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April 30, 2009

Newspaper advertising

publishing

This morning some communication bounced around internally regarding the possibility of an ad in a Chicago paper to be coordinated with an upcoming book fest. Perfect timing then to view this […]

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April 29, 2009 (April 29, 2009)

“The worst book about pop music I have ever read”

music publishing

When I see a newspaper headline like the one above my heart immediately sinks with the publicist’s fear that the book in question is one of our titles. Whew! Thankfully, the focus of Jeff […]

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April 28, 2009 (April 28, 2009)

The top 25 newspapers

publishing

Editor & Publisher has posted a list of the top 25 daily newspapers by circulation in the United States. Any surprises here? I didn’t realize that the Wall Street Journal has […]

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April 24, 2009

The only comic book I’ve read this year

publishing

The Unshelved comic has posted its new BookExpo edition featuring “frank feedback for publishers from librarians, booksellers, and readers.”  My favorites: -“Put dust jackets on library-bound books.” -“In the book, tell us […]

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April 17, 2009 (April 20, 2009)

A random walk down university press row

publishing

-A contributor to the Penn State University Press Blog relates a personal story about the fallout of selling a lesbian themed book to a nine year old. -UNC Press Blog […]

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April 16, 2009 (April 16, 2009)

Publicists vs. reviewers?

publishing

Thanks to my colleague Lisa S. for pointing me to the “What book publicists need to know about reviewers” piece on The Book Publicity Blog.  So far so good.  However, it […]

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April 15, 2009

Down the Youtube

all things digital publishing

There has been a lot of hand wringing lately about the financial future of print publishing.  Slate looks at the current economic outlook of the leaders of Web 2.0. […]

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April 14, 2009

Amazon’s sales glitch

publishing

Amazon has fixed its problem (not) ranking gay and lesbian themed books. […]

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April 9, 2009

The bookless library?

all things digital publishing

The April 3, 2009, edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education features a piece on tensions involved in the uncertain digital future. […]

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April 8, 2009

The hidden revolution in scholarly publishing

all things digital publishing

Scott McLemee’s column in Inside Higher Ed explores the topic of digital publishing. The growing importance of digital publishing will not mean a sacrifice of one mode of attention for the […]

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April 4, 2009 (April 6, 2009)

Google Books Settlement to be challenged

all things digital publishing

Google’s inclusion of millions of orphan works in their big scanning project–and their plan to profit from these still-copyrighted, unclaimed works–was a hot topic at the settlement symposium sponsored by […]

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April 1, 2009

Upheaval at New Mexico

publishing

Yesterday a colleague forwarded me a University of New Mexico Press press release that was making the rounds.  It was quite the bombshell.  The Chronicle of Higher Education site has […]

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