For indie authors, it can be harder to sell print books than ebooks. But, there are a number of opportunities and methods authors can use to sell print books, and even get their books into bookstores. Holly Brady outlines tips for authors when approaching bookstores. This includes working with local bookstores, working with POD services not related to Amazon, and how best to … [Read more...] about Indie Authors: Selling Print Books and Working with Bookstores
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Bookstores Are More Than Books (Though Books Are Pretty Great)
Bookstores are great. The best thing, of course, is the fact that they're filled with books. But they're also great community spaces, and often the hosts of fun events. Last month, a fashioner designer held a runway show in the Rare Books room of The Strand, according to Yahoo!. The models held books while they walked, and the show was even inspired by a book, The Darling, … [Read more...] about Bookstores Are More Than Books (Though Books Are Pretty Great)
Pokémon Go and Book Publishing
Last week for work, I was at SIGGRAPH 2016, a conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. In addition to companies sharing their products via booths, there were a lot of panels and presentations of peer-reviewed research in graphics and techniques. Not surprisingly, a big chunk of the conference was dedicated to virtual reality (VR). One whole … [Read more...] about Pokémon Go and Book Publishing
This Week in Publishing
Oh no! Spam has made it to the Kindle! Content farms, which some people hate and think are scams and others see as a new and successful business model (think Associated Content and DemandMedia), are packaging articles in the form of multiple, "original" ebooks, selling a few copies of many ebooks for a tidy profit. I'm not sure which content farms exactly are doing this, but … [Read more...] about This Week in Publishing
12/12/10: This Week in Publishing
In Scandanavia, readers and libraries want more e-books and are getting e-books from other countries. But publishers distrust libraries, thinking they help piracy, and they are facing a dilemma with pricing and copyright protection. SCANDINAVIA: e-Book market uncertainty Even though there's a lot of news about more schools using e-textbooks, a recent study shows that … [Read more...] about 12/12/10: This Week in Publishing
12/06/10: This Week in Publishing
It has finally happened! Google launched the Google eBookstore on Monday. The bookstore is an extension of Google's book project, "an effort that began in 2004 to scan all 130 million books in the world, by Google’s estimate." Because it is cloud-based, it is an "open-ecosystem," which means consumers can buy their books once through the eBookstore, store them in a "central, … [Read more...] about 12/06/10: This Week in Publishing
