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Flash-Sale Models and Publishers’ Place in the Changing Landscape of Online Retail

September 1, 2011

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[This is an excerpt of an article, Not So Fast: Flash-Sale Models and Publishers’ Place in the Changing Landscape of Online Retail, which was published in the September issue of Publishing Trends. To receive our newsletter in full, find out how to purchase a subscription here.] Since Publishing Trends last covered them in December 2010, flash-sales have…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Abrams, Amanda Chajes, Amazon, HarperCollins, Homesav.com, Ideeli, Inc., Jaime Ariza, Macmillan, MYHABIT, New York Times, Pam Roman, Priddy Books, Random House

Muhammad Ali? George Foreman? Who are this month’s heavyweights in the e-reader market?

September 1, 2011

This past month in the e-reader market, Amazon has already set itself ahead of the pack with the launch of its HTML5 cloud-based e-reader system in response to Apple’s new in-app subscription rules. While the Kindle Cloud Reader definitely wags its finger at Apple, asserting Amazon’s refusal to give Apple 30% of its revenue, many…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, HP TouchPad, iPad, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kobo, Nook, Research in Motion, Samsung

Keeping Up With the New Demand for Audiobooks

August 1, 2011

[This is an excerpt of an article, Giving Them What They Want: Keeping Up With the New Demand for Audiobooks, which was published in the August issue of Publishing Trends. To receive our newsletter in full, find out how to purchase a subscription here.] Digital audiobook downloads have steadily been increasing, and the latest AAP Sales Report shows…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles, Uncategorized • Tagged AAP Sales Report, ACX, Audible, Audio Publishers Association, Audiobook Creation Exchange, AudioGo, Michele Cobb, Neil Gaiman

People Roundup, August 2011

August 1, 2011

PEOPLE Carrie Kania, Publisher of Harper Perennial, Harper Paperbacks, and It Books, will be leaving HarperCollins at the end of August to become an agent in London with Conville & Walsh. (See Promotions and Internal Changes.) Meanwhile, Leah Wasielewski announced that Katie O’Callaghan has joined the Harper imprint as Associate Director, Marketing. She was at…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View, Uncategorized • Tagged Abu Dhabi Book Fair, Airie Stuart, Allison Elsby, Amazon, and Platforms, Andrea Colvin, Andrea Walker, Andrew Malkin, Ann Treistman, Anne Tate, Atheneum, Ballantine, Balzer & Bray, Bantam Dell, Barnes & Noble, BISG, Bloomsbury Children’s, Blue Rider Press, Bob Weil, Bonnier, Books on Tape, Borders, Brian Gurewitz, Brian Ulicky, Brown, Caitlin McCaskey, Cal Morgan, Carrie Kania, Children’s Publishing Goes Digital: New Markets, Chronicle Books, CLMP, Conville & Walsh, Crown, David Rosenthal, David Wightman, Del Rey/Spectra & Digital, Diamond Book Distributors, Digital Media Group, Discover Great New Writers, Doug White, E-books Around the World, Edmison/Harper Literary Scouting, Eric Pier-Hocking, Eric Price, Erin Edmison, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gina Wachtel, Gotham, Gregory Henry, Grove/Atlantic, Harper Paperbacks, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HCSB, Heather Lazare, Henry Holt, Highline Ballroom, Ilise Levine, It Books, Jane Searle, Jane Von Mehren, Jason Pinter, Jennifer Brehl, John Glusman, Jonathan Burnham, Jouve, Julia Cheiffetz, Julia O’Halloran, Justin Chanda, Kaplan, Kate Lloyd, Katie O’Callaghan, Kendra Newton, Kim Burns, Larry Kirshbaum, Laura Keefe, Leah Wasielewski, LexisNexis, Liate Stehlik, Libby McGuire, Little, LivePerson, Liveright, Lynne Karppi, Macmillan, Maggie Richards, Margaret K. McElderry, Margaret Miller, Mark Landau, Marvel, Melissa Possick, Michael Signorelli, Miwa Messer, Monika Krauss, Morrow Paperbacks, Mysterious Press, Nan Graham, Norton, Open Road Integrated Media, OverDrive, Palgrave Macmillan, Penguin, Pete McCarthy, Peter Harper, Peter Phillips, Players, Publishers Launch, Rachel Holtzman, Rakesh Satyal, Random House, Reagan Arthur Books, Robert O’Dell, Ruta Rimas, Ryan Tozzi, Sally Kim, Sandra Dijkstra Agency, Sanyu Dillon, Sarah Odedina, Scholastic Inc., Scholastic Media, Scribner, Seale Ballenger, Sheryl Stebbins, Simon & Schuster, Skyhorse, SPi, St. Martin’s, Standard Hotel, Star Lawrence, Stephanie Meyers, Sterling, The Center for Fiction, The New Yorker, The Orchard, The Princeton Review, Three Rivers, Tina Andreadis, Touchstone, Wade Lucas, Waxman Literary, Words Without Borders, zinio

