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 On Christmas day people, armed with their newly-presented e-readers, downloaded over a million plus e-books!
Talk about regenerating and transforming bestseller lists in an instant...
E-readers have rode in and, in one swell swoop, saved publishing, the book industry and inspired reading. What a shot in the arm!
The only question is: who the hell truly understands all the opportunities in this newly-transformed, sleeker, more efficient, offspring publishing industry??*##% Did I say newly-transfo... Continue reading ...
 Books, albeit 'live' or interactive, will remain a part of the human experience forever....And they will primarily consist of text, whatever the media format. Publishers, as an industry, will not. That industry has been fragmented into a democratic individualistic endeavor, if you will...A vastly more level and responsive playing field
Everyone who writes and presents are now 'publishers'...Talk about an all-inclusive vertical business model...In fact, talk about an all-inclusive horizontal b... Continue reading ...
 The newly opened Google eBookstore has some nice surprises and offerings. The Google Store can sell books to targeted people right after they search a particular topic AND they can also create an ad-supported publishing model...delivering targeted ads from the book subject purchases...Seems this is more possible since the ebooks will be provided from the cloud configuration.
Wonder what the split is on an ad-supported publishing model? Authors/publishers get what % and Google retains what %? ... Continue reading ...
 A little visionary post tonight...As much as I can envision the future anyway (being retarded makes it difficult).
We talk about "traditional" print publishing today as old hat. Well, not too far into the future the new tablet computers, eReaders and other mobile devices will be "traditional" or old hat also. Just like the old bulky camcorders (remember them?) have given way to more diminutive devices.
After all, who will need ANYTHING you have to carry to compute on, or receive data on, when... Continue reading ...
 With the advent of mobile devices such as the iPad and iPhone, newspapers and magazines see a hitherto nonexistent opportunity for generating paid subscription digital versions as the new mobiles (and they WILL be proliferating like rabbits!) will be hungry for great, meaningful and pertinent content.
The publishing crossroads is a balancing act between the younger generation, used to digital media and expecting instant info, and the older generation, still loyal to print...and how to make bot... Continue reading ...
 In the digital publishing age a balance needs to be created between the customers' desire for immediate accessability at any time to enriched text (enhanced with audio, video, three-dimensional objects, full text searching, note taking, etc) and "...publishers’ needs for financial self-sustainability."
We are at the age where researchers can access works in the form of e-books that are accessable at any time and any place and never go out of print!
This is heavy neatness to the extreme. Publ... Continue reading ...
 Peaceful resolution may be at hand! I've posted on this issue previously several times on both this blog and Writers Welcome Blog, but I will give one reference here from Writers Welcome Blog for a little background on Google's effort to corner and monopolize digital rights to books (especially out-of-print books).
Anyway, the French publisher Hachette Livre has reached an agreement with Google that may serve as a model for other countries...It certainly is a pact that benefits all concerned (... Continue reading ...
 Starting 1 December 2010 Kindle will bump publishers' revenue share to 70% (minus delivery costs).
Delivery costs? this is something I'm still confused about. What the hell is the delivery costs for digital downloads? Maybe one of my smarter readers can enlighten me...I hope so. Even the example given in the article below doesn't add up in my petrified mind.
Anyhow, this royalty about to be introduced by Kindle proves they are eons ahead of the other eBook retailers and bookstores (and their a... Continue reading ...
 The fastest growing sector of publishing is in the mobiles. And Apple is in position to control...But they may be screwing up according to a new report by ABCi (Audit Bureau of Circulations 'interactive').
The bottom line is Apple has poor analytics and doesn't share appropriate customer data with publishers.
Steven Sande of TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) reports this:
ABCi, the interactive media arm of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, has issued a new report showing that American and Cana... Continue reading ...
 In today's media world, we have all become publishers as well as writers. This is a good thing in moving to the next, inevitable level...a level where we do more of our own thing and maintain more control of our artistic product.
However, many still aspire to and work within the corporate, publishing business. FOLIO magazine has done an excellent piece on ten of the new, young and upcoming publishing media stars (there are many others).
I'm posting this piece because it gives a neat insight in... Continue reading ...
