The Economics of Book Publishing

Home Run for Harbach

Mike Smith | Posted 10.25.2011

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Mike Smith

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

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The Publishing Industry Redefines a "Pig" and Then Slaps Lipstick On It

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 10.17.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

Great sighs of joy mingled with the steam from fat free mochaccinos as the Books section of the New York Times declared "Publishing Gives Hints of Rev...

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Aggressively Managing Pricing and Distribution in the New Publishing Landscape

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 10.09.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

These days, books are too expensive, and pricing is one of the publishing industry's most perversely quirky aspects. I learned the hard way how difficult this can be.

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In The Age of Distraction, We Need One Thing More Than Ever: Books

Johann Hari | Posted 08.23.2011

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Johann Hari

Here's the function that the book -- the paper book that doesn't beep or flash or link or let you watch a thousand videos all at once -- does for you that nothing else will: It gives you the capacity for deep, linear concentration.

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Should Book Reviewers Be Paid to Review?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 08.11.2011

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Carol Hoenig

Books, stacks of books waiting to be read, are piled high in my office. Most of these books were sent to me by publicists or the attributed authors, a...

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Amazon vs. the World (the New York Publishing World)

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 05.25.2011

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Penny C. Sansevieri

The world is changing for all of us, and with the popularity of Amazon's Kindle, New York publishing is not exempt from those forces. Adapt, or perish -- and it seems they prefer the latter.

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What Is to Be Done?

John Oakes | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Oakes

Imagine taking the guesswork out of publishing. Imagine a publisher printing only to fulfill orders, and with a minimum of waste; imagine further a system that sidesteps warehouses and wholesalers.

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The Necessary Quest for Readers

Alex Geana | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Geana

One of the oddest things about being a new writer? The publishing industries new requirement. Writers need to have a reader base before a publisher will touch them.

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What Publishing Can Learn From Music

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hugh McGuire

Book publishing is late to the digital party so it can look to all the many mistakes the music business made in the past decade, and decide how to move into the uncertain future.

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The Fakebook

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Greenspan

It seems like Ben Mezrich has perfect idea for a book. There's only one problem: so far, the book is being billed as a memoir, and I don't recall seeing him at Harvard in 2003, because he wasn't there.

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