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, Jun 6, 2008 | 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, Jun 5, 2008 | 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 …

Author Charles Petzold on Deadlines and Letting Go
Thursday, May 22, 2008 | 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 …

Bite-Sized Publishing from Burst Fiction
Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 | 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 …

DailyLit Begins Syndicating Books Pre-Release
Monday, Apr 14, 2008 | 3 Comments
DailyLit Begins Syndicating Books Pre-Release

Earlier this week DailyLit announced its first pre-publication deal for House Rules which will be published in 139 installments for $9.95. This marks the site’s first opportunity to syndicate a book before the print …

Future Roles of Book Publishers
Friday, Mar 28, 2008 | No Comment

Paul Watson has written an essay entitled The Future for Publishers in which he suggests new roles publishers will play in content promotion, distribution, and ultimately how we may be generating revenues in the future.  …

Social DRM, the Death of Copyright and the Fallacy of Piracy
Monday, Mar 24, 2008 | 4 Comments
Social DRM, the Death of Copyright and the Fallacy of Piracy

There is some really great debate over on the TeleRead Blog concerning DRM, copyright, and piracy. As the TeleRead blog has grown, David has added new columnists (disclaimer: including Wiley publisher Joe Wikert) which …

No Starch Tries No Cost with Free Apple e-books via Bittorrent
Friday, Mar 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
No Starch Tries No Cost with Free Apple e-books via Bittorrent

Many publishers are struggling with the idea of free content, and how it fits into their traditional business strategy. Square peg, round hole - the model needs to change, but that’s another post. …

Border’s Face Out Strategy May Hurt Their Web Sales
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 | No Comment
Border’s Face Out Strategy May Hurt Their Web Sales

Ever since Border’s announced that they would be leaving partner Amazon.com to build their own web presence, I have been eagerly watching to see what features they might bake into the new site.
After all, Amazon.com …

Consuming Content: Are you a Grazer or a Super-User?
Thursday, Jan 10, 2008 | No Comment
Consuming Content: Are you a Grazer or a Super-User?

Dan Blank observes that as we think about the ways in which publishing is changing, one of the factors we must consider is the speed at which content is being generated.
As we think about how …