Is there a retail psychologist in the house?
By any sensible measurement, 59p is not a lot of money. What can you get for it? A tabloid newspaper, maybe, or a bar of chocolate? The right to 'spend a penny' in some modern shopping centre or...
View ArticleMeasure for measure - it's time for proper e-book sales data
In the most recent Bookseller editorial, the point is made that if ebook sales are taken in to account, the book trade has turned a corner and is starting to enjoy a period of modest growth. Good news....
View ArticleAll the e-books you can eat?
As I write this, I am listening to the newest album from The Gorillaz, which was released a mere couple of weeks ago – and I didn't pay a penny for it. Well, technically I paid something for it,...
View ArticleAnatomy of a design car-crash, or, why authors still need publishers
Much has been made of the ongoing ding-dong between publishers and agents over certain agents' decisions to publish their clients work directly in electronic form. In March, Sonia Land, agent for the...
View ArticleIs it time we made digital a dirty word?
The book publishing trade has passed the digital tipping point - no, the majority of trade publishing may not yet be electronic, but as an industry, thread more
View ArticleUpskill, upskill and play the game
There’s been a great deal of discussion recently about how well – or otherwise – the publishing trade is adapting to its digital future, embracing change, disrupting its own business models before...
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