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Why Dan Franklin Matters
By Emily Williams, co-chair, BISG Rights Subcommittee Dan Franklin made a name for himself as digital editor at Canongate when he collaborated with author Nick Cave and developer Enhanced Editions to...
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The Agent’s Role in Today’s Digital Book World
By Mary Kole, Literary Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency It’s a flummoxing time in publishing right now. Most publishers, editors, developers, marketers, and creators freely admit that the digital...
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Publishing Takes Over NYC
By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Chief Executive Optimist, Digital Book World For all the talk of disintermediation, real and exaggerated, New York City is still the metaphorical heart, if no longer the...
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DBW Insights: James McQuivey
James McQuivey, VP and Principal Analyst of Forrester Research, shares results and insights from the DBW/Forrester 2010 Publishing Executive Survey. The survey looked at the perceptions of publishing...
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DBW Insights: Rachel Chou
Rachel Chou, Chief Marketing Officer of Open Road Integrated Media, discusses the changing business of book marketing, new skill sets for ebook publishers by merging publicity, marketing, and sales...
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Reflecting on Magazines for a New Generation
Earlier this week, I attended the Center for Communication event, “Magazines for a New Generation” at The New School, which featured representatives from Glamour, Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, and more. The...
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The Publishing Mind Shift The biggest change in publishing is under our control—if we allow it. It is our own mind shift in how we approach things. This video was shared with me by a student in a...
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Opportunities and Obstacles for Women in Book Publishing
Last night’s Digital Book World event, Women in Book Publishing: Career Opportunities, Challenges and Advice, supported by the Association of American Publishers’ Young To Publishing Group and Workman...
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The 3 Pillars Of Selling More Books
by Beth Bacon Strategies for creating best sellers take time. In the digital book marketplace, individual authors fight in the same ring with legacy publishers. The big publishers have an advantage:...
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5 Ways For Authors to Handle Bad Reviews
by Beth Bacon Authors shouldn’t avoid customer feedback, they just need to know how to handle negative customer reviews All authors’ hearts break a little when negative reviews show up on their books’...
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20 Marketing Questions Self-Published Authors Must Answer
If you’re a self-published novelist, your line of books is your small business. Like any small business, you need a marketing strategy. There are lots of marketing activities that you can engage in to...
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