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A Collaborative Solution To Grow The Reading Market
A conference hosted by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) prompted me to think about growing the…
Not Just Books: What Publishers Need To Do As The Reading Market Expands
In October, I attended the fourth iteration of “Books in Browsers”, a conference organized by…
Ignoring Change: Traditional Publishers Unprepared For The New Era Of Independent Publishing
Over the course of the last two months, something akin to a food fight has…
So Many Perspectives On “The Future Of The Book.” What Do You Think?
You don’t have to walk very far to bump into someone offering an assessment of…
Library metadata illustrates publishing’s indifference
As noted earlier, I’ve been working with the Book Industry Study Group to study the…
Collusion and Business Models Are Not the Same
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice decided to sue several publishers and an…
Thinking More Broadly About Digital Exports
In the last year-plus, Livres Canada Books commissioned us to research and write two research…
Solving Problems That Pre-Date Browsers
Yesterday, Digital Book World featured a guest post by Chris Rechtsteiner, chief strategist for Blue…
Techdirt Challenges Piracy Orthodoxy
You may be wondering why I didn’t jump all over the announcement that Macmillan was…