Digital

Digitization is changing every aspect of the book publishing business, providing new opportunities for publishers and authors to create, market and sell their print and digital content.

The Tools They Are a Changin’: The Ins and Outs of TOC NYC

Bill Patry (via xpectro)

The publishing buzz at last week’s TOC Conference – In: Big Data, Content Discovery Optimization, Diversity; Out: Social Reading, Hate as a Business Strategy

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Dzanc Books’ rEprint Rescues Works of Literary Excellence

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Dzanc’s Steve Gillis is on a mission to look at all the great works of literary fiction published before digital existed and bring them back as e-books.

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Combining the Television and Publishing Mindset

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‘We don’t have editors,’ says Michael Fabiano, head of recently launched NBC Publishing, ‘we have producers, and that’s an important distinction.’

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Unglue.it Crowdfunds Unlimited Licenses for Beloved E-books

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Eric Hellman’s Unglue.it, now in alpha, asks an author or publisher to accept a fixed sum of money from the public for the unlimited use of an e-book.

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Is KDP Select Salvation or Damnation for Indie Authors?

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Carolyn McCray, one of Kindle Selects’ top selling authors, demonstrates how to take best advantage of this marketing opportunity for self-publishers.

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Repurposing Blogs as Books for ‘Immediacy’

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New publisher Just World Books uses POD technology to publish blogs as books, focusing on the latest, most pertinent international issues.

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Online Marketing is 50% of Success, Says Panarea Digital

Emi Abramzon

Emi Abramzon of Panarea Digital, which produces e-books for B&N and Santillana, explains why better online promotion skills are urgently needed by the industry.

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Casa del Libro: A Front Runner in Race for Spain’s Digital Readers

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Casa del Libro confronts global competitors over e-books and online bookselling with home turf advantage in Spain.

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Jellybooks: New Book Discovery Tool Offers Groupon-Style Deals

Andrew Rhomberg, founder of Jellybooks

The goal is to make it easier to find great, but possibly obscure book…to break the tyranny of the bestseller list, says founder Andrew Rhomberg.

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Transmedia: A New World of Opportunity for Authors and Publishers

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This series on digital publishing is sponsored by Digital Book World, January 23-25, 2012. Enter discount code PUBPER12 at checkout to save $200 off the  … 

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