Every week, our sister site, Publishing Trendsetter, recommends 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. To continue that tradition here on Publishing Trends, we will be recommending 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope…Continue Reading
When asked what single biggest trend R.R. Donnelley has noticed among its book-publishing clients of late, President of Publishing Services, Rick Marceaux answers, “We have seen a broader set of publishers’ priorities grow with regard to what they look for…across the breadth of the supply chain.” Even as the volume of traditionally manufactured books (defined as…Continue Reading
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Tagged Blurb, Courier Printing, ebooks, Enzo Reale, Joe Caruso, Lulu, Print Media, printer, QR code, Quad/Graphics, R.R. Donnelley, Rick Marceaux, Ricoh, self-publishing, Steve Franzio, Tim McGuire, W. W. Norton
Now that Google has gone after content farms, the next frontier for spammers is e-books. Mike Essex, a Search Specialist at UK digital marketing agency Koozai, believes that ebooks are the next frontier for content farmers and is already noticing an increasing number of spam e-books hitting ebookstores like the Kindle Store. He originally wrote…Continue Reading
Though nobody’s immune to the bad economy, distributors haven’t taken as much of a hit as other groups in publishing this year. “It’s easier in this economy to be working with a large distribution group,” says Eugenia Pakalik, Director of Sales and Marketing Distribution Services at Norton. The ideal IPM client, says Jane Graf, Director…Continue Reading
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Tagged Consortium, distribution, ebooks, Eugenia Pakalik, Greenleaf Book Group, International Publishers Marketing, iPhone, IPM, Jane Graf, Joe Bulger, Kindle, Kristen Sears, Marianne Bohr, Mobipocket, National Book Network, NBN, netLibrary, Norton, Perseus, Perseus Book Group, PGW, sales, Simon & Schuster, Sony, Sony Reader, zinio
The afternoon panels and presentations at yesterday’s International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) Digital Book 2009 were filled with promises of impending hardware and software innovations. Sony Director of Business Development Bob Nell talked about the number of outlets that will be selling the Sony Reader next Christmas–6,000, which is double last year’s number–and hinted that…Continue Reading
It’s hard to remember a time when Netflix didn’t seem like a good idea. The company opened its first distribution center, in San Jose, CA, in 1998, and initially aimed to create the typical Blockbuster experience: Each rental was $4, plus $2 for postage, and there were late fees. In a 2002 interview with Wired…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adobe, Amy Pawlowski, Blockbuster, Booksfree, Bookspan, BookSwim, Cleveland Public Library, Doug Ross, Dustin Hubbard, ebooks, EPUB, Eric Ginsberg, Georg Richter, Hastings, Ingram Digital, libraries, Miriam Axel-Lute, MP3, National Retail Federation, Netflix, Newark Public Library, OverDrive, Pamela Turner Taylor, Paperspine, Reed Hastings, Sony Reader, Strollerderby, Total eSource, Vroman's, Wired
They’re not yet ubiquitous on the subway. And the “paperless office” is still a dream at this point. Our second annual industry survey of industry professionals found that 70% of respondents had never read an e-book. It’s unlikely that entry-level employees will receive shiny new Sony Readers with their company handbooks any time soon. Still,…Continue Reading
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Tagged agents, Amazon, Borders, carbon footprint, Carolyn Pittis, Cathy Goldsmith, e-readers, ebooks, Golden Books, Hachette, HarperCollins, iPhone, James Lichtenberg, Kindle, Levine Greenberg, Lightspeed, Macmillan, manuscripts, paperless office, Penguin, Perseus, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Sony Reader, survey, Victoria Skurnick, wireless
It’s polling season, and PT’s not exempt! This year, 385 people who work in publishing took our survey; 86.5% completed it. The largest group of respondents were literary agents (26.8%), while the majority of respondents at publishing houses work in editorial (40.6%), followed by rights (6.3%) and sales (5.7%). 10% are 22–27, 25% are 28–35,…Continue Reading
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Tagged agents, Barack Obama, book business, coffee, compensation, digital media, ebooks, industry, Kindle, Publishers Lunch, Publishers Weekly, publishing, Sony Reader, survey, workload
While eagerly awaiting Kindle, netGalley, and all the other cool launches in 2008, some publishers are working with what we have in the here-and-now: the Sony Reader. Simon & Schuster started giving it (officially, The Reader Digital Book) to sales reps, so that they could download manuscripts at will, and carry the Reader on their…Continue Reading
People June was a relatively quiet month, though that doesn’t guarantee a quiet summer, judging from the increase of job listings on industry job boards and murmurings around town: Harold Augenbraum is leaving The Mercantile Library to become Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, effective July 12. A search committee has been formed to…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alan Kahn, Alison Lazarus, Andrew Malkin, Ariane Fink, Ava Seave, B&N, Ballantine, Barbara Parrott, BDD, Beau Friedlander, Becky Cabaza, Ben Loehnen, Bertelsmann, Bob Wietrak, Bobbs Merrill, Brenda Bowen, Brian Murray, Brown, Bruce Harris, Bzztoh, Cambridge University Press, Carie Freimuth, Carole Baron, Charles McCarry, Charlotte Herscher, Crown, Dan Halpern, Dell, Don Laventhall, Doug Pepper, DW Gibson, ebooks, Ecco, Elizabeth Cater, Frank Abagnale, Fred Ciporen, George Nicholson, Gotham Scouting Partners, Greg Worrell, Grolier, Harold Augenbraum, Harold Clarke, Harold Ober, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck, Houghton Mifflin, Hyperion, Ingram, Jamie Brickhouse, Jay Cosgrove, John Groton, John Hughes, Katie McHugh, Kluwer, Knopf/RH, Lisa Benenson, Little, Liz Maguire, Liza Baker, Lorraine Perrin Clarke, Macmillan, Margery Mayer, Matty Goldberg, May Wuthrich, National Book Foundation, Newbridge, Overlook, Owl's Agency, Oxford University Press, Pat Eisemann, Paul Reynolds, Perigee Books, Perseus, Peter Clifton, Peter Greenberg, Peter Mayer, Piper, Praeger, Putnam, Quantum Media, Random, Reader's Digest, Real U, Rebus, Reed Boyd, Reed Business Information, Reed Business Press, Rick Horgan, Robert Littell, S&S, Sanford Greenberger, Scholastic, Scribner, Steve Schultz, Sue Bynum, Suzanne Harper, Taylor & Francis, The Mercantile Library, Time Warner, Wal-Mart, Warner Books, Webster Younce, Yale U. Press
