Last week, I had lunch with a Barnes & Noble Community Relations Manager (CRM). As usual, she had a lot to say about self-publishers. I’ll just hit the highlights of our talk.
E-books, extended content, audio books. The whole new trend away from the physical book might make you think that real books are going the way of the dodo. Not so much, really. All this electronic stuff is making many of us recall why we love books in the first place, especially the art and craft [...]
Flavorwire recently ran a little slideshow on the “10 Most Powerful Female Characters in Literature” in honor of National Women’s History Month. But 10 doesn’t nearly begin to cover the great characters in literature!
A new study shows that reading books and viewing films a second time are actually good for your mental health, and improve comprehension of the meaning of the book/movie. Well, duh. As a person who has reread many books to the point of falling apart, has watched her movie collection so many times, we’ve had [...]
This past weekend, Dan Poynter – a legend in the self-publishing and small press community – was on NPR on a program entitled “The Future of Children’s Books.” He said all children’s publishing will transition over to tablet-based e-readers. I had been pondering a response to his thesis, which I think has some merits, but [...]
This past weekend, Dan Poynter – a legend in the self-publishing and small press community – was on NPR on a program entitled “The Future of Children’s Books.” He said all children’s publishing will transition over to tablet-based e-readers. I had been pondering a response to his thesis, which I think has some merits, but goes too far, when I was contacted about it by Sheila Ruth, a friend and fellow publisher. Here’s her reply, which will be in two parts.
I often contemplate how profoundly e-readers will change our physical spaces. I’m well aware that most homes right now don’t have books at all (or only a few, for show), and most use bookshelves to display tchotchkes. But in an all digital content world, there won’t be any books in any homes. This actually makes me queasy. I cannot imagine a world without books as personal furniture.
We took a look at what goes into a print bid in Print Bids – Parts I and II. Now let’s look at the information we get back from the printers.
Regular printing still happens more often than not – especially when we’re talking about color printing, which is still not practically priced in the POD realm. I thought I’d show what goes into a print bid and how to evaluate the responses you get back.
As if libraries and librarians weren’t under threat all over the country, here comes yet another challenge.
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Print Bids Part I
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The Unbearable Lightness of Publishing
(November 29th, 2011) 3 Libya Celebrates Banned Books
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How Do You Organize Your Bookcase?
(November 4th, 2011) 4 Here Kitty, Kitty!
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Book Events – They’re Not Just for Bookstores!
(May 28th, 2010) 7 Books that Rocked My World
(July 13th, 2009)
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15 Ways to Commit Publicide
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(January 30th, 2012)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Publishing
(November 29th, 2011) 3 Libya Celebrates Banned Books
(November 21st, 2011)
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How Do You Organize Your Bookcase?
(November 4th, 2011) 4 Here Kitty, Kitty!
(November 3rd, 2011)
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Book Events – They’re Not Just for Bookstores!
(May 28th, 2010) 7 Books that Rocked My World
(July 13th, 2009)
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15 Ways to Commit Publicide
(May 12th, 2009)