 Omekais geared towards the online exhibition of library, museum and archive collections. Their new scholarly site, http://www.omeka.net/ , will be a boon to researchers and advanced degree candidates...as well as other academic aficionados.
This new Omeka site will also encourage collaboration and communication; a good thing in research.
Wonder if something like this would encourage more adult collaboration in D.C.for the good of the country?#@*!
Just thought I'd ask.
Susan J. Campbell of TMCne... Continue reading ...
 A German author has introduced a concept for new e-books that will further differentiate them from traditional books...And, he hopes, will make them a better reading experience for readers.
The German author who is on a mission to make e-books more interactive, and with the possibility of no beginning and no end, is Juergen Neffe and his program is called Libroid.
More details by Barry Neild for CNN :
Never-ending book heralds new chapter in e-publishing
It's an age-old problem for avid book read... Continue reading ...
 Adobe, still the premier online graphic designer resource, is providing a publishing platform that will allow magazines and newspapers to publish to all the new mobile devices.
The new Adobe platform was introduced today at the start of it's Adobe Max Conference.
I learned of this cool news reading an article by Ron Miller for Fierce Content Management:
Adobe(NASDAQ: ADBE) made several key announcements today at the launch of its Adobe Max conference including a new hosted digital publishing... Continue reading ...
 We could always choose where and when, just not how. Technology has enabled us to receive digital, video and audio formats in almost any location and over large and small devices...Neat, no?
The introduction of eReaders, iPads, SmartPhones and iPods, etc. has actually increased the number of readers (and people interested in reading) through an intense modern obsession with gadgetry (but, our ancestors were probably taken with gadgetry, too)...If ever there was an instance where the end justif... Continue reading ...
 Amazon is still proving it's ahead of the power curve in innovation of new publishing models and dynamics.
By introducing a shorter and cheaper model for works 10K to 30K words in length (about 30 to 90 pages of print) Amazon is climbing way out of the old established print molds for publishing; and, I might add, opening up the public to unique stories, theses and papers that were previously unavailable to the public on a large published scale...not to mention a new source of revenue for writ... Continue reading ...
Apple wants to "help" newspapers and magazines sell digital versions of their products on iPad, mostly by subscription, by offering a rich digital publishing environment with text plus video.
Sounds like it could be a good deal for newspapers and magazines, but the devil is in the details.
First, Apple wants to own the subscribers info and data and not give this info to the individual newspapers and magazines for use in their management of subscription bundling, etc, based on readership demogr... Continue reading ...
 With the dynamic growth of and increasing competition in the eBook world, prices are smaller for publishers.
What to do? What they have done in every other media venue...include ads! I have no problem with this if it will translate into more profits for the writers/authors also...
Read this informative article by Joe Aimonetti for CNET Reviews :
The Wall Street Journal reportsthat iAds may appear in iBooks as publishers watch their profits dwindle amid technology advances like Apple's iPad. Th... Continue reading ...
 The title says it all!
A consumer survey conducted by consultants with Oliver Wyman for Next Issue Media determined that consumers were willing to pay for good mag and newspaper digital content...Details follow from an article by Eric Sass in MediaPostNews:
Digital issues of magazines could generate $3 billion in subscription revenues for magazine and newspaper publishers by 2014, according to a consumer survey conducted by consultants with Oliver Wyman on behalf of Next Issue Media, a consort...
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More intrigue in the digital publishing war between publishers and e-book retailers. Connecticut and Texas Attorneys General have already initiated inquiries into price-fixing by Amazon and Apple.
 CNN Money dot com published this article by Annalyn Censky:
In the e-book price wars, Apple and Amazon might be enjoying an unfair advantage, Connecticut's Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Monday as he announced an investigation of their contracts with book publishers.
Blumenthal fired off l... Continue reading ...
 Global Leaders Institute will be hosting the Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2010 event in November in China. Everybody who's anybody will be there to hash out the inevitable problems in a huge emerging market...
This press release and report is from PRNewswire :
Hosted by Global Leaders Institute, world digital publishing industry leaders will convene at Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2010 (DPAP2010) on November 16th and 17th in Beijing China. The two-day executive summit will examine the hot... Continue reading ...
 Journalism and online news needs no "protection" by the FTC (by changing and expanding laws) in order to survive on the internet in the digital publishing age...They just need to publish news better with unique interactivity that people will be willing to pay for.
