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How Will We Read? The Book Makers

C. M. Rubin | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Digital Piracy, Ereaders, Digital Media, Book Publishing, Online Retail, Decline-of-Brick-and-Mortar-Stores, Content Creation, Self-Publishing, How Will We Read?, The Future of Books, Print on Demand, Enhanced eBooks, C. M. Rubin, Lightning Source, Electronic Distribution, Ingram Content Group, Ebooks, David "Skip" Prichard, Books News

The publisher delivers a single file. With that file, Ingram Content Group will deliver the content globally in a variety of ways, whether as a printed book or as a digital file which will ultimately create books for every digital platform around the world.

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Publisher's Claims Anger Readers, Authors

Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Publish America, London Review of Books, JK Rowling, Edinburgh Books Festival, Publishamerica, Publish America Scam, Publish America Promises, Publishamericascam, Edinburgh International Books Festival, Print on Demand, Books News

The print-on-demand publishing company Publish America is under pressure following the reaction to a promise on its website, now removed, to present t...

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Does an Author Really Need a Website? The Book Doctors Interview Annik LaFarge on How to Be a More Effective Author Online

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Author, Bloggers, Writing, Books, Self-Publishing, Annik LaFarge, Websites, Author Websites, Seo, Editing, Print on Demand, Authors, Publishing, Authorship, Blog, Book Doctors, E-Book, Search Engine Optimization, The Author Online, Books News

Annik LeFarge knows what she's talking about, so we asked her to share with us the benefits of author websites. She also shared with us her 10 ½ tips for being a more effective author online.

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McNally Jackson, NY Bookstore, Unveils Print On Demand Machine

NYC The Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McNally Jackson, Espresso Book Machine, Book Publishing, Publishing, Mcnally Jackson Bookstore, Printing, Books, Book Espresso Machine, Bookstore, Print on Demand, Book Printing, Books News

Nolita's McNally Jackson Books has a new toy named William Caxton. William, seen above, is an Espresso Book Machine 2.0 made by Soho's On Demand Books...

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Scribd Launches Print-On-Demand Options

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magcloud, Blurb, Scribd, Books, Print-on-Demand, Pod, Self-Publishing, Mimeo, Books News

The online reading site Scribd (sometimes dubbed the YouTube for print) now offers writers a cutting edge new format for their Scribd writings: print ...

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Ever Wonder How Authors Use The Internet To Get Published?

SF Gate | Regan McMahon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scribd, Internet, Book Publishing, Random House, Manuscript, Literary Agent, Stanford University, Print on Demand, Literary Prizes, Ebooks, Amazon, Self Publish, Books News

In the old days - which, in this case, you might define as "two years ago" - getting your book published would entail finding an agent, sending it off...

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Bookstore Charges Authors For Recommending, Promoting Their Self-Published Books

Nieman Journalism Lab | Megan Garber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Book Promotion, Authors, Bookstore, Bookstores, Books, Print-on-Demand, Self-Publishing, Books News

"Most people will come in at one of the higher fee amounts," Arsen Kashkashian, the store's head buyer and the architect of the program, told me. "Tha...

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Amidst eBook Frenzy, Print-On-Demand Is Quietly Thriving

fool.com | Alyce Lomax | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, Espresso Book Machine, Book Publishing, Iuniverse, Books, Ebooks, Print-on-Demand, Lulu, Amazon, Ereaders, Xlibris, Lightningsource, Books News

Despite all the talk that most Americans read fewer books these days, e-books have become one of the retail world's hottest topics. The publishing ind...

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Self-Publishing Options Explode For Authors

MediaShift | Carla King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Print on Demand, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Self-Publishing, Books, Lulu, Books News

Mid-level authors already know that the era of large advances, generous royalties, book tours and media spots are over. They have to spend their own t...

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Amazon Takes On Self-Published Books, Gives New Life To The Overlooked

USA Today | Bob Minzesheimer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self-Published Books, Book Publishing, Print on Demand, A Wish After Midnight, Amazonencore, Jeff Belle, Books, Amazon, Self-Publishing, Books News

Amazon vice president Jeff Belle says the company's first venture into traditional publishing "identifies great books that we think have been overlook...

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HP Moves In On Print-On-Demand

PC World | Juan Carlos Perez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Book Printing, Book Publishing, Espresso Machine, Books, Hewlett Packard, Print-on-Demand, Pod, Amazon, Hp, Bookprep, Magcloud, Books News

Hewlett-Packard, bullish about Web hosted print-on-demand (POD) services, has launched a new POD service called BookPrep for printing digital copies o...

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Why I Bought a Bookstore

Jeff Mayersohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Espresso Book Machine, Bookstores, Books, Print-on-Demand, Harvard Bookstore, Booksellers, Books News

In October of 2008, as the financial world was crumbling, my wife and I bought a bookstore. This might strike some as slightly crazier than buying up the world's supply of phone booths or carbon paper.

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How to Win Big at NaNoWriMo

Michael Ashley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Print on Demand, Publishing, Book Publishing, Writing, Self-Publishing, Authors, Books, National Novel Writing Month, Writing Novels, Nanowrimo, Books News

One wildly successful program has helped thousands of writers get published. It's called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Every November writers are challenged to create a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

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A Resume Is Not Enough: How to Elevate to the Top 1%

Jill Keto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Mothers, Economy, Employment, Working Women, Jobs, Keeping-Your-Job, Business, Making More Money, Recession, Work From Home, Advancing Your Career, Saving Your Job, Consulting, Working From Home, Unemployment, Salary, Merit-Raises, Careers, Increasing Income, Getting-a-Raise-in-a-Recession, Working Moms, Writing, Self-Publishing, Print on Demand, Create Space, Amazon, Business News

Most people never think of themselves as a brand, but you have one whether or not you realize it. Your reputation is part of your brand, and your resume and business card are marketing tools.

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Blockbusters and Publishing: The Pareto Principle vs. Netflix

Richard Spilman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Expresso Book Machine, Technology, Print on Demand, Best-Sellers, Blockbusters, Ebooks, Netflix, Business News

Rather than continuing to be narrow and blockbuster focused, publishing in the not too distant future will have to broaden its scope.

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