Lasse Winkler, editor of Svensk Bokhandel (The Swedish Bookseller), spoke to Ed Nawotka about the current state of the e-book market in Sweden, as well as the implications of North American publishers selling English-language e-books abroad. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU-uLFyagHI
BEA Video Interviews: Marcello Gioia, Copia, Brazil and Latin America
Marcello Gioia of Copia talks with Ed Nawotka about the launch of Copia’s social reading platform both in Brazil and Latin America, as well as the launch of the iPad in Brazil. Gioia expects there to be 1 million reading devices in Brazil by the end of the year, despite higher prices both for devices and e-books. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHfFh1NUtQs
BEA Video Interviews: Ted Hill, Publishing Consultant
By Edward Nawotka “The question I’m trying to answer is the same everyone is trying to answer: what does the shift from print to digital publishing mean in terms of sales and marketing infrastructure and the systems you need to support it. What I’m telling my clients is they need to figure out what to do when retailers cut down …
BEA Video Interviews: Erik Rigters, eBook.nl
By Edward Nawotka In this short film, Erik Rigters of eBook.nl discusses the Dutch e-book market. He says: “In general, we can be said to be about two years behind the United States. We have 50% of of the bestsellers and about 5,000 titles in total. In general, the resistance from Dutch publishers is gone — publishers know it is …
BEA Video Interviews: Oren Teicher, CEO, American Booksellers Association
“We have to make sure our customers don’t go somewhere because we can’t respond to their needs.” By Edward Nawotka “There is nothing like browsing in a physical bookstore. That is something you can’t replace,” said Oren Teicher, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, at BookExpo America on Monday. In this brief interview he goes on to discuss the growth of …
CES 2011: Video Interview with Bookeen Cofounder Laurent Picard
By Hannah Johnson At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Publishing Perspectives was on the lookout for book-related companies, and we stopped by the Bookeen booth to look at their e-readers and talk about the business they did at CES. Take a look at our full-length video interview for a closer look at the Bookeen e-readers and their …
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.
The Digital Innovators: Iain Millar of Quercus
Ian Millar of Quercus features the latest installment of our profiles of digital innovators from the UK.
The Digital Innovators: Henry Volans of Faber Digital
The third in our series of video interviews with digital innovators from the UK features a discussion with Henry Volans, head of digital development at Faber.
The Digital Innovators: Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions
Here, Peter Collingridge discusses his career, his outlook for Enhanced Editions, and his vision for the future of the ebook.