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Amazon Acquires Goodreads, Twitter Shock Ensues
Amazon.com announced that it would acquire Goodreads, a social networking site for readers. Publishers and readers reacted with a range of emotion from joy to anger.
Ether for Authors: Book Campground
Porter Anderson’s weekly curation of the best of the Web for authors covers Sunday’s Book^2 Camp, previews O’Reilly’s TOC, asks if self-pub the new slush pile, and much more.
Publishers Launch Frankfurt…By the Tweet
Read the narrative that came out of Publishers Launch Frankfurt today, 140 characters at a time.
What Can Trade Publishers Learn from Fanfiction?
Fanfiction offers an alternative publishing model for community engagement, online interaction and the book business, argues Anna von Veh of NZ’s Say Books.
What Makes a Children’s Book Great?
The theme of Publishing Perspectives’ inaugural children’s book conference is ‘What Makes a Children’s Book Great.’ Follow the event on Twitter at #PPKids.
LBF 2012: “Listen and Respond” on Social Media
A panel on social media at the London Book Fair tells publishers they can’t afford not be engaged on various social media platforms.
SURVEY: What Tool Is Most Effective for Promoting Your Book?
Social media, press releases, flash sales, book reviews, speaking engagements…which tools have worked best for you in getting the word out about your book?
What Comes First, the Platform or the Book?
Conventional wisdom says that first you build a platform and then you write a book. But what if you want to do it the other way around? Is one way best?
Goodreads’ CEO on Winning the Battle of Book Discovery
After analyzing 5,750,000 books on Goodreads, Otis Chandler shares his insights on the evolving nature of book discovery. The short version: once isn’t enough.