• How Publishers And Authors Are Promoting E-Books For The Holidays

    Updated: 2011-12-23 16:46:39
    I asked publishers and authors how they’e promoting their e-books for the holidays and got answers from bundling and free samplers to Kindle Fire giveaways. Click through to see who’ doing what. Read Full Article...

  • Startup e-Book House Releases Crime Anthology

    Updated: 2011-12-23 16:35:59
    Looking to practice what he preaches about digital media, Michael Wolf, v-p of research at GigaOM, a technology news and analysis blog, has launched Bstsllr.com, an e-book publishing house specializing in crime and mystery fiction. The house...

  • A Story From the Best-Selling Book Ever

    Updated: 2011-12-22 18:02:53
    This seems like a good time to pull a story out of the best-selling book ever, The Bible. Here it is, from the book of Matthew, New International Version. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she [...]

  • Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy

    Updated: 2011-12-20 05:49:30
    The decision by major publishers to strike a pricing deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been the source of speculation and several antitrust investigations. Now, a new court filing suggests someone inside the industry was leaking the...

  • Publishing non-fiction

    Updated: 2011-12-19 20:53:31
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Publishing non-fiction by Scott Great site Still need to explore it all and sign up for your newsletter , which I will do . Here is my question as I get ready to work on my first . book The book will be a how-to and the main approach will be to sell it as a download e-product on my website . But offering it as a POD and for an e-reader would be a nice bonus for those who want it . It seems , however , that there would be some obstacles to doing this . One would be the inclusion of color illustrations and charts , etc . These enhance a downloaded product easily , but I assume that is not possible to do in a POD or Kindle product In the POD perhaps the images could be grayscale , but I assume that in the

  • Strategize to sell yourself

    Updated: 2011-12-19 20:51:19
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Strategize to sell yourself by Ian Miller New Zealand Strategy involves a number of aspects , but the first one is to have a clear goal . At first sight , this is simple : sell your book(s but is it so simple The problem is , there are millions of other books out there , so why is someone going to pick on yours Yes , there will be kindly friends and relatives , and you can always sell some of anything , but to be a real success you want people with no attachments at all to purchase . Why are they going to do that Because they have heard of you , the author , and think that you will have something worth reading . The next aspect of strategy is not to have too many objectives . If you dart all over the place

  • Marketing Tip: Choose A Publisher That Delivers

    Updated: 2011-12-19 20:50:10
    : Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Marketing Tip : Choose A Publisher That Delivers by Gare Greater Detroit area This is a warning based on my extensive experience . I have published two books . The first went as promised by the self-publisher . They did the marketing as they said they would do . The second , however , was a complete bust . The self-publisher , Xlibris , made many assurances and with virtually not one delivered . When questioned by phone or email , there was no response to either the call or email . They were , however , more than willing to sell me marketing services for an additional fee . Many of those services were services that were supposed to be a part of the package that I purchased initially . I further can no

  • HMV makes a profit from Waterstone's, as losses deepen

    Updated: 2011-12-19 19:27:38
    The HMV Group made a profit of 11.5m from the sale of book chain Waterstone's, but the fillip did not prevent the CD and DVD retailer sinking further into the mire with operating losses for the six months to end-October up 25% to 30.4m after...

  • Getting Published: How many pages does it take?

    Updated: 2011-12-19 14:19:01
    How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world may never know. How many pages does it take to get into a book? A handful of websites have a few theories. Some of these sites even use these theories to help new writers become published! As a [...]

  • Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (December 19, 2011)

    Updated: 2011-12-19 07:01:25
    The latest update of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog is now available. It provides information about new works related to scholarly electronic publishing, such as books, e-prints, journal articles, magazine articles, technical reports, and white papers. | Digital Scholarship's Digital/Print Books | Digital Scholarship |

  • The O’Brien Press Seek A Marketing/Publicity Assistant

    Updated: 2011-12-16 18:31:12
    O’BRIEN HAVE ASKED ME TO NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED. Irish publishing house The O’Brien Press has a vacancy for a Marketing/Publicity Assistant. The position will involve assisting and providing support to the Marketing Manager in all aspects of marketing, publicity and events. It will involve working on all new and read more »

