We’ll be running a workshop in Auckland next month on how to use social media, especially Facebook, to market books and ebooks. Love it or hate it, social media –… Read more >
Many companies treat their website and Facebook page as if they were completely separate, like having two independent websites. In a sense they are but there are plenty of ways… Read more >
May 25, 2011 bookselling, business, social media, tutorial 0 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 >
The following article was published in the No. 1, 2011 edition of News on Bookselling, the official journal of the Australian Booksellers Association. Since it was written (mid February), another… Read more >
April 4, 2011 bookselling, ebook stores, Google eBooks 0 Read more >
Google launched its much-anticipated—and much-delayed—ebook service this week, serving up several hundred thousand commercial ebooks for sale in addition three million free, out-of-copyright books. Formerly known as Google Editions, the… Read more >
December 12, 2010 Amazon, bookselling, Google, Google eBooks, Google Editions 4 Read more >
The following article was published in the October 2010 issue of News on Bookselling, the official journal of the Australian Bookselling Association. By Martin Taylor When we look at the… Read more >
I’ve reproduced the article I wrote for the Australian Booksellers Association magazine on the subject of what you have to do to set up an ebook store. This is truly… Read more >
The following article was published in the latest Australian Booksellers Association magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and some of the UK moves have been affected by… Read more >
July 6, 2010 analysis, bookselling, business, copyright, ebook lending, libraries 5 Read more >
Following my story yesterday about the Canadian ebook store Shortcovers and its change of name to Kobo, it turns out there was another reason for the change. Kobo now has… Read more >
Canadian ebook store Shortcovers has changed its name to Kobo, an anagram for “book”, and revamped its online store www.kobobooks.com as part of its plan to expand its international coverage…. Read more >