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 …

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A Wiki for the Publishing Industry
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 | No Comment

Tom Christensen of RightReading.com has started a wiki for publishing. Why didn’t any of us think of this before? Looks like reading is public, but editing privileges are currently invite only.
I think …

Briefly: O’Reilly School of Technology Opens Its Virtual Doors
Thursday, Apr 5, 2007 | No Comment

“We know that people want to learn online, on their own time,” says Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media. “We set out to create online courses that are true to O’Reilly’s high standards …

Wiley’s Blackwell Becomes World’s First CarbonNeutral Publisher
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2007 | One Comment

Blackwell, acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February has become the world’s first CarbonNeutral publisher.
In order to neutralize the unavoidable CO2 produced by Blackwell Publishing’s activities we are supporting a range of Offset …

Cory Doctorow on e-Books
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 | One Comment

Cory Doctorow has a nice piece in Locus magazine concerning e-books and the cliché argument that people don’t like reading on a screen. Actually he points out people do like reading on a …

How Unique is Your Product? Your Service? Your Company?
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 | No Comment

Today, Josh Hallet points us to John Moore’s wonderful Brand Autopsy blog, where John has been writing a “would you care” series. His most recent entry concerns Chili’s.
If Chili’s went out of business tomorrow, …

New Author Question: Do I Need an Agent?
Monday, Mar 12, 2007 | 5 Comments

A question that comes up often in conversations with first time authors is “Do I need an agent?” My answer is “maybe.” Honestly, it makes absolutely no difference to me and in fact …

John Wiley and Sons Bicentennial Video Now Online
Monday, Mar 5, 2007 | No Comment

It is simply amazing to work for a company that has been publishing books for 2 centuries, and I am humbled to know that I am a part of an organization that published the likes of …

Crowdhacking: 10 Simple Ways Authors Can Help to Increase Sales at Amazon.com
Friday, Mar 2, 2007 | 31 Comments
Crowdhacking: 10 Simple Ways Authors Can Help to Increase Sales at Amazon.com

More from the March 2007 issue of Wired - Annalee Newitz’s piece entitled Herding the Mob explores the influence of online crowds like Digg and eBay, and how the mobs themselves can be influenced, and …

Snack Culture and its Effect on Publishing
Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

The March 2007 issue of Wired features a cover story on “The New World of One-Minute Entertainment” and how media is being distributed and consumed in quick and easy chunks. In a world …

Grand Opening!
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 | No Comment

Welcome to my new blogging home, ckwebb.com. As you can see, there is not much to see at the moment. But fear not - I will be posting here on a regular basis …