Book discovery is crucial to not only the business side of selling books, but also in establishing a dedicated reader base of long-term fans. The more tools at readers' disposal for finding great books, the more likely they are to take a risk on an author they've never read before. That's why Goodreads, the online community based on reader-centric book interaction, has … [Read more...] about Goodreads Unveils Newly Redesigned Android App
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Wizeo Book Funding Platform Takes Advantage of Video to Increase Exposure
Crowdfunding is certainly not a new idea, with sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo launching new startups and products every day. But when it comes to books, there's definitely a different mindset behind investing in the creation of a book. Pubslush, the crowdfunding platform specifically for books, has revolutionized the concept of supporting an author's writing and … [Read more...] about Wizeo Book Funding Platform Takes Advantage of Video to Increase Exposure
YUDU’s BookSnacking Revamps Bookstore Browsing for eBooks
One of the things that reading consumers lost with the transition to a digital book purchasing environment is the ability to walk into a well-stocked bookstore and browse the shelves, picking up books with enticing titles or covers, flipping them over to read the blurb, and maybe reading the first few chapters of an attention getting book. The loss of this level of interaction … [Read more...] about YUDU’s BookSnacking Revamps Bookstore Browsing for eBooks
DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
Another great DBW digital publishing conference is behind us, and once again the future looks good for books. Digital books, print books, subscribed books, enhanced books...the industry, the authors, and the consumers are on fire for them, regardless of the format they choose to work in. The buzzwords this year were direct-to-consumer book sales, ebook subscriptions, and … [Read more...] about DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish
It's a tough time to be selling ebooks if you're not Amazon. That's why two fairly recent startups, ebook seller and social media platform Zola Books and Big Three book discovery brainchild Bookish.com, have joined forces in the fight against success with Zola's acquisition of the book search engine. Zola, formed by literary agents and funded partly through investments by … [Read more...] about It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish
New Book Discovery Engine Novelry Aids Searchability
One of the key issues plaguing an admittedly glutted ebook market is the need for better searchability, especially for self-published and small press books that don't come with the publicity teams reserved for bestsellers from the Big Five. Even as readers reach out to support the efforts of indie authors, book discovery still remains murky. But a new book search engine is … [Read more...] about New Book Discovery Engine Novelry Aids Searchability
BookLikes: Do We Need Another Book Discovery Site?
There is no shortage of websites that aim to connect books with readers, and most of them offer some pretty familiar features. Find books, rate books, review books, talk about... books. Occasionally, though, a site comes along whose goal is to bring something new to the book discovery realm. BookLikes, the Poland-based multi-national site whose eight month beta launch … [Read more...] about BookLikes: Do We Need Another Book Discovery Site?
Slice Bookshelf Provides a New Perspective on Book Discovery
At the O'Reilly Media Tools of Change conference in New York earlier this month, one sparsely attended breakout session led by a very soft-spoken person who may have revolutionized the online world of books presented some startling data about consumer behavior. Otis Chandler, founder of the widely popular interaction site Goodreads, discussed the results of Goodreads massive … [Read more...] about Slice Bookshelf Provides a New Perspective on Book Discovery