Future of Books

The Future Of Books In 7 Easy Steps

John B. Thompson | Posted 05.09.2012

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For 500 years, the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but today the industry finds itself faced with the greatest challenges since Gutenberg.

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It's the End of the Word as We Know It

Rex Pickett | Posted 03.24.2012

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You would think with a publishing contract, a high-powered agent, a movie in the works, that I was the most grateful writer on the planet. I was... and then I wasn't.

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Artists and the Future of Books

Jane Chafin | Posted 03.12.2012

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It will come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog that I am a bibliophile. I love books, I live surrounded by them and never thought I would live to see the current changes in technology that have many referring to them as obsolete.

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How Will We Read: A Book by You?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.16.2012

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Write, edit, design, publish, market, sell your own book and book rights with highly experienced publishing staff assisting you? The self-publishing opportunity has changed significantly.

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The Book as Process, Conversation, Byproduct

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 12.29.2011

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I'm suggesting that talks, events, symposia, blogs, hangouts... -- discussion with smart people in any form -- should come before the book. The process becomes the product; the book (if there is one) is a byproduct.

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Worried About the "Death" of Books? Then Give More as Holiday Gifts

Steve Kettmann | Posted 12.13.2011

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Books are not going to die, not so long as there are people.

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Book Reviews: Critics vs. Amazon Reviewers

The Daily Beast | Posted 07.13.2011

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In the age of rapid digital revolution in publishing, when readers have book review options ranging from decades-old publications like The New Yorker,...

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Are Bookstores the Dinosaurs of the Technology Age?

Beverley Golden | Posted 07.11.2011

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Imagine a world with no bookstores. Personally, I just won't do it, because for me, this thought kept returning: bookstores are magical places.

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The Author Uprising Against Big Publishing

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the heart of every revolution is a loss of faith in the prevailing regime. And a revolution is brewing that will topple Big Publishing as we know it.

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The Future of the Book is the Author

Nina Lassam | Posted 05.25.2011

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This synchronization between book and author is what separates ebooks from their paper counterpart. Every other medium; video, music, news, etc. has been drastically altered during the move online and books are no exception.

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'I'm Excited About Books Because...'

Digital Book World | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the midst of one of the most disruptive transitions the modern publishing industry has ever experienced, it can be easy to give in to pessimism, fa...

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Digital Shockwave: How Millions of Dollars and the Survival of the Publishing Industry are at Stake

Jason Pinter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday afternoon I participated in a Blog Talk Radio interview with authors J.A. Konrath and Boyd Morrison on ebooks, traditional vs. self-publishing and the future of the digital landscape.

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The Atlantic's Vision Of The Future Of Books

The Millions | Lizzie Skurnick | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cover of Fiction 2010 offers, to say the least, a provocative vision. To our left glides a gentleman in pegged red pants holding an honest-to-God-...

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Are Publishers More Worried About eReaders Than Readers?

Publishing Perspectives | Ron Hogan | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's never a good idea for industry conference speakers to show up late for their own panels, but when the assigned topic is "Will the iPad Kill Off e...

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Tom Stoppard Fears Loss Of Printed Page, Thinks Educational Focus Has Shifted Away From Humanities

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has spoken of his fear that the "printed page" is being lost in a "world of technology"....

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Will Paper Books Go the Way of the Silent Film? Change in the Air at BookExpo America

Steve Leveen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will someone sitting on a park bench reading a book made of paper date our time?

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Nadine Gordimer: Books Are Essential To Africa's Recovery

The Guardian | Charlotte Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, one of South Africa's most distinguished literary figures and a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle, has mounted a ...

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eBook Market Exploding, Confirms New IDPF Survey

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), in an email to members Friday, reported U.S. wholesale ebook sales for the month of January, 2010 rose 261 percent to $31.9 million from the same period a year ago.

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10 More Book Publishing Predictions

HarperStudio | Robert Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the e...

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Books: The Watering Hole

Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Arianna asked me to think about a Books section for The Huffington Post, I thought, why a new books section, why Huffington Post, why now?

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Why Do Writers Write?

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Writers are artists, and artists are compelled to express themselves, even if only to an audience of one.

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Book Publishing Predictions For 2010

idealog.com | Mike Shatzkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is customary for those of us who do crystal-ball gazing to make some calls about the year ahead at around the time the celebrants head for Times Sq...

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Protect eBooks Or Trust Customers To Do The Right Thing?

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Publishers should trust customers. Most people are honest and well-intentioned. Let's educate them about their social obligation to financially support the author, publisher and retailer who helped bring them this book.

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eBooks Outsell Print Books And Free eBooks Are Biggest Bestsellers

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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eBooks, some of them free eBooks, outsold print books this Christmas. On December 26, Amazon announced that, for the first time ever, they had sold mo...

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