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Murder She Twote - Here Come the Twitter Novels2 comments

orionwell wrote 1 week ago: As social media, like Facebook and Twitter, become more embedded into our lives, it seems only natur … more →

Tags: author tools, blog to book, open publishing, Readership strategies, BBC Audio, Neil Gaiman, Nick Belardes, twitter, twitter novel

How m-books Could Change Reading1 comment

orionwell wrote 1 month ago: The day of the m-book (e-books on mobile phones)  is rapidly approaching.  Recently one of the found … more →

Tags: open publishing, publishing technology, Readership strategies, Amazon, eBook, iPhone app, Lexcycle, stanza

The Google Book Un-Settlement

orionwell wrote 2 months ago: The Google Book Settlement has become the stuff of great courtroom fiction – a battle of titan … more →

Tags: open publishing, Readership strategies, Google Book Settlement, Judge Denny Chin, Open Book Alliance

Electric Storytelling2 comments

orionwell wrote 2 months ago: The new magazine, Electric Literature may represent the future for literary fiction in the age of ne … more →

Tags: open publishing, Readership strategies, andy hunter, Electric Literature, Jim Shepard, Literary Fiction, Michael Cunningham, scott lindenbaum

After the Page

orionwell wrote 4 months ago: Since the development of written language, mankind has experimented with different reading “de … more →

Tags: publishing technology, Readership strategies, E-BOOK, electronic reading devices

Reinventing the Community Newspaper - An Interview with Paul Baron of HometownTimes.com2 comments

orionwell wrote 5 months ago: The failure of newspapers in the United States has become a commonplace occurrence over the last few … more →

Tags: interviews, Journalism & Newspapers, open publishing, Readership strategies, Community Newspaper, Hometown news, online journalism, Online Newspaper, Paul Baron

Contemplating the Google-book

orionwell wrote 5 months ago: According to a report in the NY Times, Google is preparing to enter the e-book market and take on Am … more →

Tags: Book Marketing, open publishing, publishing technology, E-BOOK, Google

Blogs for Sale on Kindle - Selling Ice to Eskimos?1 comment

orionwell wrote 6 months ago: Amazon recently rolled out a new program called Kindle Publishing for Blogs.  The beta program offer … more →

Tags: blog to book, blogs & writers, Journalism & Newspapers, open publishing, Readership strategies, Amazon, blogs, kindle

Breaking News: Online Newspaper Success Story! - An Interview with Tracy Record of the West Seattle Blog1 comment

orionwell wrote 7 months ago: The last few years have been especially tough for newspapers in America.  Many papers which have bee … more →

Tags: interviews, Journalism & Newspapers, open publishing, Readership strategies, blog Newspapers, citizen journalist, tracy record, West Seattle Blog

ebooks - Toward a Tipping Point?2 comments

orionwell wrote 8 months ago: The ebook continues on a roll.  March 8-14 was national Read an e-Book week and by all accounts was … more →

Tags: Book Marketing, open publishing, publishing technology, Readership strategies, E-BOOK, e-book readers, eBook, Indigo, read an e-book week

Richer Reading with Social Media - An Interview with Vidar Brekke of Social Intent6 comments

orionwell wrote 8 months ago: Recently, Broadway Books, (part of the Crown Group, a division of Random House), launched an innovat … more →

Tags: interviews, open publishing, publishing technology, Readership strategies

Teaser Books and Micro Market Testing

orionwell wrote 8 months ago: Recently, Penguin Books announced it would be bringing out more ultra short run teaser editions to b … more →

Tags: Readership strategies, publishing technology, open publishing, publishing analytics, Book Marketing, bookscan, Penguin books, teaser books, short run digital printing

Journalism is Dead, Long Live Journalism!1 comment

orionwell wrote 9 months ago: The death of American newspapers is now occurring at an almost predictable pace.  Every day it seems … more →

Tags: Journalism & Newspapers, open publishing, Readership strategies, 2008 Bivings Report, huffington post, news-blog, Newspaper Death Watch, Rocky Mountain News

Settling In with Google Book Search

orionwell wrote 9 months ago: Search is the primary way most of us navigate the Web.  Google has continually looked for new ways t … more →

Tags: author tools, Book Marketing, open publishing, publishing technology, Book Rights Registry, fair use doctrine, google book search, Google Print for Libraries program, Google Print for Publishers program

e-Books: a New Way to Optimize for Print?

orionwell wrote 9 months ago: The Business Blook as Beta PublishingOne of the benefits of living in a digital world is that it get … more →

Tags: blog to book, open publishing, publishing analytics, publishing technology, Readership strategies, E-BOOK, Google, Website Optimization

In-Transit Viewing of Book Trailers - A Potent New Book Marketing Venue4 comments

orionwell wrote 10 months ago: Book Vid Lit by Sheila Clover-English Sheila Clover English, the CEO of Circle of Seven Productions, … more →

Tags: author tools, Book Videos, Columns, Readership strategies, Circle of Seven Productions, expandedbooks, Scarborough Research, Transit TV

Could the Children's Book Market Sink like a Lead Balloon?1 comment

orionwell wrote 10 months ago: The tough economy looks like bad news for the children’s book market – for example child … more →

Tags: Book Marketing, open publishing, Readership strategies, Becker & Mayer, childrens place, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Karen Raugust, Mattel, Scholastic

Reimagining the e-book Experience2 comments

orionwell wrote 11 months ago: Over the last several years, e-books have experienced good growth relative to the overall market for … more →

Tags: open publishing, publishing technology, Readership strategies, E-BOOK, e-book aesthetic, e-book features, e-book pricing, e-book readers

Book Publishing's Month of the Long Knives1 comment

orionwell wrote 11 months ago: OUCH!!  The retrenchment of consumer spending which has led to declining book sales is now beginning … more →

Tags: Book Marketing, open publishing, publishing analytics, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, Layoffs, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster


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