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Why Do Writers Write?

Mark Coker | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Future of Publishing, Nanowrimo, Future of Books, Books, Writing, Ebooks, Writers' Brains, Writers, Brains, Brain Chemistry, Dopamine, Self-Publishing, Books News
Mark Coker

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

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Get Famous Fast

Denise Brodey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Promotion, Recessionista, Self-Publishing, New Authors, Author Branding, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Book Videos, Book Publicity, Branding, Book Groups, Publishing, Personal Branding, Writing, Authors, Books, Blogging, Book Trailers, Self-Promoting, Books News
Denise Brodey

You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. These women certainly have.

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Moving the Needle

Nathan Bransford | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Future of Publishing, Publishers, Books, New Media, Bestsellers, Books News
Nathan Bransford

Editors want to take authors to the next level or make a splash with a debut. Publishers want to gain traction with new electronic formats. Sales and marketing teams want to make a splash. Everyone is desperate for a hit.

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Brits Complain That Chains Stores Are Killing Books

The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Uk, England, Publishing, Independent Bookstores, British Bookstores, UK Bookstores, Bookstores, Bookselling, Future of Publishing, Books, Britain, Waterstone's, Books News

"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...

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Amazon Sucks Up To Big Literary Agents

Crain's New York Business | Matthew Flamm | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Kindle, E-Books, Future of Publishing, Amazon Pricing, Ereaders, Literary Agents, Amazon.com, Publishing, Kindle eBooks, Amazon Kindle, New York Literary Agents, Book Agents, Authors, E-Readers, Ebooks, Books, Amazon, Books News

Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive. The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetin...

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Publishing's Next Big Thing and Its Next Big Headache, Part I

David Colbert | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Barnes and Noble, Future of Publishing, Book Publishing, Publishing, Ebook, Publishing Industry, Barnes and Noble Ereader, Books News
David Colbert

A reader spends a lot of time with a book. Ads will have time to sink in. That makes the medium valuable. Google isn't getting into the book business for charity.

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Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine

Jurgen Fauth | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Fictionaut, Fictionaut.com, Publishing, Literary Magazines, Fiction, Electric Literature, Barrelhouse, Prairie Schooner, Flatmancrooked, Digital Revolution, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Books, Literary Journals, Online Magazines, Books News
Jurgen Fauth

It may be more productive to consider the changes roiling the publishing industry evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

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Going "Indie": Rebranding the New Wave of Authors

Rob Asghar | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Huffpost Books, Independent Publishing, Books, Self-Publishing, Future of Publishing, Book Publishing, Publishing Industry, Books News
Rob Asghar

Stop calling yourself a self-published author. You are an independent author, and you wrote an independently published book, not a self-published book.

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Do Authors Still Need Publishers?

Mark Coker | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Bestsellers, Future of Publishing, Indie Books, Books, Self-Publishing, Ebooks, Books News
Mark Coker

Just as many entrepreneurs no longer need venture capitalists to launch their companies, authors no longer need publishers to publish.

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Price Wars, eReader Wars: Will They Hurt Books?

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Ereaders, Kindle, Sarah Palin, Target, Future of Publishing, Plastic Logic, Book Discounting, Amazon Kindle, Que, Barnes, Irex, Wal-Mart vs. Amazon, E-Reader, Nook Ereader, Book Price War, Nook E-Reader, Book Price Wars, Amazon Walmart Book Prices, Books News

Yesterday, Barnes & Noble unveiled their new eReader, the Nook. The sleek new model is the latest in a series of new eReaders popping up recently to c...

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Why Publishers are Like Venture Capitalists

Mark Coker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Word Games, Book Publishing, Allegory, Angel Investors, Books, Future of Publishing, Venture Capital, Silicon Valley, Books News
Mark Coker

I invite you to play the word game. Copy and paste this post into a word processor. Replace "entrepreneurs" with "authors," and "startups" with "books." Now read it again!

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Wal-Mart: "If There's Going to be a Wal-Mart of the Web, It Can Be Amazon"

Steve Ross | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Cd, Book Publishing, Publishing, Discounts, Book-Prices, Jeff Bezos, Price War, Humor, Books, Future of Publishing, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Humor and Satire, Amazon, Books News
Steve Ross

Where will this pricing war end? Is it in anyone's interests besides the consumers? At what price should inexpensive hardcovers reasonably come -- at the expense of the author's income?

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Consequences For Our Actions

Kenneth Kales | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Independent Publishers, Reading, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Books, Booksellers, Frankfurt Book Fair, Printers, Books News
Kenneth Kales

If you don't love the book, how can you sell it? My passion for each and every book is in part why I am told by others how successful I am at garnering so much media attention for Kales' publications.

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McSweeney's No. 33 Is A Good, Old-Fashioned Newspaper

The New York Times | Bruce Weber | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

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"People have been saying the short story is dying for a lot longer than they've been saying newspapers are dying," Jordan Bass, managing editor of the...

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Why E-Books are Hot and Getting Hotter

Mark Coker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Book News, E-Books, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Publishing Industry, Ebooks, Ereaders, Books News
Mark Coker

2009 will go down in history as the year e-books went mainstream.

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Small Is the New Big in Publishing

Jonathan Fields | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

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Jonathan Fields

I'll be spotlighting some nontraditional publishers and technology most people have probably never heard of, but who are doing amazing things, growing like wildfire and making serious jack.

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Man's Attention at Attention

Anthony Zuiker | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

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Anthony Zuiker

Instead of just writing a novel, I decided to pair it with a motion picture and offer a social networking site at the same price as a traditional book.

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10 Things Bookstores Need to Do to Help Themselves

Jason Pinter | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

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Jason Pinter

I unabashedly love bookstores. But they need to evolve, to change some habits that have long since become obsolete.

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Why We Need $4.00 Books

Mark Coker | Posted 10.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Cheap Books, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Publishing Industry, Books, E-Books, Books News
Mark Coker

The day has come for publishers to offer a $4.00 book. Most books are too expensive. Compared to lower cost alternative media sources, books are becoming niche consumables like caviar.

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The Future of Publishing Isn't Rocket Science (It's Sustainability)

Makenna Goodman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Sustainable Business, Book Publishing, Chelsea Green, Future of Publishing, Publishing Industry, Books, Farming, Vermont, Ereaders, Books News
Makenna Goodman

Publishing is not a dying business; it's a changing business. It's a business going through literary puberty, fiscal adolescence, and management hell. It's a business that needs to grow up, in other words.

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Why the Digital Revolution is Missing the Big Picture

Jason Pinter | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Iphone, Publishing, Kindle, Books, E-Books, Future of Publishing, E-Reader, Digital Books, Reading, Irex, Ereaders, Books News
Jason Pinter

By marketing the Kindle to me -- i.e. 'adults' who already read regularly -- publishing is merely doubling down on the biggest problem facing the industry: not enough people read books.

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