Book Essentials Blog

As we move into an era when authors have a real choice about whether they want to go the self-publishing or traditional publishing route, authorial control over the publishing process is a very very important issue, and it's something author Hannah Moskowitz recently touched on as well.

Read the full article at http://blog.nathanbransford.com/

In the past a book was defined as anything printed between two covers. A list of telephone numbers was called a book, even though it had no logical beginning, middle, or end. A pile of blank pages bound with a spine was called a sketchbook. It was unabashedly empty, but it did have two covers, and was thus called a book.

Today the paper pages of a book are disappearing. What is left in their place is the conceptual structure of a book -- a bunch of text united by a theme into an experience that takes a while to complete. [Read Full Article at kk.org]

Hard to believe that just a few years ago, e-books were still a novelty item. Now Amazon is selling more e-book titles than print combined.

Amazon says that since April, it has been selling 105 Kindle titles for every 100 print copies it moves. Reminder: Amazon only started selling Kindle e-readers in November 2007.

Read full article at http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com

I had a great Skype conversation with Thomas Burns last month, who is a new friend, a former Fulbright Scholar and author of the upcoming book The Unofficial Guide to Fulbright Scholarships. After coming across my book, he asked if we could meet and a few days later we were talking, halfway around the world, about his awesome idea.

Read the full article at http://blog.advancehumanity.com/

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How Viral Copies of a Naughty Bedtime Book Changed Publishing

Fast Company;Something remarkable happened last Friday. A children's book hit the No. 1 spot on; Amazon.com's best-seller list. And it did so a month before the book is even slated for release.

Read full article at http://bpwiz.blogspot.come

There's some shrillness going on around digital publishing - whether it's folks worrying about not getting a lot of money away, or the fight or coming civil war between DIY (or VIP or whatever) writers and the establishment (agents, publishers, all of the above). I'm not saying they're wrong - but it's far simpler than all that.

Read full article at http://ideatrash.net

Despite some hype to the contrary, eBooks are not killing print. In fact, according to research firm Bowker, eBooks might actually be helping sell print books.

Based on a new report, which collected preliminary 2010 sales figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of eBooks, traditional U.S. print title output in 2010 increased 5%.

Read full article at www.mediabistro.com

5 Fast Simple Secrets To E-Book Success For Writers: If you missed my first round of webinars two weeks ago, now is another chance to catch the presentation. During the webinar I will cover each segment of this four week blog in one full, live hour. I will be running the webinar every weeknight for the next three weeks at 8:30PM in various time zones. As the webinar is run every weeknight the links below will take you to the registration page for that day’s webinar. To register, click on the link for your time zone below.

Read full article at ebookrevolution.blogspot.com

Critic and writer Dale Peck criticizes the publishing industry that produces bad books and loses his money. He says it’s time for writers and readers to assert themselves in the market. Based on a speech delivered at the PEN World Voices festival earlier this month.

Read full article at thedailybeast.com

The first special report in our "Book Marketing on a Shoestring Budget" series is A Step-by-Step Guide to Guest Blogging."

Want to sell more books but don't have a big budget? Try guest blog posts or what some call a "Virtual Blog Tour."

Read full article at www.self-publising-coach.com

LibreDigital provides a wide range of digital publishing services to 7 of the top 10 US trade publishers. These services include distribution to e-book marketplaces, marketing and discovery tools, managed conversion services, and sales reporting and analytics through LibreDigital Business Intelligence. The new portal allows small to medium publishers to sign up online for distribution and conversion services online and achieve the quality levels that are necessary to gain distribution to over 50 global marketplaces. Distribution services are provided on a revenue share and file conversion services can be charged to the publisher's credit card based on the costs of converting from the original source.

Read full article at Newsblaze.com

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The book publishing industry is dead and they don’t know it. Its like how the typewriter industry died. And how companies like Blockbuster and Borders can’t survive. And the entire music industry is dying. And broadcast television might be on the way.  And the tablet industry is the first sign that companies like DELL might be in major trouble. And companies like Sirius mean the radio industry is dead.

Read full article at www.jamesaltucher.com

“The average U.S. nonfiction book is now selling less than 250 copies per year and less than 3,000 copies over its lifetime.”

If you are an author, prospective author or anyone that has anything to do with publishing or book marketing, this is a great informational post on the industry. It’s an eye-opener in many ways. While some of the stats can be a bit overwhelming, I see the overall picture full of possibilities (for those who can embrace the challenges while seeking new solutions)

Read full article at http://www.danieldecker.net/