Yesterday the NYT announced that they would publish their first digital-only book, OPEN SECRETS: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy. In the paper’s own press release, they say the ebook publishes January 31 “through major e-booksellers.” The NYT’s own “product page” says you can buy the book now from Nook and links to their estore, adding that it’s “coming soon to Kindle, iBookstore and Google eBooks. And in Barnes & Noble’s press release yesterday, they said they were “the only company taking pre-orders” for the book, for “download later this week.” Nook owners are also promised “exclusive additional content from The […]
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Seth Godin Creates New Publisher, “Powered by Amazon”
In August author/marketing guru/entrepreneur Seth Godin announced on his popular blog that he would no longer “publish in a traditional way.” The basis thesis was that, now that Godin is in direct and meaningful contact with his core readership, “adding layers or faux scarcity doesn’t help me or you.” That post inspired ideas in multiple quarters, including at Amazon.com–which has worked with Godin on a variety of promotional initiatives over the course of his career. They crafted a new suite of services that is being called “Powered by Amazon,” which the release says “enables authors to use Amazon’s global distribution, […]
As In the US, Ian Fleming Novels Are Issued As eBooks Directly from the Estate
In the UK, Ian Fleming Publications is launching 14 backlist James Bond novels as ebooks, which they are publishing directly rather than with their print partners at Penguin UK. In this case, there was no dispute about the rights: the books were signed before electronic rights were contemplated. While it’s getting a lot of coverage in the UK media, IFP did the same thing in the US in 2008. here their ebooks are sold through Amazon and the Sony estore only. Managing director of Ian Fleming Publiciations Corinne Turner says, “We are not taking on the publishers, we are just […]