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Migration of Readers From Print to Digital Hit the M&E Business H…
Digital Media and Entertainment Trends | December 15th 2009
The media industry goes into 2010 with a sense of cautious optimism, but there’s no hiding the casualties that were left behind in 2009. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, there were 1,025 media and entertainment company insolvencies in the two y read more
Flat World Raises Add'l $2.5 Million
NY Convergence | December 15th 2009
Open-source textbook firm Flat World Knowledge, based in Nyack, NY, has raised an additional $2.5 million in funding. In a separate release received by paidContent, the company says it has signed a deal to supply some of its digital textbooks to Bo read more
Seven Incredible Ways to Earn an Easy Income Using The Internet
The Scam Vol 1 | December 14th 2009 by Dmobile215
The internet is one of the most brilliant inventions to have ever been invented by the human race. It has created an environment where communication and e-commerce have both empowered and enriched the lives of billions of individuals around the world read more
Seven Incredible Ways to Earn an Easy Income Using The Internet
Check Scams Be Aware | December 14th 2009 by Dmobile215
The internet is one of the most brilliant inventions to have ever been invented by the human race. It has created an environment where communication and e-commerce have both empowered and enriched the lives of billions of individuals around the world read more
Deux Press Holiday Sale
The Yaoi Review | December 14th 2009 by AsukaRen
Deux Press is having another sale on their manga, so be sure to take advantage of it. Holiday Deals. read more
My year of adventure in publishing.
Brendan Cody's Blog | December 13th 2009 by Brendan Cody
It’s a been year. What a year! For all concerned. Over a year ago I started preparing to self-publish. I delayed, choosing to keep trying the mainstream publishing channels a bit longer. Curiosity, I suppose. To see what I had got, and if anyon read more
Self Publish A Book And Financially Survive
How to Write Better | December 13th 2009 by Jordan Matthews
Many people would like to self publish a book but feel it is too complicated or they do not know where to start? Think of it like baking a cake, you need to follow the recipe.The first step is to determine your niche or your market, then research t read more
Now what do I do?
All Write With Coffee | December 13th 2009 by Ann Elle Altman
Yesterday, I spent a few hours at Barnes and Noble while I waited for my daughter's plane to land. Anyway, I sped-read a lot of books in the writing/publishing section of the store and searched my favorite part - the mystery section. I found out a l read more
[Interview] Lori Titus
Conversations with Writers | December 13th 2009
In this interview, Lori Titus, author of the short story collection, Green Water Lullaby (Sonar 4 Publications, 2010) talks about stories and the effect they have on people:When did you start writing?I started writing when I was about ten years old.I read more
Future Thinking Self-Improvement Coachs Chose These 4 Smart Reaso…
Self Hypnosis Sleep, Hypnosis Training | December 13th 2009 by Simon Tattersall
A New Report On TECHNIQUES: From One Future Thinking Specialist to Another If self-improvement is what you trust in, then books should have the same, because nearly all improvements that have taken place down through history have been caused by the w read more
The Fight for eBook Publishing Rights [Ebook]
TechBlogs Today | December 12th 2009
For the past 15 years or so, most authors who’ve signed with publishers have explicitly defined their ebook publishing rights. But who owns the rights to the bazillions of books published before ebooks existed? There’s a battle raging (ok read more
The Fight for eBook Publishing Rights [Ebook]
Mouse ATC | December 12th 2009
For the past 15 years or so, most authors who've signed with publishers have explicitly defined their ebook publishing rights. But who owns the rights to the bazillions of books published before ebooks existed? There's a battle raging (okay, it's act read more
Does the SI Tablet Mean the End of Publishing?
epubbing.com | December 12th 2009
With the crop of new e-readers available and the ever-growing list of ebooks available, there is a lot of rumbling and grumbling about the end of publishing as we know it. UnnaturalStates: John & Harry Battling As a keen believer in electronic read more
[Interview] Molly Roe
Conversations with Writers | December 12th 2009
In this interview, Molly Roe, the author of Call Me Kate: Meeting the Molly Maguires (Tribute Books, 2008), talks about her writing:How would you describe the writing you are doing?Until about five years ago, I wrote only academic papers, but I began read more
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 12/12/2009
Eoin Purcell's Blog | December 12th 2009
Colm & The LaZarus Key I like the structure of that date, it has a good look to it. Here is a link to JA Konrath’s rather interesting list of ebook predicitions from the start of the month. I missed it then and only read it today. A brace o read more
Blogging Tips – How Far Should You Go with SEO
Pro Media Blog - Blogging Practices & Freelancing Tips | December 12th 2009 by Ranjay Mitra
There is no denying the fact that your website or blog has to be optimized for search engines. But how far should you go with SEO? How much time or money is worth all the optimization? If organic search is your only marketing tactics, then your site read more
Tools of Change for Publishing Conference - TOCCON 2010
Nemogenia | December 11th 2009 by Carlos de Paladella
I will be presenting four stories about how the rules in publishing have changed and will continue to change. We will give you four real examples, four real stories to show you how studying medicine in Europe is evolving fast. read more
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 11/12/2009
Eoin Purcell's Blog | December 11th 2009
Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews to close. Frankly I find this a little strange. Even spinning them off might have been better, though survival on their own would have been pretty unlikely without serious reorganization and a fundamental ret read more
Query Letters – Genre – What Literary Agent Should I Target?
