August 31, 2009Shatzkin's Bad News, Good NewsSomeone recently asked me a helpful diagnostic question for those in leadership, a question that helps you get at the big picture. "What causes you to lose sleep at night?" Certainly for me the Great Recession and the sea changes it may be bringing in book publishing have been right at the top of the list for me. Continue reading "Shatzkin's Bad News, Good News"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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August 27, 2009Comparing the Competition to PrintGizmodo has offered us a handy comparison of e-book readers. Matt Buchanan does a nice job here--and the comments are enjoyable reading too. Posted by Andy Le Peau
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August 25, 2009400 Years Ago Today, Galileo Didn't Invent the TelescopeThere are many myths about Galileo. One is that he invented the telescope. (He didn't. Hans Lippershey gets the honors. A year afterward, on this date four hundred years ago, Galileo demonstrated his version of the device to merchants in Venice. (The sale price was not a pound of flesh.) Here's a little quiz to see how good you are at separating fact from fiction. Jot down which you think are true and which are false: Posted by Andy Le Peau
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August 18, 2009The e-Book Competition Heats UpOffering competition in the marketplace is the American way--and the Japanese way too, apparently. Sony has just announced that it will be adopting an open e-book format (called ePub) to help counter the early lead Amazon's Kindle proprietary format has taken in the market. Those who buy e-books on Kindle can only read them on Kindle (or iPhone). The open ePub format will allow readers to buy e-books and read them on the device of their choosing. Continue reading "The e-Book Competition Heats Up"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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August 14, 2009Competition to the RescueWhat challenges do publishers have? Not just a faltering economy and declining reading rates; their problems are legion. To name but a few: Continue reading "Competition to the Rescue"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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August 5, 2009The Presence of WarSomeone recommended to me that at least once a year I should read a book that is over fifty years old. What seems so hot and compelling now may be forgotten and rather pointless ten or even five years from now. Dave Barry, for example, describes the 1960s as an era in which "a nation gets high and has amazing insights, many of which later turn out to seem kind of stupid." That's kind of like what many bestsellers turn out to be. Continue reading "The Presence of War"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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