Category Archives: Industry Research
Literary agencies and ebook publishing: fad or future?
Many moons ago, I wondered whether literary agents would thrive or be cast adrift in the ever-shifting waters of the publishing industry. With the emergence of a vast array of … Continue reading
Lessons from Gilbane: Part 1
Where would you find a CEO belting out karaoke of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (the lyrics swapped out with intentionally nauseating tech buzzwords), the creator of something … Continue reading
RelationShops: The reaction to advertising and editorial overlap in magazine publishing
Yesterday, Appazoogle guest blogger Rivkela Brodsky wrote about how the line between advertising and editorial content is becoming blurred with the prevalence of ecommerce partnerships between magazines and advertisers. Today, in … Continue reading
RelationShops: More magazines look to ecommerce partnerships with advertisers to survive
This post is the first part of a two-part essay discussing the ecommerce initiatives of major magazines. Getting your hands on the clothing, shoes, jewelry, furniture, and more featured in the pages … Continue reading
Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: Veni, vidi, whoa.
*For a crash course in how the sale of foreign rights works, please scroll to the bottom. “You’re going to want to take a vow of silence for a week … Continue reading
The consumer/reader divide
*5/15: As of last week, seventeen more states have joined the amended suit against Apple and the “Agency Five” publishers. As a voracious reader of literary fiction—and more than my … Continue reading
Content IS king
Remember when Apple was a technology company, Google a search and advertising company, and Amazon an online retailer? Those were the days. Granted, Apple hasn’t opened a publishing division (yet), … Continue reading
Digital kids
I normally don’t find the world of children to be particularly compelling, but even I have to admit that being a kid in the digital age is increasingly a pretty … Continue reading
The future is here: AI toys and Google virtual reality glasses
In the past, I’ve been consistently optimistic with regard to the turbulence generated by the digital revolution. Let’s update reading, I’ve been saying; let’s enhance it and glitz it up … Continue reading
Booktrack: Adding a new dimension to the reading experience
Lately I have been indulging in the act of reading to music. This is something I do sparingly, not because I dislike music but because I want to appreciate raw … Continue reading
My fair Google
By now most people have heard of the infamous Google Books Project and Google Library Project, as well as the subsequent—and still ongoing—lawsuits (the first, by the Association of American … Continue reading
Amazon’s ebook initiatives in Japan face resistance
When it came to my attention that Japanese publishers trust Amazon just as much as their American counterparts do (in other words, barely…if at all) I had to hide a … Continue reading
Could Jellybooks be the answer to discoverability woes?
A hot word in the publishing industry these days is discoverability. With the increasing amounts of content (or in this particular discussion, tons and tons of books) on the web, … Continue reading
A history lesson for today’s paperback
By EMILY PICILLO Whatever happened to the Beatles’ paperback writer? It might be the bibliophile in me, but “Paperback Writer” has always been my favorite Beatles ditty. A struggling writer’s plea. … Continue reading
