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.

German E-books Get ‘Proof of Life’ as Bestseller Lists Launch

Der Spiegel will carry the new e-book bestseller lists

In Germany e-books represent just 5.4% of book revenue, but the segment is growing and should get a boost from the country’s first e-book bestseller lists.

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E-books, How Do We Love Thee? Let BISG Count the Ways

Len Vlahos:

At $6,750 BISG’s latest consumer data on consumer attitudes toward e-books isn’t cheap. But timely, objective data on e-books is scarce. We’ve got a taste.

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Digital Publishing Growth in the Arab World: Slow, But Steady

Tunisian App Developer

The Abu Dhabi Book Fair next week will showcase several Arabic digital publishing startups, including Qordoba Books, but there’s still unfulfilled potential.

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Goodreads’ CEO on Winning the Battle of Book Discovery

Otis Chandler

After analyzing 5,750,000 books on Goodreads, Otis Chandler shares his insights on the evolving nature of book discovery. The short version: once isn’t enough.

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Bookigee’s WriterCube Aims to Help Authors Through Analytics

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‘Help the authors…powerful change becomes possible,’ says Bookigee’s Kristen McLean, whose first product Writers Cube is dubbed ‘a little box of know how.’

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How to Counter Amazon: Create a One World E-Book Alliance

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The aeronautical industry, once dominated by Boeing, managed to develop Airbus. The publishing industry should aspire to create its own ‘cultural Airbus.’

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Amazon to Offer Cut Price Kindle in Brazil

Amazon's Kindle will be far cheaper than the pricey, locally produced Positivo Alfa

When it launches, Amazon intends to sell the Kindle in Brazil for R$199 (US$115) and may drop the price further to undercut the competition.

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Show Me the Money: Finding Cash for Your Publishing Start-up

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When it comes to getting your business off the ground, in addition to vision and a solid business plan, you need one thing above all: money. Here’s some advice.

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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

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.

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