On Shakespeare’s birthday, it seems only fitting to talk about the London Book Fair and what it suggests re: book publishing’s future. It was, as others have said a smaller fair than in recent years, and there were noticeably fewer Americans, with some publishers (viz Random, Scholastic) represented only by their sub rights people. A…Continue Reading
Do you work at a publishing house that supplies e-readers to some or all of its employees? We’d love it if you’d take our new survey, here: Publishing Trends E-Reader Survey Thanks!
As we noted in our original article, a lot of publishing people don’t have as much time as they’d like to read for fun because they’re too busy reading for work. “The work day never ends–‘so much to read’ is a blessing and a curse,” wrote one agent, while an editor described her heavy reading…Continue Reading
How much money do you make? It’s a personal question, but we asked it, and most respondents answered. Here’s the salary breakdown: 3.2% of respondents make less than $30,000. 24.8% make $30,000-$50,000. 13.9% make $50,000-$60,000. 7.7% make $60,000-$70,000. 8.3% make $70,000-$80,000. 11.8% make $80,000-$100,000. 14.7% make $100,000-$150,000. 8.3% make $150,000-$200,000. 7.4% make more than $250,000….Continue Reading
I’ve posted an expanded version of Rich Kelley’s article from the October issue, “Battling the Online Tyranny of ‘More,’” on our Web site. Check it out here:http://pubtrends.wpenginepowered.com/copy/08/0810/0810tyranny.html
Wondering how much your publishing coworkers make, or how they take their coffee? We got tons of interesting answers in our second annual publishing industry survey, and couldn’t fit them all into our feature article in the October issue of Publishing Trends. So we’ll be posting additional results throughout this month. Stay tuned!
Would you read them on the ferry? Would you read them on a Blackberry? As silly as it sounds, these are the types of questions that the folks behind DailyLit, Bit o’ Lit and Random House Audio’s “Make Your Commute More…” campaign have started taking very seriously. Each contender has respectively come up with some…Continue Reading
Licensing Expo came to a close last week. Here are some things we liked: This fall, the Jim Henson Company will air its new show, “Sid the Science Kid,” on PBS. The science show, which uses proprietary digital puppetry technology, is aimed at 3- to 6-year-olds, has a sketch comedy format, and covers topics like…Continue Reading
Hoping to shake up the world of online book marketing, today TurnHere unveils a new, expanded version of its BookVideos.tv site. And yet, while the promotional video platform has undergone many changes to presumably improve its functionality and overall consumer experience, only time will tell whether the bond forged between authors and readers through studio-quality…Continue Reading
The land of make-believe is now charging admission. Okay, not exactly. But judging from what was discussed at this year’s Virtual Worlds conference, which took place April 3-4 at the Javits Center in New York, this isn’t too far off. Many would agree it was only a matter of time before someone thought to fuse…Continue Reading
