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Continue reading →: Go Read This | One World Publishing, Brought to You by the Internet « The Scholarly Kitchen
I’ve written about this before and totally agree, but Joe puts it very well and expands on some of the points very clearly, excellent post, but worrying too: The question is, which publisher gets the rights? Here the network effects of the Internet kick in. If an author or agent…
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Continue reading →: Quick Link | Surprise! Hachette Livre Enlists Google to Scan/Sell 40-50,000 OOP Titles
An apt headline this: It is somewhat surprising that Hachette will enter into such a deal, considering the company already owns an e-bookstore, Numilog, which it acquired in 2008 and that already offers some 55,000 titles for download in a variety of formats. But earlier this year, Hachette struck a…
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Continue reading →: New Post Over At EoinPurcell.com | Who Is Your Digital Publisher
I’ve a new post over at EoinPurcell.com on Digital Publishing: Most small companies can’t afford to put someone on this full-time, that much is probably a given (although if you can, then you should), but someone really should be devoting at least a third, if not half, of their time…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Giller Winner’s Publisher Dones’t Want To Go Mainstream
I can’t decide whether this is a crazy or a wise decision. The idea that it is an essential move by the publisher is nicely and effectively countered by publisher’s own words. They have to think about the long term position of their company, rather than just one book. on…