  • Cle/Publishing Ireland Seeks Executive Director

    Updated: 2011-12-16 18:23:59
    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (part-time) for Cle/Publishing Ireland – the re-energised forward-looking publishers association. For three days per week we require a dynamic, creative and action-oriented ED, who will report to the Board. Principle responsibilities will be to enrich and implement our 2012-2013 strategy, represent publishers and develop creative ways of better serving our publishers’ needs. Candidates read more »

  • An Independent Christmas Selection

    Updated: 2011-12-16 18:15:26
    In a slight departure from past Christmas suggestions we’ve asked only one bookseller, Louisa Cameron from Raven Books,  to suggest some books for the season, I think you’ll agree she knocks it out of the park. A sumptuous gift book, The Horse & Irish Society (The History Press Ireland), displays David O’Flynn’s insightful photography into the many, read more »

  • NPR’s Best SFF of 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-15 20:03:37
    NPR posted their list of The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy today, and we were pleased to see Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes (US) get a mention! Lev Grossman called Abercrombie “not nearly as well-known in the U.S. …

  • Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two

    Updated: 2011-12-15 00:08:30
    IN part two of our series on ebooks and ereaders in Ireland we look at Apple and Easons. Apple Personally I’ve never rated Apple’s commitment to books as a category and not just because their recently deceased founder dismissed reading as something people didn’t do any more. More importantly for me ebooks never seemed to have Apple’s read more »

  • Kindle Fire Review

    Updated: 2011-12-14 15:00:50
    My friend Tony reviews the Kindle Fire. Have a look at a synopsis of it's features and what customers are saying about this value added device.

  • Briefly Noted | Public vote debut novel as Irish Book of the Year – Books, Life & Style – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-12-14 09:39:14
    Solace, the debut novel by Longford writer Belinda McKeon, has been voted the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book of the Year for 2011. The public were asked to vote for their favourite title from the list of 10 category winners announced at the recent Irish Book Awards 2011. Ms McKeon, who was named as Sunday read more »

  • Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland: The 2011 Edition – Part One

    Updated: 2011-12-12 15:52:39
    2011 has seen an upsurge in interest in ebooks and ereaders in Ireland. IPN started to notice a huge spike in search traffic for Kindle’s, ebooks and a number of other devices in November. In an effort to help people make decisions in the run in to what looks to be the biggest ebook Christmas in Ireland read more »

  • Busy, busy, busy but fun, fun, fun

    Updated: 2011-12-09 22:22:07
    As the busy holiday season descends upon us, I breathe deeply and sigh, “If only we had a week that all we did was catch up!” Oops! I just remembered one more thing I should have done three days ago. That was Tuesday, though, and Editor Ana Wraight and I were busy critiquing portfolios of [...]

  • Cover launch: THE OUTCAST BLADE by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Updated: 2011-12-09 16:51:07
    And here it is in all its beauty – the cover for the second book in the Assassini trilogy by Jon Courtenay Grimwood. We showed you the new cover for THE FALLEN BLADE (US | UK | ANZ) earlier this …

  • Y Books Promote Digital First With The Healing Code

    Updated: 2011-12-09 08:00:34
    Independent publisher, Y Books is to launch an ebook only edition of Dermot O’Connor’s The Healing Code in January 2012. It will be the first time the bestselling book will be available as an eBook. The book was originally published by Hachette. In the book O’Connor, who was diagnosed with a severe form of multiple read more »

  • Digital Scholarship Publication Activity in 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-08 04:05:14
    Digital Scholarship published the below works in 2011. From January 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011, Digital Scholarship had over 2.4 million visitors from 211 counties and over 11.4 million file requests, including over 8.8 million page views. January 17, 2011. Published version 2 of the Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography. March 1, 2011. Published [...]

  • "Is Free Inevitable in Scholarly Communication? The Economics of Open Access"

    Updated: 2011-12-08 04:03:03
    Caroline Sutton has published "Is Free Inevitable in Scholarly Communication? The Economics of Open Access" in College & Research Libraries News. Here's an excerpt: In this article I would like to make the case that a change in the delivery of scientific content and in the business models for delivering scholarly communication was inevitable from [...]