The Idea Girl Says | December 11th 2009 by linda randall
Query Letters – Genre – What Literary Agent Should I Target? Query Letters - Genre - What Literary Agent Should I Target - The Idea Girl Says Word Press It’s a good idea to check out a Literary Agent’s Daily Blog to see how ma read more
Publishing in the Humanities Today: Part V
FordhamImPRESSions | December 11th 2009 by Fordham University Press
Without further ado, the fifth and final installment of Helen Tartar’s lecture on humanities publishing: I have been saying for decades that, while the subsidy required by scholarly publishing most importantly subsidizes academic scholarship, i read more
Print your blog professionally with Trip Book
TravelPod News | December 11th 2009 by Louise Brown
You can’t always impress people with a travel blog. Sometimes having an actual book to display on the coffee table is what you really need. Today we’re announcing a long awaited feature. Professional blog printing. For cheap. Inside of y read more
Blogging Tips – Is Google PR Important for Your Blog
Pro Media Blog - Blogging Practices & Freelancing Tips | December 11th 2009 by Ranjay Mitra
Google Page Rank (PR in short) is a technology Google uses to rank all the billion plus pages it keeps in the index. So when someone searches for a particular key word or phrase using Google, the results are in decreasing order of the page ranks for read more
How to Dramatically Increase Your Article Views and Income with T…
Stumbling Along | December 11th 2009 by linda
Picture Source Add your referral link to every article you submit Recently, I read an article that prompted me to write this article. At the very bottom of this person’s article they included a link to their Triond referral code. Ingenuo read more
Traditional Publishing, Self Publishing or Co- Publishing. What i…
Our Little books | December 11th 2009 by Julia Lindsey
Part 2 of 2 In our last post, we discussed the changing publishing world and the first type of publishing, traditional publishing. In this post, we will talk about a couple of other newer types of publishing. If you choose to self publish you read more
Filmmaker spearheads Ralph Lauren boycott in wake of Photoshop co…
Lucire: Insider | December 11th 2009 by Jack Yan
Documentary filmmaker Darryl Roberts (director of America the Beautiful, pictured at left) is spearheading a boycott against Polo Ralph Lauren, hitting Chicago, New York and San Francisco. On December 15, Roberts, along with 100 supporters, wil read more
201 - Being forced to write
Do you hate it too? | December 10th 2009 by Michael Rivera
I watch a television series called Californication. For those of you who don't already know what it's about, the episodes revolve around the personal and professional troubles of a published author. In the show's pilot, the writer is being pressured read more
Stand By Me
My Menopausal Musings | December 10th 2009 by Michelle
Support comes from the most surprising places. A lover’s look.The sound of a friend’s hello on the other end of the phone.Giggles from a child.The glorious sound of voices around a holiday table.Music.Art.A hug.A kiss.It has been a trying year.I read more
Seven Secret Clues to Successful Author Self-Promotion (4)
epubbing.com | December 10th 2009
So, now you should be getting the hang of how to promote yourself and your work using my Seven Secret Clues to Successful Author Self-Promotion. My next, third clue, takes you away from public speaking and into scrounging some key elements for your & read more
The Age of the Internet Tablet Is Nigh
Mashable - All That's New on the Web | December 10th 2009 by Mashable
Much like the eReader space has been heating up (with a host of new entrants like the Nook and Que taking on Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader), the tablet device form factor race has seriously begun. Rumors have been flying about both a read more
Sentiment analysis and Web 3.0
NextGenerationWeb.Net | Weblog about the Next Generation of… | December 10th 2009 by Stefan Schmollack
The rise of social media such as blogs and social networks has fuelled interest in sentiment analysis. With the proliferation of reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression, online opinion has turned into a kind of virtual read more
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