Posted in Authors, Blogging, Books, Bookselling, How To, Podcasts, Publishing, Writer on September 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
So the wordpress folks offered up a wonderful addition to the service: Odeo Embeds
This is really a great resource not least because there are some incredible podcasts available on Odeo. First out of the gate I should say that you simply won’t have time to listen to them all so pick with care, if the [...]
Posted in Authors, Books, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Publishing, e-publishing, ebooks on September 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Turning Tides
The SnowBooks chairman (introduced as just Rob which is nice) has an excellent post on snowblog today. It basically takes the major attacks on e-readers and turns them on their heads. Some points are nicely made too, like:
Complaint: You’ll never get rid of paper books completely.
Answer: Sure. Of course. Why would you? But even [...]
Posted in Authors, Blogging, Books, Bookselling, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Print, Publishing, e-publishing, ebooks on September 25, 2006 | No Comments »
Comics On the Web
The International Herald Tribune has a fascinating article today about comics and how the web and digitisation is revolutionising the industry. The most interesting section up front is this:
What Rosenberg is calling the “quiet revolution,” the digital impact on previously print-only content, reflects similar pressures on other traditional media. Comic books, which [...]
Posted in Blogging, Books, Bookselling, Ottakars, Publishing on September 25, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Well this is interesting. The e-mail below dropped into my inbox the other day and I thought I would throw it up for people to see and have them visit the site too:
Hi i came across your blog. I am working on putting together a means of
communication for ottakars staff via www.myspace.com/ottakars.
My idea is to [...]
Posted in Agents, Authors, Blogging, Books, Bookselling, Business, Buzzmachine, Find of the Month, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Jay Rosen, Jeff Jarvis, Journalism, Media & News, News, Publishing, Publishing Innovation, Writer, e-publishing, ebooks on September 22, 2006 | 5 Comments »
The news doesn’t look too good for print news. If you have read many of my posts on this topic you will know that I don’t fully buy the whole print will die thing. Radio has not gone anywhere. Sure it’s not the force it was at it height but it still makes money and [...]
Posted in Books, Publishing on September 21, 2006 | No Comments »
Whoo Hoo!
I won some books. I happened across a post by Emma Barnes at SnowBooks only moments after she posted it and I was able to win two new books. I have not read either but they both look great and I cannot wait to get stuck in.
The Books
How Very Interesting: Peter Cook’s Universe and [...]
Posted in Books, Bookselling, Business, Google Book Search, Librarians, Publishing on September 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Richard Charkin’s goal is to begin discussion and his recent guest post from Susan Hill, author and part-time publisher, certainly did that.
Here
It seems sometimes that massive change is literally imminent. Amazon play with an e-reader. Distribution and not Content is apparently king/queen. But I think Seth Godin’s blog has a sobering view.
Here
I have been an [...]
Posted in Agents, Authors, Blogging, Books, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, How To, Publishing, Publishing Innovation on September 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well that was the week when:
Friday, September 15th 2006: A-TONE-ment
Thursday, September 14th 2006: For the Doubters
Monday, September 11th 2006: How The Hell Do I Get Published?
Phew! What a week,
Eoin
Posted in Authors, Blogging, Books, Bookselling, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, General, Publishing, Publishing Innovation on September 15, 2006 | No Comments »
The power that be told me I had to re-read in detail both my posts and the comments and to think before I responded in future. And the power had a point> I think I may have taken something from nock’s point that wasn’t there!
Fair cop! I am sorry. I think we are more [...]
Posted in Agents, Authors, Blogging, Books, Bookselling, Business, Publishing, Submissions, Writer, Writing on September 14, 2006 | 9 Comments »
I know you are out there!
I also know many of you really disliked the tone of my recent post on how to get published. One of the more pessimistic comments I got said:
I know many writers (self included ) who have judiciously followed every one of your steps - and still remain unpublished. [...]
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