Michael Wolf

On Forbes, Michael Wolf has an article looking at four ways to avoid the “Amazon tax,” the 30% agent fee (or 65% if your book’s price falls outside a certain range) that Amazon takes for selling a self-published book. Wolf notes that some authors are famous enough on their own that they drive many sales [...]

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GigaOM, the leading independent voice on emerging technologies and the disruption of media, today announced the launch of its digital book publishing imprint, GigaOM Books. In keeping with GigaOM editorial coverage and GigaOM Pro research, GigaOM Books publishes e-books about the people, technologies and trends shaping the evolution of technology and media. "GigaOM has always been at forefront of new publishing models," said Michael Wolf, vice president, GigaOM. "We have a heritage in digital publishing and a crack

Does three make a trend? In recent months, both former Gawker editor Emily Gould and GigaOm’s Michael Wolf launched their own e-book ventures. Now Lifehacker editor Jason Chen has left Gawker Media to launch an e-bookstore of his own, StoryBundle.

Looking to practice what he preaches about digital media, Michael Wolf, v-p of research at GigaOM, a technology news and analysis blog, has launched Bstsllr.com, an e-book publishing house specializing in crime and mystery fiction. The house released an anthology, , in October and plans a new anthology of East coast crime writers in Spring 2012. GigaOM is a technology blog founded by tech writer Om Malik in 2006. Looking to compete with analytics firms like Forrester Research, GigaOM hired Wolf as media analyst in 2009. In addition to writing about digital media, Wolf also helps run the GigaOM

In a move he describes as akin to “having your own minor-league baseball team,” Michael Wolf, GigaOm’s VP research, is launching his own digital publishing imprint, BSTSLLR. (In response, several minor-league baseball teams are dropping all vowels from their team names.) GigaOm CEO Paul Walborsky has long been a fan of Kevin Kelly’s “1,000 true fans” principle, the idea that an artist needs 1,000 true fans, “who will purchase anything and everything you produce,” to succeed. Wolf believes that principle can be multiplied for a short story collection.