon, you start to wonder if the future of publishing is conferences about the future of publishing. The small talk and the big presentations alike often portray an industry that is diplomatically referred to as “in transition,” which can reliably be taken to mean, “on

• How Literary Agents Can Survive the Digital Revolution

  8430 readers Some publishing experts predict that the digital publishing revolution will destroy the livelihood of literary agents. Smashwords founder Mark Coker has helped thousands of indie authors self-publish, but he still thinks literary agents can flourish in this new publishing environment. In the slideshow embedded above (“The Literary Agent’s Indie Ebook Roadmap“), Coker outlined how literary agents

• April Fools’ Day Publishing News

  2589 readersIn honor of April Fools’ Day, fake publishing news has been circulating the Internet all day. We rounded up a few examples.  Above, we’ve embedded that Harry Potter/Dangerous Minds parody skit from College Humor. Smashwords revealed plans...

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  BTB #218: Tips For E-Book Success

  1212 readersA first-hand report on the e-book revolution from Angela James, executive editor of Carina Press, the “digital first” imprint from Harlequin. A prolific blogger, James is leading the charge to create a business model for e-books in trade publishing. “Avoid thinking of it as immediate return. Yes, it’s digital. Things happen much more quickly. But

• Indie Publisher Finances Fiber & Fashion Books on Kickstarter

  1962 readersFrustrated by funding problems, the indie knitting and craft publisher Cooperative Press turned to Kickstarter–raising more than $5,600 from 128 backers so far. Here’s more about the project: “Fresh Designs is a series of books that ...