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US ebook sales jump again, print falls 64%
US ebook sales rose 167% in June, to US$80.2 million. Meanwhile, print sales are falling: trade paperback sales had the largest decline, down 64%, while children’s hardcover sales were off 31%....
'the death of the bookcase' was much overstated
A much-hyped story recently claimed that changes to Ikea's iconic Billy bookshelves were another harbinger of the death of the book: but that's not quite the correct story ...
Are books dead, can authors survive?
Despite its rather sensational title, this article from the Edinburgh Book Festival has some pertinent things to say about the future of books and publishing.
Keillor op ed provokes debate
This week's version of the 'death of the book/future of the book' argument comes courtesy of Garrison Keillor.
DK's 'end of publishing' video
This has to be the most-watched and most linked-to video on'the future of publishing' for quite a while, produced by Dorking Kindersley for a conference in the UK. Make sure to watch it all the way th...
Ebooks could kill hardbacks, Hachette head warns
Arnaud Nourry, chief executive of French publishing group Hachette Livre, has said that 'unilateral pricing' by Google, Amazon and others could destroy profits and kill the lucrative trade in hardback...
Death or rebirth?
'Let's face it -- the whole chain bookstore, publishing house, agent, author thing is bankrupt. It's even more 19th century than newspapers and old-fashioned crank music records. Don't get me started ...
'Why publishing cannot be saved (as it is)'
This provocative opinion blog by Richard Nash, former Soft Skull Press publisher, has stirred up plenty of comment.
'Bits of destruction' hit the book business
This ReadWriteWeb spells out a number of the structural challenges currently facing the book business.
This Is Your Wake-up Call: 12 Steps to Better Book Publishing
Jonathan Carp writes in PW: 'We are acquiring and publishing too many books. We buy them opportunistically, and at times thoughtlessly. We edit and launch them too quickly. We market them carelessly a...
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