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.
Category: Publishing
Commentary and advice on various aspects of publishing, primarily magazines, books and digital media.
Not-so-random pandemic thoughts on Author Platforms
It's an unfortunate truth about books that it's never simply been about being a good writer, but as literal thousands of new books are published every month, marketability is arguably more important — and harder to define — than it's ever been.
Five Things: November 30, 2023
"I'd pay good money to hear the whisper networks' take on that." Five things for November 30, 2023.
Five Things: August 17, 2023
"On KKR and publishing, book bans' human cost, more World Cup, and becoming a Trekkie." Five things for August 17, 2023.
Five Things: June 8, 2023
"Let it die." Five things for June 8, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
Five Things: March 30, 2023
"A new economic engine for culture." Five things for March 30, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
Maybe Publishers Should “Love” Libraries a Little Less?
It's truly amazing how publishers who routinely claim, "We love libraries!" every summer at ALA Annual — the conference many of them hope will replace their own failed Book Expo America — find it so much easier to fight those same libraries in court, on multiple fronts, rather than figuring out how to come to the table and negotiate in good faith with such a critical partner.
Five Things: February 16, 2023
"A dim future for big publishers is not a dim future for readers." Five things for February 16, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
Five Things: January 19, 2023
"We have the power to say (and do) something about the situation." Five things for January 19, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
[FLASHBACK] The Future of the Blog: Robots Win
Shatner’s on Twitter, too, which is a “micro-blogging” platform. It’s like a blog on training wheels, for bloggers too stupid or boring to put together a compelling paragraph or three, and social media gurus who don’t like dealing with people all that much. Ev and Biz clearly had no idea the monster they were creating.