Publisher’s Tweetly: 4/13/09
The best, most interesting and/or most infuriating publishing news and opinions I came across (or contributed) last week on Twitter.
agrees: “If you believe in your book, I think you should give it a chance.” – Lisa Genova: is.gd/r0kP (today, writer = entrepreneur)
is concerned about the rapid consolidation in the POD space as Author Solutions gobbles up another competitor: is.gd/qYR7
is reading: What’s Keeping Rodale Healthy? “42% have bought something else from us in past 12 mos.” is.gd/r3s0 (h/t @AudDevMag)
@jennifertribe Ideas are dime/dozen; books, devalued commodities. Gatekeepers only have selves to blame for their decreased relevance.
agrees: “Advertising & Engagement are relevant, but have a different economic value in a digital-enabled marketing plan” is.gd/r4X3
is reading: “Cuba is (not) book country” ow.ly/2gTa (“the internet is closely regulated, ebooks are of course nonexistent.”)
RT @indieauthor 1999 Called: It Wants Its Attitudes About Self-Publishing Back snurl.com/ffh1v (LOL! Indeed.)
RT @JoshuaDysart Unknown Soldier nominated for Best New Series Eisner! tinyurl.com/crqo97 (excellent comic. kudos!)
RT @selfpubreview Self publishing as a threat to niche tinyurl.com/cueusn (NF and poetry, definitely; some genre fiction, too.)
@WMuhlenfeld Good agents will adjust, expand services, partner with editors and designers. Niche publishers are the real walking dead.
is reading: “Magazines Blur Line Between Ad and Article” ow.ly/2lOW (Readers, not ASME, ultimately decide where that line is.)
thinks Community Managers are a crock. Community engagement is everyone’s responsibility, from CEO to CSR: ow.ly/2mbh
didn’t realize the irony: ” Now, the Internet is doing to the [NY] Times what it did to small, local newspapers.” ow.ly/2n39
is excited about the new Writer’s Digest conference, The BUSINESS of Getting Published, debuting in September: ow.ly/2qWN
RT @lindsaydavies: ‘media biz not “papers” or “web sites” but brands, regardless of how we consume their content’ ow.ly/2rYQ
is reading The ROI for Social Media Is Zero: …there’s no such thing as “social media.” ow.ly/2s2m (h/t @SocialMedia411)
is amused: “AP Exec. Doesn’t Know AP Has YouTube Account; Goes After AP Affiliate For Using AP Videos” ow.ly/2tzU
wonders if digital brands are too intangible, transient to develop the deeper engagement print media often has: ow.ly/2sTT
blogged: “Attack of the Social Media Gurus” – tinyurl.com/dmkqzm
is sensing a growing meme: “The siloization of social media… represents a strategic error.” ow.ly/2xns (h/t @SocialMedia411)
is skimming DC Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009, wondering how and why Dan Didio is still employed at DC Comics? ow.ly/2yUp
RT @KatMeyer: #amazonfail & buying decisions: searchability/sales rank/convenience make AMZN thrive; disconnect w/community = achilles heel.
blogged: Amazon Rank, #AmazonFail – http://loudpoet.com/Ml
notes #amazonfail is not just a LGBTQ issue; it’s about AMZN acting responsibly, not abusing their power, willfully or ignorantly.
agrees: “to mishandle a big tech decision, something must be totally wrong with their corporate culture.” #Amazonfail ow.ly/2HgF
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