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Amazon Encore Signs JA Konrath
Amazon Encore the publishing imprint of the internet retailer has signed a deal with JA Konrath to publish his next ‘Jack’ Daniel title, Shaken. This is pretty big news, as Mike Shatzkin points out: this is a significant jolt to conventional publishing economics. Sales of Konrath’s $2.99 ebook will deliver him about $2.10 a copy… Continue reading
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Digital Book World
photo credit: brew ha ha I’ll be travelling for the next two weeks. I was invited to speak on a panel at Digital Book World, an amazing and exciting conference on digital change in the world of Trade Publishing, in New York City on Tuesday 26th. I’ve decided to hang around for the second day… Continue reading
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www.IrishPublishingNews.com Launches
Last month I announced that I had rolled out an experimental service aggregating news links for Irish Publishing. Today, after much meddling and experimenting, I finally pushed Irish Publishing News to its own site: https://www.IrishPublishingNews.com I liked the experimenting and I’ve figured out a few things while I was at it: 1) There are less… Continue reading
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Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 11/12/2009
Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews to close. Frankly I find this a little strange. Even spinning them off might have been better, though survival on their own would have been pretty unlikely without serious reorganization and a fundamental rethinking of the business models. Here Canongate is profiled in the Wall Street Journal, that Jamie… Continue reading
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