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Booktango and the Future of DIY E-book Publishing

Booktango home page

‘[W]hile everyone won’t be successful, everyone will have the opportunity to be successful,’ says Author Solutions’ Keith Ogorek of emerging self-publishers.

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What Makes a Children’s Book Great? We Have Some Answers

Scholastic CEO Dick Robinson speaks about what makes a children's book great

Publishing Perspectives’ inaugural children’s book conference offered up some fascinating answers to the question of what makes for a truly great kid’s book.

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Books Have a Bright Future, Just Not Like You Expect

Chris Rechtsteiner is already looking toward the future.

As in all things, form follows function, and the function of reading is being disrupted by convenience of consumption and construction, changing the book.

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Argentine Survey Picks Top 50 People in Spanish-Language Publishing

Daniel Divinsky, left, receiving the Cultural Career Award in Buenos Aires earlier this year.

A Buenos Aires Book Fair survey names ‘the 50 publishing professionals whose actions have had the strongest impact on their colleagues over the last years.’

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Publishers Beware! More Creative Destruction on the Way

Martin Levin

The digital transition in publishing could mean unlikely business acquisitions are in store for major publishers by tech giants like Apple.

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Discoverability and the New World of Book PR

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Tips on how authors can use existing online tools and media outreach to sell more books, from publicity experts Barbara Henricks and Rusty Shelton.

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Literary Broccoli: Why Cliches about Translations Hurt Books

Translations should not be fed to readers like "literary broccoli"

Michael Stein argues that translations shouldn’t be treated as ‘literary broccoli’ or armchair travel, and that doing so is counterproductive.

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

binary digital globe

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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Why James Daunt Feels Waterstones is “Desperately Vulnerable”

James Daunt, Waterstones MD

In a revealing interview, Waterstones MD James Daunt discusses why Amazon worries him so much, his admiration for Barnes & Noble and the Nook, and much more.

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