You call the shots. You retain the rights to your book. And you take home a
bigger royalty than you'd normally get from a traditional publisher--if you sell
any books.
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Publishing - Freakonomics - 0 views
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Short pieces on the economics of publishing from the authors of the best-seller Freakonomics. This page lists all their articles tagged as "pubishing"
Is Barnes & Noble's Nook a Kindle killer? | Crave - CNET - 1 views
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Barnes & Noble's new e-book reader, the Nook, has officially been unveiled. With an impressive feature set and price tag that matches the Kindle's, Amazon should be worried. Read this blog post by David Carnoy on Crave.
http://blog.findings.com/tagged/how-we-will-read - 4 views
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Really, really great interview series with authors, publishers and writers about their ideas for the future of reading. Includes Clay Shirky, Maria Popova & Clive Thompson. Also nice to see a blog like this on tumblr.
Link by Link - Creator of Web Cartoon xkcd Writing a Paper Book - 0 views
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The fabulous online comic xkcd is coming out in a print format book. Tag line could be "Publishers? We don't need no stinking publishiers!"
Nook Video opens new chapter for B&N e-reader | Android Atlas - CNET Reviews - 2 views
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This probably isn't really "news", as this was coming...but still...it's arrived.
New Media Dreams Are the Old Delusions of Marketing - 0 views
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An interesting long tail analysis of blog market share.
Online publishers to debut new advertising formats | Digital Media - CNET News - 0 views
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The comments make this worth posting.
Carton's Content Blog: Publishing - 0 views
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Nothing too earth-shatering here, but definitely explores what we've been talking about. Focusing on content, not product. Social tagging. And reference materials, which was the group I was in Monday night.
Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know | Fully Equipped - CNET Reviews - 0 views
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Many argue--and I agree--that Amazon's shrewd CEO Jeff Bezos is leveraging his company's position as the largest bookstore in the world to corner the market for print-on-demand, electronic publishing (Kindle), and completely shift the paradigm for publishing.
Webware 100: The official 2009 kickoff | Webware - CNET - 0 views
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The third annual Webware 100 Awards program launches today. Nominate your favorite Web apps now. Read this blog post by Rafe Needleman on Webware.
Kindle Fire vs. Nook Color spec breakdown | Crave - CNET - 0 views
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A side-by-side look at the Nook Color and the new Kindle Fire. But can it really take on the iPad? CNET wonders here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20112696-1/will-the-kindle-fire-threaten-to-burn-%20the-ipad
Huffington Post articles on Publishings - 0 views
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Surprising (to me) breadth and depth of coverage on publishing at the Huffington Post. It would be nice if this could be an RSS feed, but for now it requires bookmarking and navigating to this page.
Amazon.com: JohnShore.com: Kindle Store: John Shore - 1 views
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I've never seen this feature before- you can pay for monthly access to a blog for your Kindle. This author's blog is $1.99 per month.
Amazon.com: THE OBAMA TIME CAPSULE: World History in the Making: Rick Smolan, Jennifer ... - 2 views
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This book is customizable with photos and videos so it literally becomes a time capsule.
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