Author Earnings has been chronicling the rise of self-publishing on Amazon and is one of the definitive sources on how their sales directly affect the big 5 publishers. Data Guy has been quietly anonymous this entire time, he has been responsible for diving deep into big data and making sense of it for the entire publishing industry. He spoke publicly for the first time at … [Read more...] about Here is the Full Author Earnings Report from DBW 2016
Digital Book World
Cutting Out Amazon: Why Direct-to-Consumers Hasn’t Taken Off
At this year's Digital Book World event, there's a highly anticipated panel on publishers selling directly to readers, branding themselves for their loyal fans in such a way that there's no need to haggle with Amaz-- make that, negotiate with book retailers. Unfortunately, this highly anticipated panel just isn't new. Publishing industry events have been debating the ins and … [Read more...] about Cutting Out Amazon: Why Direct-to-Consumers Hasn’t Taken Off
DBW, Writers Digest Survey on Author Satisfaction with the Industry
Digital Book World and Writer's Digest magazine announced some of the results of an in-depth author survey at this morning's Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York. The survey asked more than 9,000 authors to respond to some highly specified questions on the industry; those authors were placed in different categories based on their respective roles in the book … [Read more...] about DBW, Writers Digest Survey on Author Satisfaction with the Industry
DBW Digital Book Award Winners Announced
At an awards gala at the end of the second full day of the Digital Book World Conference and Expo, actor and Reading Rainbow co-founder and publisher at RRKidz hosted the Digital Book Awards, an honor recognizing innovative titles across a series of categories and all utilizing technology to create a compelling book. The awards were sponsored by Kobo and by the conference … [Read more...] about DBW Digital Book Award Winners Announced
DBW’s Publisher and Startup Survey Results
At this morning's Digital Book World conference event, Mike Shatzkin shared an in-depth look at the results of a survey on publishers and startups, as well as where the future for both entities may take them. "We've done a lot of programming this year on startups, and publishers working with them. We decided that it made sense to conduct a survey about their interaction," … [Read more...] about DBW’s Publisher and Startup Survey Results
Digital Book World: Kids and eReading Study Data Released
As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in New York, one of the first news items to come was the results of an in-depth study on the digital reading habits of some of the youngest ebook consumers in the marketplace. "Two-thirds of children under 13 now read on digital devices; kids love reading eBooks and parents believe in their educational value. … [Read more...] about Digital Book World: Kids and eReading Study Data Released
Can The Book Genome Project Solve the Riddle of Categorizing eBooks?
The anger over the decision by several retailers to stop carrying self-published titles continues to rage, as it is even extending to authors whose books were not even remotely close to the adult nature of titles that stores like WHSmith and Whitcoulls railed against. Authors have taken to launching change.org petitions and their social media platforms to vent and try to … [Read more...] about Can The Book Genome Project Solve the Riddle of Categorizing eBooks?
BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges
The Book Industry Study Group held its annual meeting last Friday in New York, and the focus of this year's event was to address some of the many challenges still facing the publishing and bookselling industries now that digital publishing has taken hold. The BISG also introduced its new mission statement, which shifts more attention on digital publishing. “Book Industry … [Read more...] about BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges
What’s Wrong with a Little Healthy Book Discussion?
All we keep hearing from the world of successful, bestselling indie authors is that they owe their success to their fans who are active on social media. Readers have embraced the access they have to their favorite authors, relishing in the Facebook interactions, Twitter chats, live Google Hangouts, and more. So what's wrong with an author responding to a book review, much as … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong with a Little Healthy Book Discussion?
Bowker Report: eBook Retailers Outbuying Print Retailers
According to a Bowker report first published by Digital Book World, ebook sales overreaching print sales aren't limited to digital consumers anymore. eBook retailers in 2012 made nearly half of all book purchases, beating out print retailers, at least in the US where almost 44% of all books sold through November of that year were purchased via an online retailer. Jeremy … [Read more...] about Bowker Report: eBook Retailers Outbuying Print Retailers
Libraries: More Important Than Ever for Discovery
A workshop on libraries and ebooks was held with Skip Dye, VP, Library and Academic Sales, Random House; George Coe, President, Library & Education, Baker-Taylor; Barbara Genco, Manager, Special Projects, Library Journal; Stephanie Anderson, Head of Readers Advisory, Darien Library; and Heather McCormack, Collection Development Manager, 3M Cloud Library. Genco showed … [Read more...] about Libraries: More Important Than Ever for Discovery
The Evolving Author-Publisher Relationship
This was a workshop with Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Publishing of HarperCollins, Nina von Molkte, SVP, Director of Digital Publishing Development, Random House and Jennifer Weltz, VP, Jean Naggar Literary Agency. One major point made by the agent was that some authors are learning how to use and manipulate social media and those who do are treated better by publishers when it … [Read more...] about The Evolving Author-Publisher Relationship
INScribe Digital and the End-to-End Digital Supply Chain
One very significant part of attending events like the Digital Book World conference held in New York this week is the opportunity to wander among the vendor and sponsor booths and meet up with innovative companies and platforms that offer a lot to the digital publishing space. At this year's event, there were an almost overwhelming number of companies who offer digital … [Read more...] about INScribe Digital and the End-to-End Digital Supply Chain
Libboo’s Jason Freeman on the Obstacles to Book Discovery
Last week, GoodeReader profiled the book discovery website Libboo, a location that allows both readers and authors to find new and intriguing titles without wading through the millions of ebooks available from retailers' platforms. Libboo's Jason Freeman, Minister of Strategic Growth, was on hand a Digital Book World to talk about the importance of a site that speaks to both … [Read more...] about Libboo’s Jason Freeman on the Obstacles to Book Discovery