Understanding Libraries (I’m Speaking at Two Industry Conferences)
I’m looking forward to attending and speaking at two upcoming conferences later this year — one for indie authors, one for publishers — helping attendees understand the importance of libraries and educating them on how to treat them like partners rather than pirates!
Five Things: June 6, 2024
“Trains can be rerouted, stopped, or if necessary, derailed.” Five Things for June 6, 2024
Five Things: May 23, 2024
“Here I am.” Five Things for May 23, 2024
Five Things: May 9, 2024
“These damn kids don’t like what I like!” Five Things for May 9, 2024
Five Things: April 25, 2024
“The road we took here is washed out.” Five Things for April 25, 2024
Five Things: April 11, 2024
“Because missing an episode of The A-Team had real consequences.” Five Things for April 11, 2024
Five Things: March 14, 2024
“But there was a catch.” Five things for March 14, 2024.
Five Things: January 25, 2024
“Ultimately, you have to be true to yourself and deal with the consequences.” Five things for January 25, 2024.
On library ebook licenses, patron demand, and power dynamics
Meanwhile, libraries have generally proven reluctant to use their power to shape the demand curve and shift digital budgets away from expensive Big 5 bestsellers, even when it means sacrificing diversity and depth in their own digital collections.
Five Things: November 30, 2023
“I’d pay good money to hear the whisper networks’ take on that.” Five things for November 30, 2023.