Scholastic’s Hit-Maker David Levithan on Hunger Games, Digital Reading and...
Photo credit: Jake Hamilton By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid For book publishers, companies concerned with revenues and profits, the digital revolution today is...
View ArticleE-Readers Will Shrink in Popularity But Not Disappear, New Report Says
While tablet growth surges and annual e-reader shipments decrease, there will be a place for the latter device in the foreseeable future, according to a new report. “There still remains an audience for...
View ArticleNearly Half of U.S. Adults Now Own Smartphones: New Frontier for Book...
According to a new study, 45% of all U.S. adults now own a smartphone, about double the proportion that own dedicated e-readers or tablet computers, currently making smartphones the most common mobile...
View ArticleBook Discovery Landscape Becomes More Complicated as Reader Behavior Fractures
When it comes to book discovery, things are going to get more complicated before they get simpler. Reader behavior is in flux and the ways in which people engage with and discover new content has grown...
View ArticleThree Ways to Use Amazon to Sell More Books
For many publishers, Amazon is the No. 1 place where their books are sold. The massive online retailer is thought to have about two thirds of e-book sales market share and is considered the largest...
View ArticleGoodreads CEO Otis Chandler on the Future of Discoverability and Social Reading
There are more books available now to more people at a lower cost than any time in history, which only makes the following question harder to answer: What should you read next? A raft of book-focused...
View ArticleTen Bold Predictions for Ebooks and Digital Publishing in 2013
Kindle as Magic 8 Ball. Illustration by Todd Goldstein Another exciting year for the publishing industry is in the books, so to speak. The ebook and digital publishing landscape changed drastically yet...
View ArticlePresident of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management Jane Dystel: Agents...
One of the hottest new places for agents to find clients and for publishers to find their next best-selling authors is the self-published best-seller list. As opposed to wading through a slush pile or...
View ArticleAtria Publisher Judith Curr: Publishers Need to Experiment With Digital Content
Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, has been among the leaders when it comes to full-service publishing houses acquiring content by self-published authors. In August 2012, the house scored...
View ArticleUsing ‘Content Outside the Physical Definition of the Book’ to Promote Books
As book marketers find new ways to reach readers, content outside of what is normally considered a “book” is being used effectively to tease and market books, according to Matt Baldacci, vice president...
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