Barack Obama and the Permanence of Paper
Wednesday, 11/5/08 | 7 Comments

Business Week’s David Kiley says “Obama is great for newspapers” and describes his search for a newspaper this morning, only to find there were none available at the many locations he looked.
Mr. Kiley wraps his …

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Print is Dead’s Jeff Gomez on Bloget’s Saving Book Publishing Post
Friday, 6 Jun, 2008 – 15:14 | One Comment

I’ve held off on commenting on Henry Blodget’s recent post entitled How to Save the Book Publishing Industry, as much has already been written.  But I do want to point out Print is Dead’s Jeff …

My New Role at Wiley
Thursday, 5 Jun, 2008 – 12:58 | 10 Comments
My New Role at Wiley

The official announcement has rolled across the organization, and I’ve been able to reach most of my authors, so I thought it was time to share the news here as well.
I will be taking a …

Alan Cooper on Becoming a Better Marksman
Monday, 2 Jun, 2008 – 14:40 | 2 Comments
Alan Cooper on Becoming a Better Marksman

I was speaking with author Alan Cooper last week, and the topic rolled around to business axioms. If you have ever read any of Alan’s books you know that his business and design axioms …

A few of the items I read on 05/28/08
Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 – 22:32 | No Comment

BN.com Now Optimized For Mobile Devices
(tags: BN, barnes and noble, books, mobile, online)

Binary or Bust: Green Credentials
…over its life cycle, a paper textbook created 4 times the greenhouse gas emissions of an e-book reader and …

Author Charles Petzold on Deadlines and Letting Go
Thursday, 22 May, 2008 – 14:24 | 2 Comments

Author Charles Petzold discussing our forthcoming book, The Annotated Turing:
In an ideal imaginary world, a book is finished only when the author is fully satisfied that every word and comma is perfect. In the real …

Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 – 15:07 | 8 Comments
Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

This week, Guy Kawasaki interviewed Wiley Author and creator of Problogger.net Darren Rowse on on his Sun Innovation blog.  (It was nice to see a little plug for Darren’s and Chris Garrett’s Problogger book as …

Why Word of Mouth Matters
Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 – 15:36 | 2 Comments

I have held this in for too long, and it is time that I finally admit it to myself, and to you.
I am a Vayniac.
Seriously, Wine TV is great, but trust me - the real …

Social DRM: How Much is Too Much Information?
Tuesday, 29 Apr, 2008 – 15:01 | 7 Comments
Social DRM: How Much is Too Much Information?

I have been thinking about the concept of Social DRM for e-books a bit more lately. It’s a model I believe can work, but I wonder how much is too much information to embed. …

Shared items for 04/23/08
Wednesday, 23 Apr, 2008 – 22:53 | No Comment

Four Days; $700,000 Social Networking Works
(tags: social networking)

Tweeting for Companies 101
(tags: twitter marketing pr communication conversation)

Bezos On Innovation
(tags: amazon books business innovation interview bezos jeffbezos)

Bite-Sized Publishing from Burst Fiction
Wednesday, 23 Apr, 2008 – 11:11 | 2 Comments
Bite-Sized Publishing from Burst Fiction

Wiley author L.M. Orchard pointed me to Burst Fiction, an online magazine that serves up bite-sized content with a slant towards sci-fi. At around 1000 characters, these one-shot stories are attracting a growing audience.
Intrigued …