On Twitter yesterday I was raving about a fantastic Economist slideshow that sets out a credible and satisfying vision for the future of publishing: The slide show misses an important third mode of reading. For the Economist it makes sense to ignore it. Technical and...
Paid Content documents Amazon Publishing's haphazard start. Sales have not been stellar, but 3 of the 5 best sellers were from Seth Godin's Domino Project: After The Hangman’s Daughter, the most successful print titles I tracked were both from Seth Godin’s imprint...
Click here to download: anatomy of training video.pdf (199 KB) (download) Click here to download: anatomy of training video.pdf (199 KB) This is my plan for how to...
This Flash game book is getting serious now, already up to 70 pages! Still need to flesh out the section on Blitting as well as Game UI sections. Blitting will probably be the largest part of the book. I already have a feeling like I am going to need to cut back or see...
Another innovation introduced with this new format is the ability to rent ebooks rather than buying them. Books can typically be rented for between 30 to 360 days, although the exact limits will vary from book to book. And rented book can be bought with full credit...
Not just the first one. And not all three. But you really need at least one. 1. Results. If you can offer a return on investment, an engineering solution, more sales, no tax audits, a cute haircut, the fastest rollercoaster, a pristine beach, reliable insurance payouts...
Considering the amount of press Unbound has got, I'm amazed it's only managed to get two books funded so far. Without the benefit of launch PR how can their model prove sustainable?
Felix Salmon has a couple great posts on the New York Times' paywall. He notes that it has been successful and explains why. Felix says: Yes, the NYT paywall is porous — but that’s a feature, not a bug. It allows anybody, anywhere, to read any NYT article they like...
Amazon is set to launch a web-based Kindle reader that will work on PC, iPad and presumably smartphones too. You'll be able to read your Kindle stuff from any device without downloading any software. And you should also be able to read books while offline. In the short...
