Markets like China and others in the Middle East have shown that they have huge capacity for growth and can offer opportunities to Western publishing companies. In order for you to get to know these markets better, here are our top articles on China and the Middle East from 2010. China The E-reader Market in China (And [...]
There is no doubt that most of the innovation in publishing in 2010 was related to digital issues and developments. This year, we saw a number of changes related to technology that have altered the way we think about and approach the business of publishing. Looking back, here are the best and most popular articles [...]
Publishing Perspectives aims to bring you new and important stories from the international publishing community, stories that don’t always get reported in English. Today, we present our list of this year’s best stories from Europe that represent the major issues and developments there over the last 12 months. France France’s Fnac Introduces FnacBook, E-Reader War Heats Up Read [...]
One area of publishing in which we noticed significant change in 2011 was in marketing. Social media, online tracking tools and defined online user communities have changed the way publishers — and authors — find and market to readers. Here is a selection of our best and most popular articles about book marketing from 2010: The [...]
From now until the end of the year, we will run lists of our best articles from 2010. Today’s list includes crowd-pleasers, our most popular articles for the whole of 2010. Should I Tweet Read the article >> The Translation Gap: Why More Foreign Writers Aren’t Published in America Read the article >> Sebastian Junger, War Tourist Read the article >> Inside [...]
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story our editorial and publishing team shared their thoughts as to the most radical publishing events of 2010 and predictions for 2011. Looking back, much has changed in the business this year, partly because of digital advances and new business models, and partly because of shifting expectations from consumers. But [...]
For our final new issue of the year, we wanted to reflect a little on the year and share what each of us thought was the most radical publishing event of 2010 and gaze into our crystal ball for 2011. Look for five days of our best stories from 2010. We’ll be back in 2011 with [...]
By Edward Nawotka In today’s editorial my colleague Erin Cox — literary agent and Publishing Perspectives’ director of business development — has offered her Lucky Seven List of Things Erin Cox is Thankful for in Publishing 2010. It’s an upbeat and positive look at the year past, which she calls “a year of hope.” Me, I’m grateful [...]
By Erin L. Cox Looking back on 2010, I see a year of hope and success, enthusiasm and ingenuity, and a renewed vision for book publishing around the world. As a literary agent, this year has been challenging: books that would’ve sold three years ago are being roundly passed on (“I like it, I don’t love it”), [...]
By Diana Peterfreund Last fall, my Random House editor, Kerri Buckley, called me and asked if I’d ever considered writing a movie novelization. I’d just returned from a writing conference where I met several writers who did such work, and I was intrigued. Though I’d published five original novels, I’d recently branched out into other kinds [...]
