Barnes & Noble is pressing the strategic advantage that they say their physical stores bring to sales of Nook and will roll-out 1,000-square-foot demonstration Nook boutiques across their stores, starting this summer. The NYT says the new boutiques will be adjacent to their in-store cafe’s. The company says they will take space away from their […]
Archives for July 2010
People
Octopus in the UK will cut 19 people and another 10 have accepted “voluntary redundancy,” the Bookseller reports, comprising almost 30 percent of the staff of 104 people. At Yale University Press, Ileene Smith has been promoted to executive editor-at-large; Tim Shea has been promoted to editor of foreign languages; and Laura Davulis has been […]
Today’s Threat: Jackalope Envisions Life As A Full-Time Publisher
Reporting from our Ice-Skating in the Netherworld Department is the latest jackalicious threat from Andrew Wylie: that if publishers don’t negotiate acceptable erights royalties his Odyssey will “make itself available to other agents,” who are no doubt clamoring to have Wylie as their electronic publisher. Or perhaps they will be persuaded by his passion and […]
Supreme Court to Hear Watch Case that Could Affect First-Sale Doctrine
If you’re a copyright geek you’ll be interested in the Omega watch case that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear in their next term. Omega used a copyrighted symbol on their back of their watches to thwart Costco and others from selling lower-priced grey market versions of the company’s watches in the US. The […]
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Amplified, Enhanced, Extended, Videod and Apped
Jeff Bezos still doesn’t believe color (or video) is ready for “serious” ereaders, but publishers are rolling out a variety of experiments. Hyperion launched The Secret Diary of Ashley Juergens as a $12.99 enhanced, video-filled ebook in iTunes, based on ABC Family’s TV show The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Simon & Schuster Digital […]
Think of a Number (or Price) that Can Make Your eBook a Bestseller
While most big publishers have forsaken ebook giveaways as a business-effective way to establish new frontlist (with thanks to Chris Anderson for helping to prove the limits of FREE), price experimentation is gaining adherents as a way of highlighting new authors in a crowded marketplace while still driving at least some revenue. Crown has experimented […]