Of Wine and Bullhorns - Social Media for Authors and Publishers
Thursday, 12/18/08 | 4 Comments

Full credit for the idea behind both the headline and content of this post is owed to (soon to be) Wiley Author Chris Brogan. This week I attended Chris’s Social Media For Publishers webinar presented …

Read the full story »
Books and Writing

Interesting books, authors, and advice for writers including tips for writing a great book proposal, working with agents, publishing contracts and more.

Internet and Technology

Geek Alert! Here is where I write about technology trends and things I find just plain cool. These may or may not have much to do with publishing.

Marketing and Promotion

Advice, ideas, and tools for building a platform that can help you promote your personal brand, and your work.

Publishing and Business

Thoughts on the publishing industry, changes in content creation and delivery, and business and management topics.

Social Networks and Media

How the social web is changing business, and ways we can build relationships that can promote, support, and add value to our products.

Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: Publishing and Business

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 …

Publishing Contracts - Understanding Reserve for Returns
Monday, Jan 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

I had a conversation with an author recently about the Reserve line on his royalty statement, and thought other authors might benefit from a quick primer.
Books sold to most resellers - stores like Barnes and …

The Book Proposal: Tips for Writing a Winning Book Proposal
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007 | 3 Comments
The Book Proposal: Tips for Writing a Winning Book Proposal

You will find quite a bit about writing winning book proposals on this site - but you wont find them all in one place. All the posts are tagged book-proposal, but I thought it …

The Radiohead Model for Book Publishers
Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 | One Comment
The Radiohead Model for Book Publishers

Radiohead’s “pay what you think we deserve” experiment has been the topic of much discussion lately.  Of course, as a content publisher I am interested in how such a model might look for my industry …

The Death of Computer Books
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2007 | 2 Comments
The Death of Computer Books

I received my copy of Dr. Dobbs Journal yesterday. It’s one of the few tech magazines I actually still get in the old fashioned paper version. This month’s cover story is Computer Books: …

And For Our Next Trick - Introducing Wrox’s ASP3Wiki
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2007 | No Comment

Recently we launched Wrox Blox, our bite-sized e-content products for programmers.  Today we continue with new e-content initiatives and have announced our partnership with Near-Time to produce a new line of wiki-based products.
The first of …

Wiley Ranked in Top 20 Best Publishers
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2007 | No Comment
Wiley Ranked in Top 20 Best Publishers

The October 2007 issue of Book Business Magazine features a cover story on the best publishing houses as ranked by their employees. While Random House takes the top honors, my publisher John Wiley & …

The Changing Publishing Landscape - Introducing Wrox Blox
Monday, Oct 8, 2007 | 4 Comments
The Changing Publishing Landscape - Introducing Wrox Blox

I often write about the changes in publishing caused by disruptive technologies and the need for publishers to make their own changes in order to stay relevant. Today we have launched Wrox Blox, a …

DIY Marketing For Authors
Friday, Oct 5, 2007 | 3 Comments

This past week I connected via Twitter with publishing and social media consultants Jon Reed and Suzanne Ashley. Their Publishing Talk blog is right up my alley and I recommend it for anyone …