DBW Interview with Philip Keezer, CEO, Playster
Playster, which bills itself as “the all-inclusive, global media and entertainment platform,” came out of beta in December, entering the ever-changing field of ebook subscription services. What...
View ArticleScribd Announces Major Changes to Subscription Service
Scribd today announced major changes to its subscription service. As part of the re-structured service, all Scribd users will receive unlimited access to “Scribd Select” books and audiobooks, a...
View ArticleScribd Adds 6,000 Titles from Macmillan
Scribd announced today that it has added more than 6,000 titles from Macmillan. This is the third time the “Big Five” publisher has upped its number of titles available on the subscription service, and...
View ArticleWhat’s the Missing Ingredient for Unlimited Reading Services?
I’ve been a fan of unlimited e-reading services for at least a couple years now. When Oyster Books went under I shifted to Kindle Unlimited. For short-form magazine content I use Texture, the offering...
View ArticleWhat Book Publishers Can Learn from the Podcast Model
Did you make the same mistake I did and assume that podcasts are yesterday’s platform—that interest in them has plateaued (at best) and they’re not worth thinking about today? If so, here’s a short...
View ArticleHow Franchise Book Chains Can Survive Disruption
In 2010, the well-known movie rental franchise chain Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy—a sad ending to an otherwise very successful venture that, at its peak, in 2004, had more than 9.000 stores around...
View ArticleHow the Film Industry Could Change Book Publishing
Since 2005, multiple business models have been flourishing in the Scandinavian ebook market. With Storytel’s acquisition of its Danish rival subscription service provider Mofibo earlier this year, the...
View ArticleOverdrive to Donate Hundreds of Ebooks to 1,000 Elementary Schools
Digital reading platform Overdrive announced yesterday that it is donating a collection of hundreds of popular ebooks to up to 1,000 elementary schools. The initiative is part of Overdrive’s marking...
View ArticleHow a Bestselling Romance Writer Cranks Out Her Books
Laurie Starkey is an indie author dynamo. She’s written 88 works of fiction in 20 months. Thirty of those 88 books were created as a ghostwriter. The other 50, she wrote and produced under several pen...
View ArticleHow Agent Life Is Changing in 2017
A panel of literary agents met at Digital Book World 2017 for a lively discussion about the issues and concerns surrounding agents today. The panel had expertise in a range of genres and target...
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