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I want it now

December 17th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

Price, speed, and convenience will probably determine how information that is carefully argued and presented in book form will be distributed.

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Google Book Search--Doing Well by Doing Good?

December 10th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

For several months, all eyes in the world of books—authors, publishers, librarians, and a great many readers—were trained on the district court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Denny Chin, because a seemingly small-scale squabble over copyright looked likely to determine the digital future for all of us.

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Happy TweetsGiving!

November 25th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

Who says books are going to be replaced by ebooks? The millions of Twitter(TM) users now can save their “tweets” as a permanent printed and bound BOOK!

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M.I.T.’s Nicholas Negroponte on Book Festivals, Publishing, Libraries

November 18th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

There will always be festivals around their creative use — storytelling in its many forms and nonfiction in it many categories. The word “book” may need to be reconsidered sooner rather than later.

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Participatory Interactive Storytelling

November 14th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

How do we marry traditional book publishing to various online and digital media in a way that makes sense to readers?

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How do the bookstores figure in the publishing equation?

November 12th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

What ultimately determines the publishing success of a book? It’s the bookstores that now control the national publishing industry.

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Wall Street Speculates on Reading

November 7th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

A recent trading day resulted in a 27% jump in Amazon.com (AMZN) 
.In short, Amazon.com is selling an enormous (but secret) number of Kindle e-book readers.

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What Are They Thinking 2--Publishing Breakouts

November 3rd, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

A breakout can be the result of mysterious magic of word-of-mouth, or an outstanding performance. Breakouts often look obvious in retrospect, but they usually require extraordinary luck or skillful strategy.

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Another leap into the future of reading

November 1st, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

Houghton will be providing a computer-based teaching system it developed with Microsoft Corp. that will connect teachers, students, and administrators. It’s a radical shift away from the classic textbook publishing model and represents an industry transformation, as technology supplants textbooks.

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Publishing Basics—What Are They Thinking?

October 30th, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

For every publisher the initial “P&L” (Profit & Loss) statement arouses anxiety, self-delusion, and a classic never-ending tension between editorial instincts and marketing experience.

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