A Wiley book publisher’s thoughts on technology and social media effects on publishing
Books Go 2.0
by Chris on September 10, 2007
Social Networking site Mashable has has assembled a new collection – Books Toolbox: 50 Sites for Book Lovers. Among some familiar sites such as Amazon and LibraryThing, you will find many others that you probably have never heard of. Although many of them simply seem to be clones of each other, there are a few gems. Some I find interesting:
I fairly sure that these 50 are the short list. What this means, of course is that book readers are alive and kickin’ despite the rumors of their death (3 out of 4 Americans read books) and like many others they are forming networks and relationships online. This is dead obvious to those of us involved the social networking, but as publishers we still need to understand how to connect with these groups without resorting to what I’ll call “traditional” PR and marketing efforts.
Some publishers are already engaging these groups. If you are a member of one of these book networks, what have you observed with respect to publishers being involved?
TitleZ: I’d almost forgotten about them, thanks for the reminder. They seem to be another perma-beta service though, they’ve been in beta at least 18 months, probably longer.
Another similar service for authors to consider is http://www.rankforest.com/
Free for tracking just 1 book.
@rutila I believe it is. But authors also have to get out of the "just writing it for the advance" mentality. in reply to rutila1 day ago
@jcwiley he is talking mostly about fiction, but the rules seem to apply to NF as well (IMO.) The old risk/rewards argument. in reply to jcwiley1 day ago
Author John Green says publishers should lower advances and increase royalties. What do you think? http://is.gd/1lxly1 day ago
@HolidayWorld Bringing the family tomorrow. Any advice for firs time visitors? 1 day ago
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TitleZ: I’d almost forgotten about them, thanks for the reminder. They seem to be another perma-beta service though, they’ve been in beta at least 18 months, probably longer.
Another similar service for authors to consider is http://www.rankforest.com/
Free for tracking just 1 book.