By Susan Danziger, CEO of DailyLit.com and Founder of The Publishing Point I realized several years ago that I lived in two worlds. As the founder of DailyLit, I met with cutting-edge entrepreneurs (such as the founders of Twitter and Foursquare) who were pursuing dreams that others thought crazy. And then there was the other world of established executives at …
The Digital Innovator Interviews: James Bridle on E-books, Google, and “The Long Prose Curse”
The latest in our series of interviews with digital innovators from the UK features James Bridle — a publisher, e-book evangelist and literary entrepreneur.
How Can Traditional Publishers Benefit from More Experimentation?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story features an interview with digital innovator James Bridle, a man who says that what he does primarily is “experiment” with books. The results have been telling — some failures, which he’s reluctant to discuss, but many notable victories — not the least of which is his recent production of a 12-volume historiography of the …
If E-books Have No Physical Form, What Defines them as Books?
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story James Bridle suggests, “The book — by which I mean long-form text, in any format — is not a physical thing, but a temporal one.” It is, in essence, a commitment of one’s time to having a particular experience dictated by an “author” — whomever or whatever that may be. As e-books challenge …
What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness
By James Bridle LONDON: When Allen Lane produced the popular paperback in 1934, his breakthrough was not in the creation of the paperback — they had had been around in various, if poor quality, formats for a number of years. His innovation was recognizing a novel context in which people were reading, or wanting to read. The legend goes that …
James Bridle Explores the Bookshops of Mexico City
By Edward Nawotka UK publisher and internet entrepreneur James Bridle recently made a side trip to Mexico City following his appearance at the SXSW conference in Texas. He blogged this week about his time there visiting the bookstores, including Atrio, LibrerÃa Pegaso, and MUCA Roma, among others… I walked a lot (in one very small area of the central city), …