There’s such a lively debate out there in the blogosphere around books and ideas and so on and so forth, and that kind of world is exploding. And there’s lots of experiments and innovation and so on, you know, like the Open Road Integrated Media and companies where people are experimenting with new models and new ideas and so on.
(via Is Publishing Doomed? JOHN B. THOMPSON with Williams Cole - The Brooklyn Rail)
Tweet of the Week J. W. Eagan on Hollywood adaptations, via Word and Film
The Roundtable is a live, interactive webcast gathering some of the most outspoken industry professionals to debate the hottest publishing issues of the week, as being discussed in…
Tweet of the Week Erik Christopher on cost/value of ebooks.
It’s definitely a thought-provoking list, and proves that genre fiction is still producing plenty of books with literary pedigree.
(via The 10 best SF/fantasy books of the year, according to Amazon.com)
For me, the real job of a publisher is many, many things, all of which center around the incredibly rewarding challenge of connecting authors and readers. In the end, whether physical or digital, the role of the publisher is to create an audience for the author. It’s to bring the author and the book to market. It’s never really been about printing. And that’s really clear now, isn’t it? It’s always been about connecting authors and readers.
(via On ebooks: A Publisher’s View of the Digital Transformation)
The Roundtable is a live, interactive webcast gathering some of the most outspoken industry professionals to debate the hottest publishing issues of the week, as being discussed in…
Tweet of the Week: Samantha Francis on digital opportunities for literary authors.
Jessica Faust, the eminent book biz blogger and CEO of BookEnds Literary Agency says unequivocally that “The reason mysteries sell better than romances or science fiction is they cross gender. That is, women will read tough action books with outlaw heroes, and men will read cozies for the warm relationships and sense of community.”
In the midst of the gloom-and-doom naysayers and pundits, there’s a thriving community of publishers, editors, marketers, agents, booksellers, librarians, authors, and readers of all kinds who are passionate about the book, in all its forms, and are working within the industry to help change it for the better.
That’s the description of a DBW Member.
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