Tag Archives: CreateSpace

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/21-1/25

­Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. What would a no-deal Brexit mean for copyright? Does progressive legislation inadvertently endanger indie bookstores? How has the CreateSpace/KDP merger endangered Yiddish…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 8/20-8/24

Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Teenagers spend less time reading than using social media. Does a subscription model work for textbooks? What could a bookstore chain…Continue Reading

Amazon Reaches Out to Publishers

At the American Book Producer Association’s recent panel, Jon Fine, Director of Author & Publisher Relations for Amazon.com, spoke about the ways smaller publishers and self-publishers can use Amazon to produce, promote, and distribute books in what he anticipates will one day be an “inventory-free” process. The event reflected Amazon’s recent attempts to present its…Continue Reading

Marmite, Maturalism, and Mangification: What Publishers Can Learn from the World of Trends Research

In a recent interview, Random House CEO Markus Dohle said he is “convinced that publishers have to become more reader oriented in a marketing and trend finding/setting way rather than in a direct to consumer selling way.” The tricky part: How can publishers be trendspotters? In this two-part series, we will try to address that…Continue Reading