Yesterday, the Author\’s Guild placed an ill-advised blog entry on their site. It\’s such an obvious piece of fluff propaganda that it\’s being picked apart around the internet. One of the better commentaries was penned by Passive Guy over on his blog. I\’ll agree with PG\’s summary: the writer of said post was clueless. PG …
Wrote this for a discussion elsewhere, and then I decided it made a great year-end retrospective on how far we\’ve come this year. Some AMAZING stuff has happened this year! Just think back for a moment about how much indie/self publishing has grown, over the last year. Digital publishing has created something of a …
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced last week a new document describing their idea for best practices in ISBN use for publishing today, specifically addressing digital publishing. Some excepts from the press release: New York, NY (December 7, 2011) — The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced today the publication of a new Policy …
Mike Shatzkin has just posted an excellent new article: \”Will book publishers be able to retain primacy as ebook publishers?\” Some snippets: \”… I think we’re going to see a US market that is 80% digital for narrative text reading in the pretty near future: could be as soon as two years from now …
Mike Shatzkin asks: what can publishers offer in digital publishing? A response. Read More »
Mike Shatzkin has just posted an excellent new article: \”Will book publishers be able to retain primacy as ebook publishers?\” Some snippets: \”… I think we’re going to see a US market that is 80% digital for narrative text reading in the pretty near future: could be as soon as two years from now …
Mike Shatzkin asks: what can publishers offer in digital publishing? A response. Read More »
Robin Sullivan just posted to her blog this morning that she, too, was banned from the Absolute Write site. Her ban message? You have been banned for the following reason: Just get the hell off my site. You\’re relentlessly snotty, rude, and you\’re a f***cking bald-faced liar. I\’m done with you. Date the ban will be …
I suppose it was inevitable. Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. For the first time in over two decades of using the internet, I got banned from a site. Not just any site, either. I was banned from the Absolute Write forums. And honestly, I\’m pretty glad I was. Let me explain. Absolute …
Robin Sullivan just posted to her blog this morning that she, too, was banned from the Absolute Write site. Her ban message? You have been banned for the following reason: Just get the hell off my site. You\’re relentlessly snotty, rude, and you\’re a f***cking bald-faced liar. I\’m done with you. Date the ban will be …
