File this under shameless self-promotion…David Lee of Wetoku (a cool online interview site that’s currently in beta) interviewed me today. It’s a short and only mildly dorky (on my end, not David’s) chat about challenges and opportunities in the Canadian book market.
Barnes and Noble To Open World's Biggest E-Bookstore
It was only a matter of time after the recent purchase of Fictionwise: Barnes and Noble is opening what they are calling the world’s largest eBook store with more than 700,000 titles available both for free and for purchase.
BookCamp Vancouver Is Live!
After only about 12 hours of being live, BookCamp Vancouver already has a whack of great attendees, some excellent session suggestions and a whole lot more.
If you’re a West Coaster or you can make the trek out for October 16th, it will be worth it. BookCamp organizers and attendees are already raring to go…
New Publishing Business Model #5: HarperStudio
Going to Frankfurt? Like Supply Chain?
Kids These Days, Not So Much with the Piracy (Yar!)
Streamlining Metadata Workflow Paper
The NISO and OCLC have published a white paper on Streamlining Metadata Workflow [pdf] that looks very interesting. I haven’t had the opportunity to wade through all 22 pages yet (fun for the weekend), but it looks interesting and worth the effort.
Online Subscriptions: Can Shortcovers Do What NY Times Can't?
Back when the web was just the web and 2.0 was just a glimmer in the mind’s eye of Timothy Berners-Lee, newspapers tried to get people to pay for content online. Various models were used but the one that sticks out in my head is the “free for a day, pay for the archives” model which some periodicals, including the Wall Street Journal, still use.
In these dark times for newspapers, the notion of trying to resurrect or just erect this model is coming back. Can this apply to eBooks as well?
New Publishing Business Model #4: Smashwords
In May of this year, Smashwords, an eBook publishing platform originally set up to serve as a channel for self-published authors, expanded to offer services designed for publishers.
Case Study: D&M Does Free Right
In March 2009, the Greystone Books title Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent was the subject of an online publicity campaign led by the marketing staff at D&M. It’s a really inspiring example of how digital strategy can be used in three really important ways: first, getting the book out there in the hands (or RAMs) of readers, second, measuring how you did and thrid, creating a baseline to compare how any kinds of books do with the same treatment.
