Category Archives: New Technology

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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Push Pop Press gets Pushed Out of Publishing

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Social networking giant Facebook acquired iPad publisher extraordinaire Push Pop Press this past Tuesday. For Push Pop Press founders and ex-Apple engineers Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris—and for Facebook and its users as well—this means only good things. Push Pop’s … Continue reading →

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Social Reading: Sharing notes differently

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

A new buzz-term is flying around the publishing community: Social Reading. New websites have been popping up over the past year and a half, from Copia to Shelfari, bringing together ebook clubs from readers all over the world and connecting … Continue reading →

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Global Publishing: Plugging in to a Changing Game

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Laura Fillmore

OBS will present on a panel at the first annual Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE — http://www.ipne.org/) conference, “Survive and Thrive,” tomorrow, March 26, 2011, in Waltham. David Godine will be the Keynote speaker. Looking forward to it!

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