One fascinating if unresolved Digital Book World panel was Wednesday's session on Changing Author-Publisher Relationships, moderated by Simon Lipskar at Writers House. It provided an update on various publishers' efforts to engage more actively with their authors on a regular basis and better communicate the value that large-scale organizations bring…
More DBW: Learning How to Sell eBooks All Over the World
Kobo executive Michael Tamblyn provided a look at some of the challenges of taking ebooks global quickly. Among the biggest challenges has been Japan, home of their new parent company Rakuten. "We've learned a lot working in Japan," he said. "They have everything there--it's just evolved completely differently" than in…
People, Imprints, Etc.
Jonathan Lyons will join Folio Literary Management as executive director of subsidiary rights, and will also serve as the agency’s legal counsel on select issues, including contract, copyright, and estate law. He has been running his own agency and law practice. Molly Jaffa has been promoted to director of international rights,…
eNews: Sesame Workshop eBooks From Random House; Piatkus's Digital Romance Imprint; and More
Random House and Sesame Workshop launched a new digital publishing initiative this week with a number of ebooks focusing on early reading and readiness. Elmo Says Achoo! and Elmo's Breakfast Bingo are the first titles on sale, with an additional 19 titles available this Spring. "With this program, Random House…
DBW: Talking Around the Edges of Libraries and eBooks
The dialogue between publishers and libraries over the potential for ebook lending continued at DBW on Wednesday. In the panel Discovery and Libraries in an Age of Few Bookstores, librarians and their allies talked up the library as a place for publishers to make direct connections to readers, and the…
When Larry Met Jeffrey
Bloomberg Business Week's Brad Stone is working on a book about Amazon (not disclosed in the online version of next week's cover story) and we should all hope that his editors help him root his narrative more in facts than the magazine piece. Here, you "big publishers" are sitting around…
DBW: Forecasting the Future
In keeping with what Mike Shatzkin dubbed a "grand tradition," Digital Book World came to a close Wednesday with its recurring panel of executives talking about the digital present and immediate future. Managing Director Group Sales and Marketing, Print and Digital for Bloomsbury Evan Schnittman, svp Global Professional & Trade…
Do-It-Yourself-DBW Kit
Whether you were there or not, some of the Digital Book World presentations and data are available online in a variety of forms. It's very rare for us to use the phrase "must read," but Nielsen's white paper on The Link Between Metadata and Sales that accompanies president of Nielsen…
People, Etc.
University of North Carolina Press director Kate Torrey will retire this summer after 23 years at the press. She first joined in 1989 as editor-in-chief and was promoted to director in 1992. A search committee has been formed as part of the selection process for the next director. Celeste Fine…
DBW: Verso Survey Finds Less Price Resistance, More Piracy, and Shift to Tablets
As we reported in advance of DBW, Verso's survey indicates a continuing rise in ereading resisters, with over half of respondents "not at all likely" to purchase a dedicated reading device. But part of that may be due to the rising attraction of tablets, which were a separate query item.…
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- eNews: Sesame Workshop eBooks From Random House; Piatkus's Digital Romance Imprint; and More
- DBW: Talking Around the Edges of Libraries and eBooks
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