The following post is reproduced from my column in the May 2012 edition of News on Bookselling, the magazine of the Australian Booksellers Association. Booksellers were dealt two blows last… Read more >
Martin Taylor
May 28, 2012
analysis, bookselling, Google eBooksagency pricing, Google Ebooks, selling ebooks, white label
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[This article was originally published in the March 2012 issue of News on Bookselling, the magazine of the Australian Booksellers Association.] This year will mark the fifth anniversary of Amazon’s… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 26, 2012
analysis, ebook formats, ePub, iPad, Kindle
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Technology researcher Forrester released a survey of US publishing executives yesterday which uncovered an interesting disconnect: 82% were optimistic about the digital transition of books, but only 28% thought their… Read more >
Martin Taylor
January 25, 2012
Amazon, analysis, bookselling, businessdigital transformation, digital transition, publishing business management, publishing industry restructuring
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Australian bookselling icon Dymocks last week launched a self-publishing service called D Publishing. While the service looks fine, its publishing contract is dreadful. Even if you’re not in Australia, you… Read more >
Martin Taylor
December 16, 2011
analysis, business, copyright, newsAustralian publishing, digital rights, Dymocks, publishing contracts, publishing rights, self-publishing
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I was in Brisbane last week talking to Queensland librarians about ebook lending in public libraries and why HarperCollins wasn’t really the bad guy in this conversation. One view seemed… Read more >
Martin Taylor
June 28, 2011
analysis, businessnew publishing models
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The Association of American Publishers released its US book sales figures for February 2011 and it looks like 2011 will be the year the trade book business has to finally… Read more >
Martin Taylor
April 19, 2011
analysis, bookselling, business, news
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Newspapers and magazines are still trying to figure out how to cash in on the huge digital growth that the humble book is experiencing. So this piece from Ken Doctor,… Read more >
Martin Taylor
April 18, 2011
analysis, magazines, newspapers
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A plan to create a vast digital library by scanning millions of books without explicit copyright permission has been thrown out in a long-awaited ruling issued today by New York… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 23, 2011
analysis, copyright, Google, librariescopyright, google book settlement, Google Books settlement, google ebook settlement
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HarperCollins’ US unit has just changed its long-standing ebook policy for library sales. Instead of selling ebooks for a one-time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity,… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 4, 2011
analysis, ebook lending, libraries
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The latest US book industry sales figures from the Association of American Publishers show ebooks are now tracking at 9% of domestic trade book revenue for the 8-month period January… Read more >
Martin Taylor
October 18, 2010
analysis, businessUS book industry sales, US ebook sales
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