Ebook Publishing

Home Run for Harbach

Mike Smith | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Hbo, Publishing, Cal Ripken, The Economics of Book Publishing, George Will, Little Brown, eBook Publishing, New York Magazine, Bea, Books News

A book nine years in the making has turned Chad Harbach into a major league author.

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The True Price Of Publishing

guardian.co.uk | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Publishing Price, Publishing, Book Publishing, eBook Publishing, Hidden Costs Publishing, Books News

When you shell out £25 or £30 for a hardback, what exactly are you paying for? I have always assumed – like, I imagine, most people – that the h...

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Is It Time For Publishers To FIght Dirty?

chicagotribune.com | Aaron Gilbreath | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Future of Publishing, Publishing, Book Publishing, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Print Publishing, Books News

Last month a fellow bibliophile, someone with whom I work at a bookstore in Portland, Ore., described one of Kindle's newest TV commercials. In it, a ...

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Judge Increasingly Annoyed By Google Book Case

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Denny Chin, Google, Google Book Case, eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Google Books, Ebooks, Books News

NEW YORK -- A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online with...

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Evidence That Publishing Isn't Dying After All?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, eBook Publishing, Columbia University, Amanda Hocking, Columbia Publishing Course, Books News

FOR decades, even after it was renamed and relocated from its original home at Radcliffe, the Columbia Publishing Course seemed unchanging, a genteel ...

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Were Bloomsbury's Pottermore Complaints Unwarranted?

ibtimes.com | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Bloomsbury, J K Rowling, Self Publishing, eBook Publishing, Harry Potter, Ebooks, Pottermore, Books News

Bloomsbury Publishing said today sales reflect current retail weakness, with the launch of Pottermore.com boosting children's backlist sales....

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Digital Exists, But What's The Real Game Changer?

FutureBook | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Book Publishing, Publishing, Waste Land App, eBook Publishing, Futurebook Innovation Workshop, Digital Publishing, Ebooks, Publishing Game Changer, Books News

It was after the FutureBook Innovation Workshop a few weeks ago that The Bookseller cornered me in the pub....

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Pottermore...Potterwhat?

newyorker.com | Posted by Stacey Mickelbart | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Book Publishing, Harry Potter eBooks, Self-Publishing, eBook Publishing, Harry Potter, Ebooks, Pottermore, Books News

If you have ever worked in publishing, you know that the hours are long but that they don’t start early. ...

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UPDATED: Bookstores Infuriated Over Pottermore

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Book Publishing, Physical Bookstores, Harry Potter eBooks, eBook Publishing, Harry Potter, Ebooks, Pottermore, Books News

NEW YORK -- Author J.K. Rowling has joined the 21st century on her own special terms. Array...

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Pottermore: If Big Authors Do Not Need Big Publishers, Then What Are Big Publishers For?

FutureBook | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Book Publishing, Big Authors, eBook Publishing, Big Publishers, Ebooks, Pottermore, Books News

If the rumours are true (and they would seem to be) and JK Rowling has sidelined the publishing industry to put the Harry Potter series into electroni...

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Authors: Throw Yourself Upon the Gears of Big Publishing

Mark Coker | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: eBook Publishing, Future of Publishing, Mario Savio, Free Speech, Ebooks, Free Speech Movement 1960's, Free Speech Movement, Big Publishers, UC Berkeley, Traditional Publishing, Books News

Until recently, if a publisher refused to publish an author's book, it limited an author's ability to reach readers. Now, the e-book printing press is free and available to all.

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What Authors and Readers Need to Know About eBooks

Anne Hill | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Nook, Authors, Content Farms, Book Publishing, Ibook, Amazon Kindle, Ebooks, Amazon, Self Publishing, Mike Essex, Smashwords, Digital Publishing, Future of Publishing, eBook Pricing, Ebook Marketing, eBook Publishing, Books News

The smart money says that things will get worse before they get better. Publishers will have to start thinking more like software start-ups. Are you ready for some aspirin yet?

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Seeing Red -- "Hey Readers: Are you Out There?"

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Digital Books, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Books News

Something like seaweed -- green, slippery, and heavily seasoned in what looks like soy sauce -- is served for lunch, side by side with a small mountain of brown rice. She takes a small bite.

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Is It Time to Throw Out Your Books?

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Byron, Edward Trelawney, Book Publishing, Books News, eBook Publishing, Shelley, Reading, Ebooks, Ipad, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Books News

Soon after Amazon announced it was selling 143 ebooks for every 100 hardcovers, a writer friend with a new iPad told me she had gotten rid of five shelves of books.

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The Author Uprising Against Big Publishing

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Future of Books, Amanda Hocking, Self-Publishing, Ebooks, Ereaders, Nook, Ibooks, Indiie Books, Author Rebellion, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Authors, Apple, Kobo, Indie Authors, Books News

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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To E-Book or Not to E-Book... Are Authors Losing Out?

Arielle Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Ebook News, NY Times Bestseller, Book Publishing, eBook Publishing, Arielle Ford, Literary Agents, The Author's Guild, Books News

That is the question. There are many advantages to writing or translating your book to a digital version: shorter to-market turn time, less cost, e-b...

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Why You Want a Big Book Publisher to Reject Your Book

John Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Promotion, eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Publishing, Book Publishers, Ebooks, Authors, Publishers, Books News

You should know that nobody in book publishing gives one quick puckered kiss how you feel about your book. Agents and publishers want authors with a platform -- period.

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Mass Paperback Publisher Goes All Digital

Wall Street Journal | Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebook Publishing Companies, Book Sales, Books, eBook Publishing, Wallmart, Dorchester Publishing, Mass Market Paperbacks, Digital Books, Ebooks, Books News

As digital books continue to gain market share, one of the country's oldest mass paperback publishers is abandoning its traditional print books and ma...

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Sharp Corporation To Enter eBook Market With Interactive Digital Platform

Market Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sharp Corporation, Ereader, Digital Content, eReader Interface, Ebooks, Graphic Novels, eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Xmdf, Books News

Sharp Corporation has developed XMDF, a next-generation e-book format (hereinafter "Next-generation XMDF") with advanced features that allow users to ...

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Is Amazon Good For Customers?

The Nation | Colin Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melville House, Publishing, Book Publishing, Apple, Kindle, Books, Internet Publishing, Macmillon, eBook Publishing, Reading, Customer Service, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

The customer has always been king in the Bezos ethos, and the formula for keeping the king happy is straightforward. "Amazon gives the customers what ...

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Apple Rejects CNET Editor's Book For Racy Content, Author Gets Book Deal

David Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self Publishing, Knife Music, Book Publishing, David Carnoy, eBook Publishing, App Store, Book Marketing, Applications, Books, Censorship, Book Apps, iPhone Apps, Ebooks, Racy Language, Mature Themes, Cnet, Iphone 4, Books News

I just wanted to say thanks for a little something Apple did to help a fledgling novelist.

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My Publishing Journey from eBooks to pBooks

Boyd Morrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rejection Letters, Bestsellers, Publishing, Books, Boyd Morrison, Self Publishing, eBook Publishing, The Ark, Ebooks, Books News

Twenty-five publishers turned down my thriller novel, The Ark. If you're not familiar with New York publishing, that's everybody.

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eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlequin, Samhain, Or Books, Kindle, Book Publishing, Romance, Lulu, Ereaders, Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Going Rouge, Carina Press, Iuniverse, Scribd, Atlantic Bridge, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Ebooks, Books, Romance Novels, Self-Publishing, Nook, Uncial, Smashwords, Books News

A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

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