By Hannah Johnson The best of social media and the blogosphere… Publishing industry consultant Mike Shatzkin of the Idea Logical company blogged about how the digital transition is different for trade publishers vs. other types of publishers. It’s a preview of a larger project he promises to reveal in the next couple weeks that will enumerate exactly why trade publishers, …
Bonus Material: Book Buzz from the Social Media-o-Sphere
By Hannah Johnson Welcome to Book Buzz, our look at the publishing news that is circulating on the blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook and other social media. First on the radar over the last few days is, of course, the Kindle. Rumors are flying that Apple is on the offensive against Amazon and plans to launch its own. Some readers wonder whether …
Top US/UK Trade Talk: B&N’s New Ebook Store, Copyright Earns $$$
By Edward Nawotka The big retailing news so far this month in the US has been the launch of Barnes & Noble’s ebook store, which will offer 700,000 titles for sale (a half million of those are public domain titles via Google). By comparison, Amazon offers approximately 300,000 titles, but does not break out public domain works. In conjunction with …