blackplasticglasses.com - 4/1/2009
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This piece is about consumer or “trade” publishing as we call it in the industry. To begin, let's review how a book becomes a book. A writer gets an agent who peddles a manuscript to an editor who buys the book. The Publisher then pays an advance against the future royalties. (N. B., trade ...
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The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. —
"Ebooks, if successful, will sink the trade publishing industry." - "Why Ebooks Must Fail," Evan Schnittman
Links for 1st April 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board —
... uses HP Indigo technology, so every issue is custom-printed when it’s ordered. Printing on demand means no big print runs, which means no pre-publishing expense. Magazines are brilliant full color on 80lb paper with saddle-stitched covers. They look awesome."
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Why Ebooks Must Fail
"What this means is that unless a very different model evolves, ...
Why ebooks must fail
Futurismic —
... You may have seen this already, but just in case: Evan Schnittman is head of global business development at the Oxford University Press, and he sure knows how to make the first post on a new blog punch hard. In his inaugural piece, he explains why the success of consumer ebooks would collapse the publishing “Ponzi scheme”. ...
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SF and Fantasy ebooks 3 for 2
panmacmillan.com 9/6/2008 — We are offering you 3 for the price of 2 on all of the ebooks below until 31 December 2008 only. Click on the book titles below to find out more and to buy them. To find out more about ebooks, click here . 978033045710101 The Ghost Brigades by John ...
History Fail
rimworlds.com 8/25/2009 — According to IO9 , SF didn’t really penetrate our cultural awareness until it hit television.
They mention television of the past in passing in this introductory piece to a week’s worth of SF (and other genres) on the babble box. As usual, however, the focus is on current day ...
More wise words on eBooks
angryrobotbooks.com 8/22/2009 — While you’re sitting at home or work, waiting for the day we announce our books are available as eBooks (should be ultra soon, now – will update when we have further info), why not sit back and pop on over to the SFX website and read about eBook pricing – why some companies ...
Doomed: why Wikipedia will fail
arstechnica.com 2/13/2009 —
Law professor Eric Goldman loves Wikipedia, but he's also convinced that the site contains the "seeds of its own destruction." In other words, not to put too fine a point upon it, Wikipedia will fail.
Goldman made his provocative point ...
‘Mission Fail’ by Michael Meyerhofer
planetmagazine.wordpress.com 5/30/2009 — “So, Doc, how many do you think died today?” Fram asked. “A million? Ten million?”
We were sitting in the mess mall of the Scaled Angel, the only two in a room built for ten astronauts of various shapes and sizes. Fram was picking his ...
Ebooks for $1!
scifichick.com 1/7/2009 — Press Release from Orbit Books:
Introducing the One Dollar Ebook from Orbit!
Orbit – in partnership with a number of major ebook vendors – has launched an innovative promotion offering one ebook for sale each month at the introductory price of $1.00. ...
OF Blog of the Fallen: The "Fail" beat still continues
ofblog.blogspot.com 8/6/2009 — I'm feeling a bit ill tonight, so if my thoughts are a bit too brief and/or disjointed, I'll blame it on the stomach bug I have. Anyways, on with the topic du jour, that of another all-male SF Anthology being released and the shitstorm that Paul di ...
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