How Hybrid Publishers Innovate To Succeed
The publishing industry has been challenged by the online sales success of Amazon, the rise of eBooks, print-on-demand and most recently by self-publishing. Though the overall unit sales and book revenues for traditional publishing held up in 2012, pricing wars have accelerated. The 2013 holiday season, for example, saw bestsellers like John Grisham's Sycamore Row discounted (in eBook form) all the way down to $3.29, as Porter Anderson notes in his story on eBook pricing.
I have written extensively on author and library reactions to this disruption, but the publishing industry itself is also morphing.
- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- The New York Times
- USA Today
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