Josh Halliday reports for the guardian.co.uk that: The future of US online news could be stifled by proposals put forward by the Federal Trade Commission to protect journalism, Google has warned.
In its 20-page response to the FTC's ...
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 A little money business today. Todays post gives an insight into online newspapers and the lucrative advertising market they represent.
This Research Brief from MediaPost dot com by Jack Loechner gives a good comparison of online newspapers, how many read them, readers demographics and advertising (cpm) costs of all the Top Display Advertising Site Categories (such as social media sites, newspapers, e-mail, community, etc.):
According to a new ComScore release, more than 123 million Americans ... Continue reading ...
 How would you like a resource to pull videos from that are related to your site content AND that will draw bigger advertisers with more money for you?...
At least that is what I think the following press release is saying...I am NOT an expert. But, the following press release seems to be saying something important for helping smaller publishers monetize while increasing sales for advertisers!
Initiative will allow publishers to provide contextually relevant video to site specific advertise... Continue reading ...
 The best model, I think, for monetizing online content (especially newspapers in view of the decline in ad revenues) is one the cell phone companies have been using for years: give subscribers a Kindle or iPad free with a two year subscription! Right?
Janet Guyon , Managing Editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, addresses this very topic in an excellent article for Businessweek:
Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google Inc., spends a lot of time talking about the economic state of the news busines... Continue reading ...
 Maybe...The iPad offers a more personal experience than computers and more graphics and peripherals than eReaders...but, will readers pay for the mag content...much less invest in the expense of the iPad to begin with?
I feel they will...IF the content is relevent, interactive, well written and not available elsewhere. Afterall, content that people want is king!
Benny Evangelista, who writes technology for the SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle), has this view:
For the magazine industry, App...
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 Since I'm a poor slob, I don't own an iPad yet...And I'm sure many more don't either. But, never mind, look what I just found that allows you to view how your site would download (or upload?) to iPad:
From Wordpreneur:
Unless you’ve been really out of the loop recently, you’ve heard of the Apple iPad. Watch it and its kin closely — it’s a major tech movement.
Just like it’s wise to test our sites/blogs on various browsers, it behooves us to check and see what we look like on an iPad.... Continue reading ...
The various magazine and newspaper apps for the iPad are so rich with clear, colorful content and REALLY easy navigation through the pages and articles, that many think they point the way to the future of publishing...
One such afficionado is Chris Fralic, partner of First Round Capital, who wrote this for Business Insider:
I've now downloaded and spent some time with the new WIRED app on the iPad, and I think it points the way to the future of publishing.
Will people pay $4.99 a month for ... Continue reading ...
 The international digital publishing industry was an invited guest at BookExpo America (BEA) taking place now in New York AND given a kings welcome!
This is a good move and shows that booksellers realize they must gear up to sell both digital and print versions of books to grow and survive in the new publishing paradigm.
Here is an interesting take on this years BEA by Bob Hoover of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The technological elephant is finally welcome in the living room of the America... Continue reading ...
A new middle ground, half way between traditional publishing (that now outsources everything and puts the marketing burden on the writers) and pure self-publishing, is opening up. Publishing companies are now offering so-called "midlist authors" (and others too) more publishing support in their semi-self-publishing efforts. A case in point is Amazon's new publishing arm, AmazonEncore, agreeing to digitally publish J. A. Konrath's new Jack Daniels female cop series book, Shaken, and bring the ... Continue reading ...
The growing revenue WORLDWIDE from all the downloadable stuff (eBooks, music, etc) is growing almost exponentially and you can just envision the paper money literally raining down in buckets!
Well, how do the publishing, distribution and retail companies get a grip on all these currencies and their accounting and reporting? One way is through companies like RoyalShare...
This press release from PR Newswire:
Leading Book Publisher Adopts RoyaltyShare Service to Handle Growing Demands of Digit... Continue reading ...
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Will the digital content explosion destroy writers' livlihoods OR make their businesses better? There are two schools of thought on this topic...Some in the business, mostly from the publishing standpoint, think that the increased availability of content will drive down content costs and thereby royalities for writers of that content.
I respectfully disagree with this forecast.
I feel that the growing digital publishing industry is creating a renewed interest in reading and that cou... Continue reading ...
