It appears to be the end for one of the industry's top tech blogs, GigaOm, which was founded in 2006 by Om Malik. The site, which recently underwent a high-profile management change, made a significant shift to both research-based projects and the staging of live industry events, which may be at the root of the money problems some insiders have mentioned related to the shut … [Read more...] about The End for Tech Blog GigaOm
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Kindle Highlighting Coming Under Fire
Laura Hazard Owen for GigaOm posted an interesting article this week that unearthed an issue making waves involving the highlighting feature on Kindles. A recently launched startup called Findings enabled users to sync their highlighted Kindle clippings and allow others to see those clippings. However, Amazon pulled the plug on the service citing a violation of their terms of … [Read more...] about Kindle Highlighting Coming Under Fire
To Tweet or Not to Tweet…
The great plague of being an indie author with an ebook for sale on one—or all—of the major distribution platforms is finding a way to make one book stand out from the rest. With countless digital titles available on the platforms, both domestic and international, garnering vital promotion and consumer interest is difficult. Fortunately, just as the digital era has made … [Read more...] about To Tweet or Not to Tweet…
Ebook Pricing Still a Mystery to Some Publishers
GigaOM reported today on a Wall Street Journal article that asks the question as to whether traditional publishing houses really know what they’re doing when it comes to setting the price of digital editions of their titles. For the most part, the answer seems to be an overwhelming no. The article hastened to point out that the Big Six and Apple are being investigated on two … [Read more...] about Ebook Pricing Still a Mystery to Some Publishers
InterMix to Fill the Niche of Mass-Market Paperbacks
With even frontlist bestsellers selling equal, if not more than, numbers in ebook and in print, the typical mass-market paperback may be floundering. Usually set at a lower price point and intended, as the name implies, for a quick trip through the shelves at booksellers and department stores, mass-market paperbacks were traditionally found in only a handful of genre, such as … [Read more...] about InterMix to Fill the Niche of Mass-Market Paperbacks