Articles by Porter Anderson

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Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson is a non-resident fellow of Trends Research & Advisory, and he has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As an arts critic (National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.

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Ether for Authors: The Establishment Snipes Back

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonApril 22, 2013

Porter Anderson follows the post-London Book Fair buzz covering self-publishers at the event, fights over the value of legacy publishers, literary agents, and more.

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Ether for Authors: A Mighty Metaphor Is Our Industry

In Tech Digest by Porter AndersonApril 15, 2013

Porter Anderson assesses the Digital Minds Conference at the London Book Fair, where metaphors were in vogue, the end of copyright debated, and speed was the word of the day.

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Ether for Authors: Who Is Pitching Whom?

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonApril 8, 2013

This week in author buzz, Porter Anderson digests the Writer’s Digest Conference, takes on chicken littles in the biz, and considers what B&N might do about showrooming.

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Ether for Authors: Data Deluge

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonMarch 25, 2013

Porter Anderson’s roundup of Web buzz looks at the deluge of data coming out of confabs in Italy, B&Ns battle with S&S, Sebastian Posth’s German analytics, and much more.

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Ether for Authors: Rumors of the ISBN’s Demise

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonMarch 18, 2013

Porter Anderson’s weekly round-up of Web buzz for authors takes on the fate of the ISBN, the idea of the author platform, the prospects for used ebooks, and more.

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Ether for Authors: Looking for AWP’s Leadership

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonMarch 11, 2013

Porter Anderson’s recap of publishing buzz eviscerates AWP’s poor leadership, covers SFWA’s battle with Random’s new contracts, Richard Nash’s defense of literature and more.

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Ether for Authors: AWP’s Boston Foray, B&N’s Travails, McEwan’s Doubts

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonMarch 4, 2013

Porter Anderson’s weekly round-up of writerly buzz from around the web previews this week’s AWP conference in Boston, B&N’s bad news, Ian McEwan’s doubts about fiction and more.

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Ether for Authors: The Stay-Seated Writers’ Conference

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonFebruary 25, 2013

Porter Anderson’s curation of publishing buzz takes in the IndieReCon virtual conference, questions B&N’s future, and looks at buying your way to the top of the bestseller lists.

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Ether for Authors: Framing #FutureFoyles in London

In What's the Buzz by Porter AndersonFebruary 18, 2013

Porter Anderson’s weekly round-up of publishing buzz offers a first-hand account of last week’s Foyles meetings to imagine the “bookshop of the future,” looks at O’Reilly’s Author (R)Evoution Day and more.

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