Freelance Publicists 2011

August 1, 2011

In recent years, it has become essential for publicists to offer some digital services, but the wealth of digital opportunities for promoting new books and authors has expanded, so in this year’s Freelance Publicity Roundup, we highlight some publicists who work solely within the digital realm. Jim Hanas, Director of Social Media at Sonnet Media,…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Cindy Ratzlaff, Fauzia Burke, FSB Associates, Jim Hanas, Penny Sansevieri, Rusty Shelton, Shelton Interactive, Sonnet Media

Godzilla? King Kong? Who are this month’s monsters in the e-reader market?

August 1, 2011

A new horse entered the e-reader race this past month, creating intrigue, though not a lot of fear, among its competitors. The iRiver Story represents the first e-reader that is integrated with Google eBooks, which gives it a bit of clout. But while the iRiver Story’s HD display with eInk technology helps ranks its screen…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Amazon, B&N, Borders, Brian Tong, Charlie Sorrel, CNET, Consumer Reports, Gloria Sin, Google eBooks, iRiver Story, Kindle, Kobo, Melissa J. Perenson, Nook, Rachel King, Sony, Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Yukari Iwatani Kane, ZDNet

People Roundup, July 2011

July 1, 2011

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PEOPLE John Glusman, who was Executive Editor at Crown, has been named VP andEditor-in-Chief at Norton, replacing Star Lawrence, who will remain Vice Chairman and become Editor at Large. Fodor Publisher Tim Jarrell is leaving the company, as a result of a reorganization announced by Nina von Moltke, VP Digital Publishing Development. He may be…Continue Reading

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David? Goliath? Who’s Who??

July 1, 2011

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June was a busy month for e-reader coverage, as the unveiling of the All-New Nook from Barnes & Noble at the end of May inspired a changing of the tide for the Little E-reader That Could, propelling a once-clumsy model into the lead with reviewers in the e-reader arms race thanks to its affordable price…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Amazon, Apple, Associated Press, Barnes & Noble, Comtex, Consumer Reports, Dan Mitchell, Digitimes, Fortune, In-Stat, iPad, John C. Abell, Katherine Boehret, Kindle, Kobo, Larry Dignan, Marketwire, Melissa J. Perenson, Nook, PCWorld, Peter Svensson, The Wall St, Wired, ZDNet

The World Science Festival and Internet Week: Insights Galore!

July 1, 2011

PT thanks content developer and marketing consultant Rich Kelley for this piece. When Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Weiner, author of a book on immortality (Long for This World), blogs that he is looking forward to hearing four scientists “talk (and possibly) spar” about the current state of longevity research, you expect he knows something. And World Science Festival…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles, Trendspotting • Tagged A Planet of Viruses, Activate, Ashton Kutcher, BlueCava, Brian Greene, Carl Zimmer, David Carr, Digital Publishing and Advertising Conference, Does Aging Stop?, Facebook, Harold Varmus, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet Week New York, Isabella Rossellini, Janna Levin, Jonathan Weiner, Joseph LeDoux, Keith Devlin, LinkedIn, Long for This World, Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, MediaPost, Michael R. Rose, Michael Wolf, NPR, Rachel Ray, Rich Kelley, Say Media, ShareThis, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Simon Singh, SocialVibe, Starcom MediaVest, Steven Weinberg, SVNetwork, The Code Book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, Tim Schigel, Timothy Ferris, Tracy Day, Twitter, Tyra Banks, will.i.am, World Science Festival

To E-galley or P-galley: That Is the Question

July 1, 2011

As all aspects of book publishing become digitized, synthesized, and aggregated through metadata systems, it should come as no surprise that galleys are following suit—even the coveted advanced reader’s copies and uncorrected proofs of yore are taking on a new, digital form. Carrying the torch in the e-galley revolution is NetGalley, a company owned by…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Carol Fitzgerald, Colin Robinson, Firebrand Technologies, HarperCollins, Netgalley, OR Books, Simon & Schuster, Susan Ruszala, Symtio, Texterity, TheBookReporter

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