In Frankfurt, Germany, publishing CEO’s gathered at the Frankfurt Book Fair, billed as the world’s largest (and longest running) book expo, for a panel discussion on the future of global publishing. Market predictions are mixed, according to region, but overall prospects for book publishing, both digital and traditional, were positive. The bottom line: “We are living [...]

Espresso, anyone? I know I need a double this morning. In publishing industry news terms, however, espresso means the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), the nifty in-store machine that can whip you up a print-on-demand book while you wait. HarperCollins publishers—home of women’s fiction author Marisa De Los Santos (Falling Together) and romance icon Susan Elizabeth [...]

Heading out to DragonCon, Publisher’s Weekly’s Barbara Vey had an interesting conversation on the plane with a potential reader, which led her to ask the question: How do you get new readers? Read her answer, it’s maybe not what you would think. http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/beyondherbook/?p=4683 No new reporting on the agents-as-publishers controversy. Meanwhile, Chuck Sambuchino reports on a new [...]

Sorry, I’m a little late with the post! My excuse is the lazy days of summer are upon us. Hope everyone is beating the heat. By far the biggest news in the industry last week was the liquidation of Borders Books. AP journalist Mae Anderson in this USA Today article presents some of the varying [...]

Publishing was still mulling over trade show take-aways from BookExpoAmerica this past week. Among the more positive reports was this upbeat summary, The Serious Business of 21st Century Publishing, by journalist and publisher Peter Osnos. Osnos reported that: The overall sense in publishing is that, rather than being pushed to the margins of the information [...]

A few recent posts in the blogosphere and news from this past week’s publishing industry trade show, BookExpoAmerica, may help writers looking to sort out the ever more pressing question of whether to opt for a traditional or non-traditional publishing route—or at least get you thinking. And the answer may well be: both. “The Snowflake Guy,” [...]

Interested in running your own commercial on national TV for as little as $100? Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson shows you how. Here’s a brilliant video about the the future of publishing. Self-published or eBook writers might want to explore this new way to market print books without a middleman. Enchanced editions of eBooks are [...]