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Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Posted in General, Publishing, Reading devices, mobile

A little bit ago I wrote a kind of iPhone app wishlist for independent publishers. Well, it looks like Indiebound made good on their promise. Their new iPhone app (in the U.S.) is the exact right step booksellers should be taking. For more on the genesis of the project, here’s a great overview at Follow [...]

How to Get Indies in on the iPhone Game

Posted in General, Publishing, eBooks, mobile

Hello everyone, Ryan again from New York. I hope this entry’s not too U.S.-centric! I know little about the UK scene, so who knows if this applies on both sides of the Atlantic.
After reading Adam Hodgkin’s take on the Google/Amazon/Apple ebook shakeout (and Mike Shatzkin’s response), I thought about what’s lost here: Browse. The Kindle, the [...]

A New Class of Online Media (But Would It Work for Books?)

Posted in General, Reading devices, eBooks, mobile

Hello Digitalist readers! (Digitalists?) James and Sara asked me to guest blog, so I’ll be posting every now and then. I’m the Internet Marketing Manager for the U.S. side of Macmillan, and you can find out a little about me here. It’s best to imagine a flat American accent when reading my entries. 
I’m very interested [...]