There are different things to consider when writing an eBook versus a traditional book. That makes perfect sense...but it takes a good writing and internet marketing coach to REALLY nail it down; and Judy Cullins (pictured below) is exactly that and does just that in an article for Wordpreneur:
Did you know that you already have an ebook inside you?
And you can earn thousands of dollars each month?
Even if you are a non-techie like me, you can write your ebook at the same time you write y... Continue reading ...
Amazon, Google and Apple are in the eBook biz, why NOT Boarders? And other current bookstore chains are probably scrambling to integrate digital as I'm writing this post! Follow the money, right?
Calvin Reid reporting in Publisher's Weekly says:
Borders has provided a few more details for its move into offering digital content, beginning with plans to take pre-orders for the new Kobo digital reading device. Kobo’s new $149 e-ink reading devices will begin shipping in June to be followed by ... Continue reading ...
If a free Amazon eBook gets popular, Amazon is going to remove it from the free list and put it on a pay list! Better read them while they're free...
This from Jason Boog of Mediabistro/galleycat:
Last December, we reported that 64 of the 100 eBooksthat topped the Kindle bestseller list were free. Today Publishers Weekly broke the news that the online bookseller will soon divide the bestseller lists into free and paid categories.
Here's the scoop: "A representative at the e-tailer has confi... Continue reading ...
Some nice, interesting tidbits about ebook sales and digital publishing within Simon & Schuster...
Be sure to follow the links in this post.
Mark Byrne of MediaBistro/Galleycat reports:
CBS Publishing released its first quarter report yesterday, showing an uptick in e-book sales and a sharp increase in digital publishing revenue for Simon & Schuster.
Digital publishing revenue jumped from $3.6 million to $12 million in the first quarter of this year, growing 233 percent. According to a paid... Continue reading ...
This post highlights what two young publishers are doing successfully to save their alt-weekly newspaper in Tampa. Quite innovative use of so-called "community journalists" to produce fresh, ever-relevent, street content. The only thing: passion is a must.
This from WebProNews:
The publishing industry has changed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so moving forward. As a result, traditional journalists are being forced to re-invent the industry. At SXSW, WebProNewsspo... Continue reading ...
Have you ever thought about making money on your eBook by running ads inside the eBook pages? A thought, anyway... AND a possible income stream...I'm not sure how I feel about this yet, but I will throw this concept out there with the following article from Wordpreneur by Eldon Sarte:
We all know we can sell our ebooks. And give them away for free. And give them away for free plus get revenue for running paid advertisements within them, just like magazines — and many ezines — do. So why d... Continue reading ...
I first discussed the WePad about two weeks ago in my other blog http://alturl.com/4z88 It's advanced press indicates the WePad has all the iPad contains PLUS many extras (like flash video, a Linux OS and USB ports).
This is from TechTremor.com written by David(BTW, David, you should tell TechTremor to at least list your last name & give a little more bio on YOU):
Neofonie GmbH, a Berlin based company, is set to release a Tablet PC called “WePad” that rivals Apple’s iPad, in July of th... Continue reading ...
Is the Apple iPad a success? I guess so as evidenced by the sales numbers! Good gosh, they can't seem to keep up with the demand...I wish I had a piece of this action!
Oh well, this from the New York Times:
Responding to strong demand in the United States for its iPad, Applesaid Wednesday that it would delay the worldwide release of the tablet computer for a month.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong U.S. demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch ... Continue reading ...
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Writer, Old-Warrior-Adventurer, Blogger... I was born in Key West, Florida. A rather famous hangout for some past famous writers: Hemingway and Tennessee Williams to name two. I just hope that I possess a glimmer of their talent. I have a bachelors degree in architecture/construction and a master's degree in industrial engineering. I have been writing for fifty plus years. Most of my writing has been in the technical, instructional and business areas. I am working on my first book: "Havana Harvest---When Cuba Was Naughty" which details my coming of age experiences in 1958 Havana, Cuba, at the age of 15. Please visit my other blog "Writers Welcome Blog" at http://alturl.com/4z88.
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"authors will take distribution into their own hands and sidestep publishers altogether, using platforms such as the ones offered by Apple and Google to go directly to readers"