Digital Pubbing

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Finding Books and Other Content To Read

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Reading is an interactive and magical experience. Here are some sources to find books and other things to read: Book Boon: Download free ebooks and textbooks. Free Ebook Foundation / Unglue.it: Free ebooks. Gluejar: "In the business of advancing internet infrastructure for libraries, publishers, researchers, and readers of all types." Book Mooch: Give away … [Read more...] about Finding Books and Other Content To Read

Privacy in the Digital World

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A couple years ago, there were a lot of articles being shared online about how ereaders/tablets were "watching" their readers. In the digital age, privacy is a legitimate concern. In addition to hackers, companies collect and track data from their users/customers, and there's also concerns over how much the government sees. There's definitely a trade-off between convenience … [Read more...] about Privacy in the Digital World

App Zine Machine, An Easy Way for Indie Authors to Publish Magazine Apps

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When it comes to digital publishing, indie authors have endless options. In addition to ebooks, authors can produce blogs, podcasts, and even digital magazine apps. One new platform that makes it easy for users to publish magazines is App Zine Machine. Created by App Clover, LLC, a resource in the mobile app market, App Zine Machine launched after 21 months in … [Read more...] about App Zine Machine, An Easy Way for Indie Authors to Publish Magazine Apps

Webinar: Bridging the Digital Revenue Gap; Semantic Strategies for Fueling Sales and Marketing

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Recently I attended an online seminar by Aptara, Bridging the Digital Revenue Gap, that focused on the benefits of semantic strategies. Semantics focuses on the meaning of words. For example, the word orange can mean a color or a fruit. According to the webinar, "with semantic technologies, content can more easily be found extracted combined reused monetized" Here is … [Read more...] about Webinar: Bridging the Digital Revenue Gap; Semantic Strategies for Fueling Sales and Marketing

Books in Browsers 2013

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I went to my second Books in Browsers last week (see last year's recap day 1 and recap day 2), and was not disappointed! For those who many not know, Books in Browsers is "a small summit for the new generation of internet publishing companies, focusing on developers and designers who are building and launching tools for online storytelling, expression, and art." It takes place … [Read more...] about Books in Browsers 2013

Infographic: The Life & Times of the Travel Guidebook

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Cheap Flights has made an excellent infographic about travel guidebooks. The graphic looks at the history of the guidebook, from its inception as travel manuscripts in the first century, to its online existence today. Nothing is mentioned about e-books, but I suppose travel guidebooks are much more webby, since people use social media and review sites to figure out where to go … [Read more...] about Infographic: The Life & Times of the Travel Guidebook

The Coming of Age of E-Textbooks?

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I'm not as familiar with what's going on with e-textbooks, but there seems to have been a lot of exciting developments recently. One thing I often hear about e-textbooks is that, despite the expectation that young people, particularly college students, would be the first to eagerly adopt all things digital, most students don't like e-textbooks as much as physical books. The … [Read more...] about The Coming of Age of E-Textbooks?

Digital Content: Where are publishers investing and what challenges will they need to overcome?

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I've been really in to webinars lately. I think part of it is I've been finding a lot free webinars that discuss either various aspects of the publishing industry or entrepreneurship. (Although the webinars on metadata were not free, but I think it's important to learn and understand as much about metadata as possible). Anyway, today's webinar was on an Innodata survey … [Read more...] about Digital Content: Where are publishers investing and what challenges will they need to overcome?

Speed Dating: An Overview of 9 Innovative Digital Publishing Companies and Products

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The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) held a Digital Show and Tell last week at BEA. This consisted of 15 new companies, split up in to two groups, giving five minute pitches to attendees. It's basically speed dating, but for digital publishing. Each session lasted long enough that all attendees could hear each of the pitches, and then at the end of the group they voted for the … [Read more...] about Speed Dating: An Overview of 9 Innovative Digital Publishing Companies and Products

BookExpo America 2012

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This year's BEA was exciting, and well, a little tiring. Next week I'll be posting some of my highlights of the show, but for now I'd like to share a couple interesting tidbits. At this year's show there were 1300 exhibitors and 22,365 industry professionals. This year was also the first time the largest publishing conference in North America opened up to the public, meaning … [Read more...] about BookExpo America 2012

Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold #2

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Last night's meeting for Present Tense, Future Bold featured guest speaker Rick Joyce, the chief marketing officer of Perseus Books. Perseus is a publisher and a printer/distributor for over 300 indie publishers. According to Rick the digital transition happened distinctly in each industry (music, books, etc.), and was not monolithic. But, the future of print books may not … [Read more...] about Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold #2

DBW12 – What publishing can learn from the romance genre

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The romance genre is an interesting one. Of all the genres, it sells the most ebooks, probably because you can read a romance book with some privacy on an ereader. The romance panel had some interesting insights into ebook publishing, which I think other publishers can learn from and apply to their own companies. The panel consisted of Lori James, Founding Partner and Chief … [Read more...] about DBW12 – What publishing can learn from the romance genre