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  Serial Publishing: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

  531 readersSerial publishing can leave readers unsatisfied and, ultimately, frustrated. By Edward Nawotka As discussed in today’s feature story, more authors have been experimenting with serial publishing. It affords the writer the opportunity to maintain a constant connection with the reader. Readers, on the other hand, have been reticent about the move. After all, why by a single chapter

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  SURVEY: Should Amazon Open Bricks-and-Mortar Stores?

  941 readersBy Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief Amazon's Kindle e-reader Today’s feature story looks at the facts and possible scenarios surrounding the rumors that Amazon might be in negotiations to acquire Brazil’s dominant bookstore chain Saraiva — one with 102 bricks-and-mortar stores. That Amazon might even be considering a move is a surprise to most, but is it altogether out

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  SURVEY: Have You Ever Supported a Crowdfunded Book?

  209 readers“People are beginning to wonder if some Kickstarter creatives are actually just out to steal money.” By Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief Today’s feature story looks at publishing startup Crowdscribed.com. The company promises an evolution of the current crowdfunded and crowdsourced publishing models offered by Kickstarter and other similar platforms. Instead of asking a reader to donate money to

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  Plastic Logic raises $700 million for Russian e-reader factory

  2824 readersBack in November we reported that Plastic Logic was raising money from Russian investors to build a factory in Russia to produce the next generation of business-oriented e-ink readers (after the first generation Que failed entirely to get off the ground). Now PaidContent is carrying more specific details about the investment from the Russian Corporation

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  SURVEY: Top Reason Authors Should Go with Traditional Publishers?

  909 readersBy Edward Nawotka In today’s feature story Lisa Buchan of Sparkabook in Wellington, New Zealand meditates on the question of, “given the number of public attacks on the value of publishers, why have so few writers abandoned their existing publishers?” She offers some very compelling reasons why. But what do you think? Take our survey and

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  The Unhappiness and Optimism of Being Greek

  435 readers“We may be slipping into barbarism,” says one Greek author. By Evangelia Avloniti “I feel unarmed against the crisis quite often these days,” says Anastasia Lambria, publisher of Potamos. “Our country is without bookshops, the reading public is without money and crucially, without horizons.” Evangelia Avloniti You might think Anastasia Lambria is a pessimist, but she’s not — at

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  SURVEY: What Is the Top Issue for Frankfurt 2011?

  605 readersBy Edward Nawotka In today’s feature story about previewing what’s on the mind of publishers and literary agents from the UK for Frankfurt 2011, several issues are identified, including e-books, royalties for e-books, territoriality, piracy, agents as publishers, publishers as booksellers. Most of these are perennial issues, save for the issue of agents as publishers, which

• The Future of the ‘Zombies, Run!’ App

  480 readers Gaming company Six to Start raised over $50,000 to build Zombies, Run! last year, a storytelling app for Apple and Android smartphones that changes the hours you spend jogging into an interactive zombie story. The more you run, the deeper you move into an action-packed zombie story (video embedded above). PandoDaily has

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  Show Me the Money: Finding Cash for Your Publishing Start-up

  1778 readersTraditionally investors looked to technology as a scalable asset, but content appears to be making a comeback. By Sophie Rochester When it comes to getting your business off the ground, in addition to vision and a solid business plan, you need one thing above all: money. At O’Reilly’s Tools of Change for Publishing conference last week, a panel

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  Is the US a Fertile Market for Foreign Publishers?

  671 readersBy Edward Nawotka Today’s feature story looks at a change in attitude in the digital publishing ecosystem. Where previously, all the discussion was about US publishers looking to grow digital markets for their books overseas (and that hasn’t changed, with many US publishers reporting significant growth abroad), the Publishers Launch conference at BookExpo America featured a