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FutureBook conference - programme live

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 12:14

This is my final push to encourage you to book onto the conference. The process of putting this conference together has been challenging to say the least. It’s almost become a cliché to say that the publishing industry is at a pivotal moment, but change and disruption seem to be the only constants this year. Read more »

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Just say no - but not always

Submitted by Simon Rosenheim on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 18:19

It's hard saying no. And also possibly counter-intuitive. But if I had a pound for every time I've said something along the lines of, "actually, I don't think your book, An Illustrated History of Central Uzbekistani Cookery will be a very commercial eBook/ePub/iBook/App", then I'd be more profitable than your average illustrated publisher. Read more »

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Advantage Amazon As Apple Fans Get Angry

Submitted by steveemecz on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 19:06

In a week where Apple fans have got angry on the blogs, Amazon appeared to have scored lots of points in the small tablet war. However, dig a little deeper and it was not necessarily the high price tag on the iPad mini that seemed to irk the loyal Apple fans, but the news that their shiny new iPad 3 will be obsolete within a few months with the launch of the iPad 4.

It will be interesting to see how far the innovative manufacturer can stretch the patience of their fans. Have they gone one step too far this time? Read more »

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FutureBook Innovation Awards shortlist announcement

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 16:39

I am delighted to announce the FutureBook Innovation awards shortlist. I'm also very pleased to announce our awards sponsors are Kobo.

We received 221 entries from 19 different countries. As well as the UK and US, entries have come from far and wide, including: Israel, Norway, Australia, Croatia, India, South Africa, Singapore, Germany and more. Read more »

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Whodunnit: Amazon, DRM and VAT

Submitted by Philip Jones on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 17:20

In publishing's own version of Cluedo, who or what is the biggest villain? Read more »

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The Road to Discoverability Part 1 – Metadata, SEO and Serendipity

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 19:52

I was asked to chair a panel at Tools of Change conference last week on Discoverability and it was a theme that emerged time and again across the whole of Frankfurt Book Fair. I thought I’d share the research I did beforehand with links to useful articles.   Read more »

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Ebook publishing platforms are a joke

Submitted by Baldur Bjarnason on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 13:38

Over the last few months I’ve been preparing the launch of my ebook publishing experiment and taking notes on the process.

Studio Tendra, the first publishing experiment itself was launched a couple of weeks ago and, Heartpunk, the first book series, is off on a good start.

The first issue became obvious very early on and my experience over the first few weeks confirms it: existing ebook publishing platforms are a joke. Read more »

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Brightline, Big City

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 11:03

News comes out of New York overnight that Brightline, yet another new publisher, has entered the e-book market. Read more »

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State of play in Italy.

Submitted by Salvatore Nascarella on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 09:54

According to AIE (the Italian Publishers Association), in Italy e-books represent 4.4% of all the titles published, accounting for a total of 13 million Euro in 2011. This data, presented at the 2012 edition of the Turin International Book Fair, seems encouraging, but the e-book sales revenue is still only the 1% of the total of trade turnover. Read more »

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What publishing can learn from the fate of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Submitted by Alastair Horne on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 16:49

It was at Frankfurt last year, on a Tools of Change panel with Brian O’Leary and Sheila Bounford, that I first started wittering on about the Austro-Hungarian Empire and how publishing should learn from its demise. Read more »

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