Ebooks and blogs are changing not only how we read but what we read, says Brian Burton. In today’s time-poor attention economy, social media and ebooks have replaced print as the channel for radical ideas. Is print really on the … Read more
By Danuta Kean at alcs.co.uk: In the face of the burgeoning power and influence of internet venture capital, and illegal filesharing sites, Danuta Kean rallies writers to bring their fighting skills up to date. You have to hand it to … Read more
By Shiv Malik at guardian.co.uk: Amazon.co.uk has said that sales of its Kindle ebooks are now outstripping its sales of printed books. Underlining the speed of change in the publishing industry, Amazon said that two years after introducing the Kindle, customers are … Read more
By Catherine Ryan Howard at catherynryanhoward.com: If you haven’t already heard, there was a bit of an incident at the Harrogate Crime Festival last week. During a panel discussion called Wanted for Murder: The E-book (for anyone surprised at what happened, shouldn’t … Read more
Welcome to the London Book Fair Digital Minds Conference live blog! I’ll be updating every 5 minutes or so, so keep refreshing the page to see the latest action from the conference. Join the discussion by commenting below, or by adding … Read more
By Ed Pilkington on guardian.co.uk: In internet-savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world – or “legacy publishing” as its detractors call it – … Read more
By Mark on thewritersguidetoepublishing.com No, it’s not a trick question. Fact is, Amazon may not be selling your 99c ebook for 99c. It may well be selling your 99c ebook for $3.50, and pocketing most of the difference. For those of … Read more
By Nancy Fulda at nancyfulda.livejournal.com: When I made my first halting steps into kindle publishing, I was fortunate enough to stumble headlong into Maria Schneider, author of Catch an Honest Thief. She’s been treading the independent waters for years, and taught … Read more
By John C Abell on Wired: There are no two ways about it: E-books are here to stay. Unless something as remarkable as Japan’s reversion to the sword occurs, digital books are the 21st century successor to print. And yet the … Read more
In the final part of his report on this year’s London Book Fair Digital Conference, Alastair Horne considers the impact of mobile on the publishing industry. Read more
