December 2010
9 posts
Cupcakes! and the Delight Factor →
One thought from Ryan’s post today resonated with me especially: “In short, publishers have spent decades practicing how to get a book on the print bestseller list. Nobody has any best practices on how to do this with ebooks.”
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a different but similar p to ebook problem: the role of physical book placement in bookstores, and the...
“It was like when I saw all these guys taking acid and smashing beer cans on...”
– Douglas Rushkoff at yesterday’s Mediabistro ebook summit. He is a mesmerizing speaker and almost certainly dangerously insane, but I keep thinking about the points he made.
The Naked Book: #WhyIRead →
movabletypenyc:
In the age of mass entertainment, books don’t seem very special. Even in their digital form, they don’t seem to do very much, and the gadgets designed to hold them are, as far as gadgets go, unimpressive. Books are quiet objects: they don’t flash and whirr. They are rarely captivating to the…
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ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA: DIY E-books by the... →
First of the session host reports from Book Camp NYC!
jimhanas:
I had a great time yesterday at Book Camp NY, an unconference about book publishing that—as I mentioned to several people—was like my Twitter timeline come to life. It was like a weekend conference compressed into four hours, which was great, not to mention efficient.
If you’ve never been to an…