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The Title Wave: Against Punny and Cliché Titles

Why the convention of giving books and book reviews titles that rely on pandering puns, stupid references, and bad wordplay has got to stop.

Also posted in Editorial | Tagged book marketing, book reviews, Book Titles, Drew Nellins, new york times | 1 Comment

Experimenting With Serials for Fun and Profit

Technology has enabled established and self-published authors to experiment serial publishing — making the old form new again — and finding mixed results.

Also posted in English Language | Tagged Amazon, authors, Kindle, publishing platforms, self publishing, series | 6 Comments

Booksellers, Multinationals Battle Over Spain’s E-book Buyers

Casa del Libro's Xavi Sola and the Tagus e-reader

Spain’s biggest bookseller Casa del Libro, France’s Fnac, America’s Amazon, and several smaller competitors have turned Spain into an e-book battleground.

Also posted in Europe | Tagged Amazon, bookselling, Casa del Libro, e-book sales statistics, E-books, E-readers, Kindle, online bookselling, Planeta, Spain, statistics, Tagus | Leave a comment

Graphic Novelist Alex de Campi Uses Kickstarter to Sell Print, Film and Foreign Rights

Graphic novelist Alex de Campi is using Kickstarter to raise $27,000 to fund production of her latest project, including selling print, film and foreign rights.

Also posted in Digital | Tagged Alex de Campi, crowdsourcing, distribution, film, film rights, foreign rights, graphic novels, Kickstarter, rights, self publishing | Leave a comment

The Changing Face of Book Rights

International Rights Directors Meeting in Frankfurt 2010

Agents sound off on key emerging markets, digital issues, agents-turned-publishers, the growth of film rights, and more prior to the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Also posted in Europe, Frankfurt 2011 | Tagged agents, Agents as Publishers, Brazil, emerging markets, Frankfurt Book Fair, International Rights Directors Meeting, Pontas, rights, StoryDrive | 1 Comment

Edith Grossman Frowns: On the Challenges of Translation in America

Edith Grossman, the grand dame of literary translation

A conversation with Edith Grossman about her book Why Translation Matters and the challenges facing the literary translator in America.

Also posted in English Language | Tagged Argentina, colombia, Don Quixote, edith grossman, Hernan Iglesias Illa, Spanish, translation, translators, Why Translation Matters | 10 Comments

Error-Free E-books Will Come “When Cars Can Drive Themselves”

Why are there so many damn errors in e-books? One frustrated reader sought answers from a prominent digital publisher and two conversion houses.

Also posted in Digital | Tagged Aptara, copyediting, e-book format, E-books, grammar, Jouve, Lisa Alther, Open Road Media, quality control | 23 Comments

Bad Decisions, Worse Luck: How Borders Blew It

Firing its community relations coordinators, handing Amazon its web site, “category management”…Why 2001 was the beginning of the end for Borders

Also posted in Editorial | Tagged Amazon, bankruptcy, Barnes & Noble, bookselling, bookstores, Borders, chain bookstores, USA | 11 Comments

Publishing in India Today: 19,000 Publishers, 90,000 Titles, Many Opportunities

India’s publishing industry faces rising challenges for editorial departments, new business models for distribution, and the rise of agenting in India.

Also posted in Growth Markets | Tagged bookscan, bookselling, digital skills, distribution, editors, Flipkart, German Book Office, India, Indian publishers, InfiBeam, ISBN, literary agents, statistics | 8 Comments

The New Midlist: Self-published E-book Authors Who Earn a Living

The author's husband, Michael J. Sullivan has earned a respectable living self-publishing e-books...

Everyone knows the superstars of self-publishing, but there are numerous others earning a living, selling foreign rights, and being courted by traditional publishers.

Also posted in Digital | Tagged Amanda Hocking, Amazon, author royalties, authors, e-book sales, E-books, foreign rights, Joe Konrath, John Locke, Michael J. Sullivan, midlist, self published authors, self publishing | 100 Comments

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