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New Ideas, Realized « Chapman/Chapman

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July 15, 2010

Well done to Ryan Chapman and FSG! This is a lovely idea and exactly what publishers should be doing! Work in Progress is, then, a long-term bet: create interesting pieces, delivered monthly, around only the best work curated by our editors. Give it a year. Connect readers with the editors…
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Future of Publishing

Ryu Murakami to Release Novel Directly Through Apple iPad – Japan Real Time – WSJ

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July 15, 2010

Author’s Will Drive Change as I’ve said before, especially those with an existing following or those with nothing to lose. How publishers can respond to this is worth thinking about and I suspect that means create ebook exclusive deals with authors that agree the lions share going to authors in…
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Go Read This | E-book Sales Rose 167% in May

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July 14, 2010

The most telling details for me is the clear shifting of the market towards hardback and ebook and away from paperbacks, is this a secular trend that we can expect to persist? In some other trade segments, adult hardcover sales jumped 43.2%, to $138.5 million, at the 17 publishers that…
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Civil War, War

Quick Link | A Confederate Agent in Ireland « Irish in the American Civil War

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July 14, 2010

This is fascinating stuff! In July 1863 Lieutenant J.L. Capston, a cavalry officer, received a letter from Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin indicating that he was to be reassigned. His destination was Ireland, and his task was to use legitimate means to counteract the work of agents of…
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Publishing

Go Read This | Personanondata: The Baked Beans Are Off: Michael Cairns – Content to Strategy

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July 13, 2010

Very thoughtfully put together piece: Fast forward 20 years and the scale economic model is falling apart for trade publishing. So effective at applying scale to accounting, manufacturing, management, production and other overhead, it is ironic that in the internet world everyone now has access to similar scale benefits. Publishing…
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New Ideas, Realized « Chapman/Chapman

Ryu Murakami to Release Novel Directly Through Apple iPad – Japan Real Time – WSJ

Go Read This | E-book Sales Rose 167% in May

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Go Read This | Personanondata: The Baked Beans Are Off: Michael Cairns – Content to Strategy

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