Why All Publishers Can and Should Go Direct-to-Consumer (Digital Book World)
But all publishers can and should be developing D2C strategies, including—and especially—small and mid-size publishers focused on a specific category or niche.
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How Salon Tamed the Trolls and Saved its Online Comments (Digiday)
Online comments sections are a double-edged sword for publishers.
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Your Guide to the 17 Journalism Conferences Worth Attending in 2015 (Media Shift)
It’s the new year, and you’ve just taken a long, hard look at your goals for the coming year. Get more work? Check. Learn new skills? Check. Make more money? Check. The thing is, all of these goals are predicated on meeting the right people who can help your career improve.
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Competition in the Digital Library Content Market (GoodeReader)
Just as publishers and book retailers compete for reading consumers’ time and funds, so too do digital content providers compete for the all-important library market.
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Kindle Daily Deal: Before I Wake (and others)