E-Books and Interactive Publishing
July 18, 2016 at 9:02 am
In an earlier blog post I made the statement that in the age of open education resources (OER), curation, not content, will be king. My thesis was that the sheer abundance of available content -- some produced by for-profit publishers and some from other sources -- reduces its value. The real providers of value, I…
July 14, 2016 at 1:23 pm
U.K.-based Novellic is tackling the dual challenges of book discovery and connecting with like-minded individuals through its newly launched book club app. It's part meetup tool for users to organize book club meetings and book recommendation platform where different clubs can review and share their latest reads. The app launched on the UK App Store…
July 12, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Yesterday the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its annual Statshot report for 2015, tracking the net revenue of the U.S. book market. While overall publishing revenue remained flat, decreasing 0.6% from 2014 to $27.78 billion, the AAP painted a positive picture of the year-end results. Sales of print formats, particularly in trade publishing, increased,…
July 11, 2016 at 11:32 am
Even though they’re gaining momentum I’ve never been a big fan of audiobooks. Amazon, of course, owns the market with both Audible and Brilliance. Although it didn’t receive a lot fanfare last week, Audible introduced one of the most interesting and long overdue services that I’ve seen in a long time. I’m talking about Audible…
July 1, 2016 at 10:23 am
The video below is excerpted from the recent Book Business webinar, “Publishers: It’s About Innovation!” The full webinar is available on-demand here. According to Sourcebooks CEO and publisher Dominique Raccah (and many entrepreneurs that have cut their teeth in the startup world) the key to innovation is iteration. And not enough book publishers are embracing…
June 30, 2016 at 12:50 pm
This webinar will discuss the factors affecting scholarly publishing workflows and what publishers need to know to stay ahead.
June 29, 2016 at 2:33 pm
The digital revolution is “absolutely” not over, Sara Lloyd, digital and communications director at Pan Macmillan has said, while arguing that there is “no room for complacency in our industry”. Speaking at The Bookseller’s Marketing and Publicity Conference today (28th June), Lloyd argued that the publishing industry needs to expand its horizons and keep pushing…
June 27, 2016 at 2:32 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 27, 2016 — Publishers’ revenues were down Jan. 2016, compared to Jan. 2015. Trade publishing had double-digit declines in Childrens/YA Books and Adult Books, while Religious Presses had modest gains. Notably, ebook sales had another steep decline with reporting publisher sales declining nearly 25%, compared to Jan. 2015. Big Picture Data:…
June 27, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Readers are legitimately confused as they try to understand the future of the book in the digital world. They somehow know that the inexorable advance of technology will likely eventually render the printed book obsolete, at least for many of the uses that it sees today. Indeed, the elimination or suppression of the book (often…
June 27, 2016 at 8:31 am
Did you make the same mistake I did and assume that podcasts are yesterday’s platform, that interest in them has plateaued (at best), and that they’re not worth thinking about today? If so, here’s a short article that might help you re-think your stance. If you’re still not convinced have a look at the infographic…