  • Assistant/Associate Librarian (Metadata & Digital Curation) at Grand Valley State University Libraries

    Updated: 2011-12-08 04:02:52
    The Grand Valley State University Libraries are recruiting an Assistant/Associate Librarian (Metadata & Digital Curation). Required degree: "Master of Library Science degree from an ALA accredited institution." Here's an excerpt from the ad: Provides leadership and guidance in the development and implementation of data management strategies that will support discovery, access, management, and preservation of [...]

  • "The Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data Means Better Science"

    Updated: 2011-12-08 04:01:44
    Jennifer C. Molloy has published "The Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data Means Better Science" in PLoS Biology. Here's an excerpt: Data provides the evidence for the published body of scientific knowledge, which is the foundation for all scientific progress. The more data is made openly available in a useful manner, the greater the level of [...]

  • Current News: Twitter Updates for 12/6/11

    Updated: 2011-12-07 04:05:49
    Berlin 9 OA Conference Urging More, Faster, http://bit.ly/scwMXK Swiss Govt: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal, http://bit.ly/uDNFX1 Wolters Kluwer Health Acquires Leading Open Access STM Journal Publisher in India, http://bit.ly/u3XNph Another View of DRM for Publishers, http://bit.ly/rs3qEa European Commission Opens Formal Investigation into Sale of E-books, http://bit.ly/sHxgBu | Digital Scholarship |

  • Emerging Technology Services Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries

    Updated: 2011-12-07 04:04:26
    The North Carolina State University Libraries are recruiting an Emerging Technology Services Librarian. Required degree: "ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent advanced degree in library or information science." Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Emerging Technology Services Librarian provides frontline services for digital media and technology equipped spaces in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, including [...]

  • Digital Humanities, SPEC Kit 326

    Updated: 2011-12-07 04:01:17
    The Association of Research Libraries has released the Digital Humanities, SPEC Kit 326. Here's an excerpt from the press release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Humanities, SPEC Kit 326, which provides a snapshot of research library experiences with digital scholarship centers or services that support the humanities (e.g., history, art, music, [...]

  • Mistakes Love to Play “Hide and Seek”

    Updated: 2011-12-06 15:00:58
    Outside proofreaders, preferably specialists in book publishing, are a stand-in for your eventual reader. In addition to finding errors that almost got away, an experienced proofreader will zero in on text that may not be clear to someone reading it for the first time.

  • Systems Support Librarian at State Library of North Carolina

    Updated: 2011-12-06 04:04:23
    The State Library of North Carolina is recruiting a Systems Support Librarian. Hiring Range: $32,965-$49,607. Duration: three year period. Here's an excerpt from the ad: NCpedia is the online North Carolina encyclopedia managed by the Library. Using a combination of XML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP (or additional programming/scripting languages), this position manages and maintains [...]

  • HathiTrust Responds to First Amended Complaint in Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. HathiTrust et al. Copyright Case

    Updated: 2011-12-06 04:03:22
    HathiTrust has responded to the plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint in the Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. HathiTrust et al. copyright case. Read more about it at "HathiTrust Answers Authors Guild Lawsuit; Trial Schedule Set" and "Authors Guild v. HathiTrust et al. Resources." | Digital Scholarship's Digital Bibliographies | Digital Scholarship |

  • Briefly Noted | Fourth Estate wins auction for traveller tale | The Bookseller

    Updated: 2011-12-04 09:40:14
    Fourth Estate has acquired the story of a young Irish traveller after a four-way auction. Claire Reihill acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to This is the Way by Gavin Corbett, plus a second novel, from agent Will Francis of Janklow & Nesbit. The title was sent unsolicited by the author to Francis. via Fourth Estate read more »

  • Paul Williams Easons Limerick Signing Cancelled On Security Concerns

    Updated: 2011-12-03 14:17:16
    A book signing for Paul Williams’ new book, Badfellas, in Easons Limerick has been cancelled today after a security concern. Elaine Levins, manager at the Limerick store, said that the store’s planned signing was cancelled at ‘around 11.30am in the interest of public safety’ because of a security concern passed on to them by the read more »

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