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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Brillig: Borders, Post-Mortem
Excellent post this! You may notice that none of the changes all these CEOs were doing sped up the supply chain. Even after Borders put in a reorder for a backlist book, it would still take two to four times as long for that book to make its way back…
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Continue reading →: My 2010 Publishing Heroes
Last year I chose some folks who I though had made 2009 interesting in publishing terms and I believed would do the same in 2010. I think I was broadly right about them. You can see the 2009 list here. For 2010 I’m doing the same. Richard Nash ~ The Risk…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | ABC, Syfy and Best Buy? Retailer Launches Network – Advertising Age – News
This is totally the right move! Yes, the retailer is now a publisher, rolling out a multichannel network filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos and gift guides to new-technology primers and behind-the-scenes looks at popular movies. The network, called Best Buy On, includes a website it…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Publishers’ catalogs: does anyone use these? (via Eintauchen)
Interesting post this. There are pretty big changes coming of course and some underway too. Presses of all types constantly bombard libraries (and scholars) with glossy and expensively produced catalogs. In my years as a librarian, these have generally been viewed by most of my colleagues with disdain, even in…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Year One: The Born Digital Publisher (via The Scholarly Kitchen)
Great post over at the Scholarly Kitchen about Born Digital and Born Again publishers. Fascinating reading for the slowly getting back to speed brain’s this New years Bank Holiday. Eoin Image by RedJinn: Back on Board via Flickr While one would be hard-pressed to find any publisher who does not…
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