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03.11.10What’s the weirdest book title of 2009?The Bookseller, a UK publishing magazine and website, has an annual prize called the Diagram Prize that it awards to the "oddest book title of the year." The Twitter network effect led to a tripling of submissions this year, so Booklist has published their "Very Longlist" for the first time ever. Here are all the nominees: 100 Girls on Cheap Paper A Tortilla is Like Life Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter An Intellectual History of Cannibalism Bacon: A Love Story Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 1741-1845 Bondage for Beginners Briefs for the Reading Room Budgeting for Infertility Collectible Spoons ...
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02.21.10Publishers should add value before raising ebook pricesWhen it comes to ebook pricing, I've changed my position on the matter almost weekly; sometimes I side with publishers, sometimes with retailers, sometimes with consumers. But I think this week I may have finally realized something that forces me into a more permanent point of view on the matter. It's this: Most publishers want to maintain the traditional business model and slow the growth of the ebook market. Most publishers, in fact, are trying to intentionally slow the uptake of ebooks by consumers. I think that's what the whole pricing issue is really about--driving away customers as much as possible, ...
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02.05.10The good and bad news from the pricing war between Amazon and publishersFor readers, there is one easy win to come from the current fight between Amazon and publishers over how to price and sell ebooks, and it is that at least one of the publishers demanding a change in terms has said that it will stop delaying ebook releases if it can practice variable pricing. Young said the company would release e-books simultaneously under the new model--Hachette USA had been one of a number of US publishers to window new releases because of the price they were being offered for sale on Amazon.com's Kindle device. The second bit of good news, although this ...
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02.05.10Two of the best explanations of the Amazon/Macmillan book battleThis whole issue of how ebooks are priced, what they're worth to consumers, and how to make money off of them is actually pretty complicated. It's also fascinating, at least to someone like me; for the first 18 months after I bought a Kindle I demanded that no publisher ever go above the $10 mark. (I've since softened my stance somewhat for new releases, although personally I don't buy ebooks over $10 regardless.) Two of the best explanations I've found come from published writers who have an obvious interest in what Amazon and publishers end up doing: Read "Amazon, Macmillan: an ...
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