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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

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

Posted in Digital | Tagged book conferences, Book Discovery, Copia, copyright, Data, O'Reilly tools of Change, SEO | 2 Comments

Dzanc Books’ rEprint Rescues Works of Literary Excellence

Steven Gillis (Photo: Ann Arbor Chronicle)

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.

Posted in Digital | Tagged digitization, Dzanc Books, e-book rights, E-books, out of print, USA | 2 Comments

Combining the Television and Publishing Mindset

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

Posted in Digital | Tagged business model, digital publishing, E-books, enhanced e-books, NBC Publishing, startup, television, USA | 1 Comment

Unglue.it Crowdfunds Unlimited Licenses for Beloved E-books

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.

Posted in Digital | Tagged book rights, copyright, creative commons, crowdsourcing, E-books, Gluejar, libraries, Unglue.it, USA | 4 Comments

Is KDP Select Salvation or Damnation for Indie Authors?

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

Posted in Digital | Tagged Amazon, authors, e-book sales, E-books, independent publishing, Kindle, self publishing, USA | 16 Comments

Repurposing Blogs as Books for ‘Immediacy’

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

Posted in Digital | Tagged Blogs, Blogs as Books, current events, Just World Books, Middle East, OR Books, POD, USA | 1 Comment

Online Marketing is 50% of Success, Says Panarea Digital

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.

Posted in Digital | Tagged apps, book marketing, E-books, ipad, Panarea Digital, Santillana | Leave a comment

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

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

Posted in Digital | Tagged Amazon, bookselling, Casa del Libro, E-books, Kobo, Latin America, Planeta, Spain, Spanish language publishing, Tagus, The Copia | 2 Comments

Jellybooks: New Book Discovery Tool Offers Groupon-Style Deals

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.

Posted in Digital | Tagged Book Discovery, book marketing, bookselling, Jellybooks, online shopping, UK | 1 Comment

Transmedia: A New World of Opportunity for Authors and Publishers

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 …

Posted in Digital | Tagged authors, Innovation, Javier Celaya, storytelling, transmedia | 3 Comments

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