The term ‘e-book’ distinguishes format, but it may also be prejudicial in so far as it has come to equate “cheap and ephemeral” with books to many consumers.
Intrínseca, Other Top Brazilian Publishers Embrace E-books
Some of the world’s bestsellers are finally available to Brazilian readers as e-books, just in time for Christmas.
Casa del Libro: A Front Runner in Race for Spain’s Digital Readers
Casa del Libro confronts global competitors over e-books and online bookselling with home turf advantage in Spain.
Transmedia: A New World of Opportunity for Authors and Publishers
This series on digital publishing is sponsored by Digital Book World, January 23-25, 2012. Enter discount code PUBPER12 at checkout to save $200 off the registration rate. By Javier Celaya As a writer in the 21st century, I am rather curious as to the different opportunities transmedia storytelling has to offer in the process of creating a work. Which multimedia …
What Would You Do to Save Borders?
By Edward Nawotka It always seems like drama surrounds the big digital publishing conferences. In January 2010, attendees at the first annual Digital Book World eagerly awaited the announcement of the iPad. This year at Tools of Change in New York people have greeted the official announcement that Borders Book Group has filed for bankruptcy with a variety of reactions, …
How to Sell More Books with Metadata
By Hannah Johnson What if you could tag your books with regional codes so that booksellers know when a local author’s book is coming out? What if online book retailers could display media mentions, excerpts, and external links for the books they sell? What if a simple search on Facebook for an author could return the dates of the author’s …
The CEO Panel Drinking Game–At a Conference Near You
By Erin L. Cox As Digital Book World comes to a close, I looked back at the Twitter feed to catch up on the news from sessions I missed, remind myself of the salient points from the panels I did attend, and to chuckle at the snarky comments. Yesterday, one of the main stage panels was “A CEO’s View of …
Survey: E-book Usage in Publishing
By Hannah Johnson Inspired by the presentations and discussions at Digital Book World, Publishing Perspectives has created a short survey on e-books for the folks who work in publishing. Please take a minute to answer the questions below. We’ll post the results shortly! Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool.
Bold Predictions: Half of US Publishers Expect E-books to Be Dominant Format by 2014
By Edward Nawotka NEW YORK: Facts and figures about the e-book business remain elusive. So anyone who can provide some concrete data is a welcome guest at any publishing conference. On Tuesday, James McQuivey, a research analyst at Forrester, served up several intriguing data points as part of the Digital Book World conference taking place in New York this week. Forrester’s …
Take Advantage of Our Early Bird Rate for Digital Book World
By Erin L. Cox The second annual Digital Book World has set its dates for January 24-26, 2011 in New York City at The Sheraton Hotel & Towers. This year’s conference brings programming that will offer actionable strategies for success in the digital age for all areas of publishing–editorial, marketing, business development, digital, designers, production, and sales. From new research …