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On DBW, SXSWi, Upcoming Gigs and Steampunk

By On February 14, 2010 · 7 Comments · In Personal, Publishing

You’re losing control of your own destiny. Authors, distributors and readers are getting closer to each other.

–Shiv Singh, Engaging Readers in the Digital Age

Three weeks ago, when I last posted something here, I was on the verge of completely disappearing into Digital Book World, [...]

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It’s Hard Out Here for a Pragmatic Optimist

By On January 7, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Personal, Publishing

“Publishing was never a business based on Wharton standards. It was a rich boy’s hobby.”

–Steve Wasserman (Kneerim & Williams)

Working in publishing isn’t for the meek. Neither is writing for that matter. They’re two things I’m really passionate about, though, and I’ve always counted myself lucky to work in the publishing industry, [...]

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New Year’s Publishing Predictions, Resolutions

By On December 21, 2009 · 10 Comments · In Personal, Publishing

I’m not usually one for making predictions — the only thing I hate more than gurus and pundits are self-proclaimed futurists! — but I couldn’t pass up offering my two cents to Folio: for their 2010 round-up of magazine and media predictions:

Consolidation and debt restructuring will continue apace. [...]

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Reflections on, Takeaways from #eBookSummit

By On December 17, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Publishing

“I suppose we could sum up this entire two-day conference under the headline ‘too early to tell.’”

–Steve Wasserman (Kneerim & Williams)

I attended MediaBistro’s eBook Summit this week and Wasserman’s summation is perfect; consumer book publishing is smack in the middle of the digital transition, and solid answers about how [...]

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5 Things Books Should Learn From Magazines

By On December 13, 2009 · 23 Comments · In Marketing, Publishing

They show me and tell me about stuff I would never think to look for myself. They take me to places in their pictures that I will never get to but so enjoy looking at. I’ve turned down the corners of many a page after finding places I want to visit, books I want to [...]

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