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Publishing in China: More groups who prepare to go public

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:09

Here are some more Chinese publishing groups who prepare to go public and, as mentioned already, take note how many of them are procincial groups: Schanghai Century Publishing Group Jiangsu Publishing Group Anhui Publishing Group Hunan Pu... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=72

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"...general trade publisher of 2007 must have a plan to change over the next decade or two if they want to survive..."

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:05

This has been said, almost a year ago, by my old friend Mike Shatzkin in a remarkable address at last year's BookExpo America in New York, which include very practical suggestions as to what publishers and booksellers can do. Here are 2 more quote... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=45

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More details about free eBooks on Tor Books

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:05

Co-Blogger Simon Owens told me more details about the Sci/fi publisher Tor Books and his new way of giving away fre eBooks. In his own blog "bloggasm", he writes:  "Two sources who spoke to me on condition of anonymity said that it’s intended to be... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=43

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More digital book projects (to be continued)

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:05

Publishers Weekly writes that the US children classic Dr. Seuss is going digital, thanks to a partnership between Dr. Seuss Enterprises and kidthing, a new content distribution platform. The website kidthing is to go online later this month. Someti... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=44

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EBooks, digital books, the future of books: An overview of current publishing experiments and strategy debates

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:05

Within only a few weeks, I came across all sorts of news refering to big publishing conglomerates and small indiependent houses who launch or announced  new approaches to putting books onto the internet. And at the same time, a new debate about eventual... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=42

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About cultural loss through technology - a few 1000 years ago

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:04

The revolving debate about what culture may lose as books migrate from a shelf onto a screen - or if digitizing books is a good thing, or just plain vil - I was amused to come across this story related by Plato in Phaedrus 275 A: "When the go... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=40

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Unwrap a book - digitally

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:04

Here you can find Paulo Coelho's new megaseller "The Witch of Portobello" - for free. Oh, and yes, it is entirely legal. Courtesy of Harper Collins, Coelho's US publisher. Why they give away Coelho's new book digitally? In order to sell it on pape... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=39

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The swarm and the fury: Newspapers battle against (not for) their audience in Germany.

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:04

It is rare, at least in my observation, to see various pretty serious people - essayists, journalists of high quality newspapers, editors - really in rage to the point of denouncing all (presumed) adversaries squarely as 'childish', 'anti-journalists... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=36

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Blogging - the Elite Way

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:04

Apologies for being a lazy blogger, but here I can report on a curious and multi facetted battle in German print culture. A few weeks before Jonathan Littell's originally French novel "Les Bienveillantes" ("The Kindly Ones") is due for release in ... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=37

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Book Publishing in China - A Paradox World to Explore

Submitted :   Thu, Sep 25 2008, 07:04

There are 577 publishing companies in China - versus several thousand in Germany alone - and all are owned by the state, sort of. There are more than twice as many new titles published per year - 233,000 against 90,000 in Germany -, yet the Chines... http://www.wischenbart.com/blog/?p=32

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