BEA is the place for showing off a little, especially when it comes to new products or features. While this year’s event didn’t bring a new first-ever touch screen e-ink reader like Kobo sprung on the crowd last year, this year’s surprise package might be just as innovative, at least for authors and publishers. At the Kobo roundtable discussion this morning, the ebook … [Read more...] about Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard
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Life After Download – Richard Nash at IDPF Digital Book Conference
“In 1950, publishing consisted of white men in tweed coats publishing each other. It looked a lot like Mad Men, but they dress better.” Richard Nash, VP of Small Demons, began his brief tour through the history of publishing by showing that a massive rate of growth took place in the twentieth century publishing world, but that the rate of growth began to slow. But the … [Read more...] about Life After Download – Richard Nash at IDPF Digital Book Conference
BookExpo IDPF Event Begins with Seth Godin
This morning’s IDPF event in New York’s Javits Center began with a wide-open presentation from The Domino Project’s Seth Godin entitled, “The Attention Economy.” According to Godin, books are facing a hugely limiting enemy: shelf space. Traditional print publishing has to accumulate content and repackage it for the all-important marketing and placing in bookstores and … [Read more...] about BookExpo IDPF Event Begins with Seth Godin
Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
GoodEReader has already profiled the pending launch of ebook sales and rental site Bilbary, founded by the former head of Waterstones, Tim Coates. With the recent US launch of the company and the site’s plans to begin renting ebooks as soon as the end of this summer, Amy Riach was on hand at BookExpo to increase the company’s exposure, focus the brand, and work on growing the … [Read more...] about Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
IDPF Announces Speakers and Program Info for Digital Book 2012
Book Expo American 2012 is going to be happening in a few months and Good e-Reader will be on the scene bringing you the latest interviews and digital publishing news. One of the great aspects of this conference is all of the other events occurring at the same time. The International Digital Publishing Forum is a can't-miss-symposium and normally sells out very fast. The … [Read more...] about IDPF Announces Speakers and Program Info for Digital Book 2012
BookExpo America and IDPF Wrap Up
There was a lot of pre-show hype surrounding the BookExpo America and the IDPF Digital Book Conference, and it did not disappoint. The Javits Center in Manhatten was overflowing with live product demonstrations, business meetings, a jam-packed exhibit hall, and several presentation stages, all to garner focused attention on the publishing industry as a whole throughout the … [Read more...] about BookExpo America and IDPF Wrap Up