Our weekly roundup takes in Cory Doctorow’s conversion to data evangelism, reaction to Patterson’s wake up publishing ads, BEA’s silly cupcake promo and more.
Book Marketing Q&A: Publishing Consultant Ted Hill Talks Data
Ted Hill, a speaker at our Reaching Readers Book Marketing Conference, previews his talk on how marketers can turn data into action and strategy.
Ether for Authors: Data Deluge
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.
Bookish.com Launches, Applies Big Data to Book Discovery
By incorporating trillions of calculations, Bookish.com, the new online bookstore financed by Hachette, Penguin and S&S, promises to apply Big Data to book discovery.
Let’s Go, Let’s Improvise!: Berlin Publishers Forum Preview
Klopotek’s 9th Publishers’ Forum starts Monday in Berlin and will address topics ranging from ONIX to agile workflows to content first business strategies.
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
Abu Dhabi Training, Day 3: Towards a Data-Driven Industry
Salwa Shakhshir, a children’s publisher from Jordan, on her third day of publishers training in Abu Dhabi, covers organizational restructuring.
Online Bookselling in Germany: Word-of-mouth vs. Online Search
By Amanda DeMarco For a small publisher, getting titles onto bookstore shelves is a crucial challenge, to say nothing of gaining attention for them once they’re there. For customers, book buying can be an overwhelming experience. Tubuk, an online bookstore for independent publishers, aims to take the pain out of both. Independent publisher Andreas Freitag launched the German online community …