Category Archives: digital revolution

Readers Vs. Slush Pile

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Interesting article over at salon.com. Laura Miller, an industry insider, pokes fun at e-books and the changes in the publishing industry. Miller takes a slightly snarky tone in describing the current state of publishing. New technology allows authors to bypass … Continue reading →

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E-Book Growth

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Marion Jensen

The nice thing about the Huffington Post is that they have such a wide variety of people writing for them. When they totally miss the mark on one article, they have another article that nails it. A few weeks ago … Continue reading →

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Win Win

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Let’s talk a little about the price of books. Let’s say you just wrote a new novel, and you set the price at $10 per copy. At that price you will likely sell 10,000 books. Gross income will be $100,000. … Continue reading →

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E-books for Young Readers?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Random House just announced that they will be releasing all 6,234 books in the Magic Tree House series in e-book format. I’m interested in this for several reasons. First, I love to see the e-books movement progress in any shape … Continue reading →

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Some Folks Get It

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Marion Jensen

I try to keep abreast of the many author, agent, and publisher blogs out there that talk about new models in publishing, but I just don’t have as much time as I’d like. Which is why I appreciate it when … Continue reading →

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Missing the Mark

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Ok, we’ve established the publishing industry is going through significant changes right now. People everywhere are predicting what things will look like in three to five years. The future is hard to predict, but this article over at the Huffington … Continue reading →

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More examples of new models…

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Good writeup in the San Franciso Chronicle today about new models emerging in the publishing industry. The ‘open model’ is in there, as demonstrated by Seth Harwood. “The model of agents and publishers as gatekeepers just isn’t working anymore,” says … Continue reading →

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E-book Revolution

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Great article over at Wall Street Journal on how e-books are shaking things up. These are interesting times in the publishing world, and authors should be celebrating. We’ve been waiting ten years for the digital revolution to finally hit our industry, and … Continue reading →

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Publishing Industry

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Marion Jensen

I told you yesterday you should be reading Joe Konrath’s blog. Today he answers a few questions and one in particular jumped out at me. From his blog: “Q: You seem to really be down on print publishers lately. “A: … Continue reading →

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