Five Things: November 3, 2022
Five things for November 3, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Five Things: Moving Day
I’m still not sure what I’m planning to do with my Twitter presence, but I’ve decided to make a related jump and move my newsletter from Revue (now owned by you-know-who) over to Substack.
Should I stay or should I go?
Twitter is an irreplaceable platform for me, and I recently learned I’m among its small minority of “heavy users” who drive the platform’s revenue. I’ve invested 14+ years and more than 51,000 tweets in curating an optimal feed that keeps me informed, entertained, visible and connected to the topics I care about most, and more importantly, other people who share those interests. I’m not as active as I used to be, but I’m still way more active than the vast majority of users, even among those I follow.
Five Things: October 20, 2022
Five things for October 20, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Penguin Random House’s “Two Percent” Marketing Gambit
Math is important, even in a creative industry like publishing. What numbers are publicly available to establish a clearer picture about PRH’s marketing spend and what it means for authors?
Five Things: September 1, 2022
Five things for September 1, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
#DOJvPRH Antitrust Trial: A Roundtable Discussion
I had the pleasure of participating in a virtual roundtable discussion hosted by The Hot Sheet and moderated by Jane Friedman, along with Ann Garvin, M.J. Rose, Anne Trubek, and Howard Yoon. The recording is below, along with my prepared comments for the key points we intended to discuss. The whole conversation is worth listening to, with great insights across the board, and some disagreements here and there.
Five Things: February 17, 2022
Five things for February 17, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Public Libraries and Ebooks Redux [for Independent Publishers]
I had the pleasure of kicking off the new year by participating in IBPA’s PubU Online webinar series, presenting “Engaging New Readers with Ebooks in Public Libraries” and I’ve posted my slides and written up my main presentation here as it pulled together a few threads I haven’t addressed in one place before. Non-IBPA members and other library-curious types might find them useful as a starting point to learn more about how libraries work, and why they’re an important partner for publishers of all sizes.
Five Things: July 8, 2021
Five things for July 8, 2021. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.