Announcement came from MacMillan Publishing that they are going to be delaying ebook release on some titles but are going to be creating premium ebooks with added content to be released with hardcovers. There's been talk the past few months about this sort of possibility, from "I just want the damn text" to "it depends on what this added content is ( Read more... )

Today Hachette Books and Simon&Schuster annonced that they would be delaying release of ebooks on a number of their hardcovers by four months. This will undoubtedly annoy the vast number of folks who read ebooks and are getting used to the notion of downloading new releases on release day. In the article, it was stated that this is being done to ( Read more... )

There has been a flood of commentary in recent months over digital books. They spell the doom of traditional publishing. They have annoying drm making them far too difficult to share with others. They aren't available across multiple devices. They're too expensive. Plenty of knowledgeable folk have weighed in both pro and con on the advantages, ( Read more... )

I'm starting up a new blog about publishing blogs, basically a place to connect to blogs around the publishing industry, i.e. agents, editors, authors, industry pros, etc. My goal is to create a hub of sorts for people to track down useful info in publishing. Starting out simple and small and see how it goes. Come by and see and leave some feedback ( Read more... )

Very interesting read here from a long time pro in the industry: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090608/siftonRead more... )

Writer Mary Walters had some whining, bashing, criticism, inflammatory commentary and general 'the industry sucks' words at her blog ( Read more... )

Fascinating topic. Will be for some time I expect, since this issue is pretty much in a state of flux, as my limited knowledge views it anyway. Publishing online is a different animal compared to paper. Is there loss of revenue in paper format due to free distribution? Sure, books get loaned out and passed along all the time, but definitely not to ( Read more... )