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Go Read This | Serious Nonfiction in the Digital Age

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May 10, 2012

Great piece. And one that warrants a solid response, which I will think on before I write anything else: So when digital evangelists prognosticate about the future of publishing, as they love to do, and about what “needs” to go away, serious nonfiction is now one of the first things…
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On THE Platform And What That Means

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May 1, 2012

When you look at this ebook game from a distance it seems to make a little sense: 1) Microsoft & NewCo. = Content, Device, Apps + possible future Mobile play via Nokia & Windows 8 2) Apple = Content+ Device, Apps + Mobile play 3) Amazon = Content, Device, Apps…
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I Think Publishers Have Lost The Battle & The War

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April 14, 2012

The thing about the end of Agency is that it’s not over. That is to say that the rearguard action by the legacy publishing establishment isn’t finished. And make no mistake, Agency Pricing and the rules and agreements that supported it were an attempt to stop the clock and buy…
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Go Read This | It’s on — US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices — paidContent

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April 11, 2012

I tells ya, some fun will be had with this one methinks! I hope Agency falls, I really don’t like it! The Justice Department has at last filed an anti-trust complaint in New York against Apple and five publishers over an alleged price fixing conspiracy. (Update: Three publishers to settle)…
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Author, Niche & Power Shifts: What Pottermore MIGHT Point To

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March 27, 2012

Mike Shatzkin has a fine post about the implications of the Pottermore move in terms of publishers and DRM: Without DRM, as Berlucchi explained, anybody can sell ebooks that can be read on a Kindle. Once Pottermore decided they could live without DRM, they faced Amazon with a very difficult choice. The…
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