Category Archives: Bookselling

Amazon’s New Kindle Fire tablet Ships November 15!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled three new Kindle models last week, including the much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet. Amazon’s new 7” vibrant color multi-touch tablet sold an estimated 95,000 units in the first day of pre-orders for just $199 each. The … Continue reading →

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Defining Book Value: When Money Gets in the Way

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Apple is standing alongside five major publishing houses at the defendant’s table for allegedly conspiring to raise e-book prices. HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster are on the stand defending themselves against allegations that Apple aided them in … Continue reading →

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Self-Publishing: Threat or Menace?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Laura Fillmore

Someone asked recently in a Book Industry Study Group (BISG) post: “Does anyone else out there, besides me, think that self-publishing should just go away and let ‘real’ publishing take over again?” Interesting question. But I don’t think that the … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole with the Espresso Book Machine

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Laura Fillmore

Published in IPNE newsletter, June 2010 A group of fifteen IPNE members visited Harvard Book Store on June 4th, to witness the digital revolution turn yesterday’s “gentleman’s business” of publishing into everyman’s global printing press. The Espresso Book Machine (EBM), squired … Continue reading →

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