GW ePublishing

Yet another example of how copyright hampers authors and markets.

Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg died yesterday.

Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg died yesterday.

The new website Booktrack is one of many recent attempts to combine music and literature.

The Post took a very big step this week, perhaps a leap. It has posted publicly for all to see its new 5,000-word guidelines for digital publishing - the dos and don'ts for journalists working in this new age of online and social-media publishing.

This post was originally published on the Frankfurt Bookfair blog on 11th August. Reposted here with kind permission from its author, Huw Alexander, Rights & Digital Sales Manager for SAGE in London. EveryThink: What do you think, Huw Alexander? We think that e-books are a playground for publishers - and not a necessary evil.

It is no secret to anyone at this point that e-books are here, they are real and, as reported this week, they are adding up to a sizable chunk (often 20% or more) of publishers' sales.

LAST spring, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas acquired the papers of Bruce Sterling, a renowned science fiction writer and futurist. But not a single floppy disk or CD-ROM was included among his notes and manuscripts. When pressed to explain why, the prophet of high-tech said digital preservation was doomed to fail.

Self-published authors and publishing houses are learning to work together.

Amazon strengthens its position as a publisher. Traditional publishers beware!

Story in Washington Post about how indie bookstores are cropping up in the aftermath of Borders' crash-and-liquidate.

Apple and publishers accused of anti-competitive pricing practices.