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 >
May 28, 2012 analysis, bookselling, Google eBooks 3 Read more >
[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 >
March 26, 2012 analysis, ebook formats, ePub, iPad, Kindle 3 Read more >
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 >
January 25, 2012 Amazon, analysis, bookselling, business 1 Read more >
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 >
December 16, 2011 analysis, business, copyright, news 11 Read more >
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 >
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 >
April 19, 2011 analysis, bookselling, business, news 10 Read more >
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 >
April 18, 2011 analysis, magazines, newspapers 0 Read more >
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 >
March 23, 2011 analysis, copyright, Google, libraries 1 Read more >
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 >
March 4, 2011 analysis, ebook lending, libraries 25 Read more >
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 >