Publishing
Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
Tablets: there's no easy answer for publishers Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/12/newsstand-7.jpg] This piece tallies with what I’m hearing about magazine apps on tablets [http://gigaom.com/2013/12/15/the-tablet-magazine-ship-is-sinking-fast/] right now: > Publishers must break free of the Newsstand and InDesign/PDF trap and invest in
18 novels in my Pocket Paid Members Public
It’s that time of the year when some of the social services you use start sending you stats. The one I got from Pocket – a “save and read it later” service – was actually quite eye-opening… 852,713 words! That’s a fair few books right there – and that’s
Why the book might be getting shorter Paid Members Public
Interesting analysis of how Kindle Singles, and other short ebooks might be the future [http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2013/10/what-kindle-singles-can-tell-us-about-the-future-of-ebooks.html] : > The greatest aspect of Kindle Singles is, of course, their short length. The first one I read was a Single about media and I
Launch the community, then the magazine Paid Members Public
The way Future is launching its consumer magazines these days is pretty smart. They don’t just launch a magazine, then try to develop a community around it – they launch the social media presence first [http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-future-builds-an-audience-before-launching-a-new-title/s2/a553224/] : > “It creates a buzz and
Finally: (public) Facebook posts can be embedded Paid Members Public
Interesting thing that happened while I was away: Facebook posts became embeddable by all [https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/08/21/embedded-posts-now-available-to-everyone/] . For example: [Post](https://www.facebook.com/adamtinworth/posts/10153129669970456) by [Adam Tinworth](https://www.facebook.com/adamtinworth).That’s one heck of a potential resource
Publishing guessing game of the day Paid Members Public
Today’s guessing game: who wrote this? > Despite the struggles of the traditional media, there remains an insatiable desire for great reporting, entertaining content, and powerful storytelling. Facebook, Twitter, and the other Silicon Valley-based social sites are amazing distribution platforms, but user generated content alone isn’t enough to
Digital is easy. Journalism is easy. Change is hard. Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/08/on-the-shelves.jpg] Why is the transition to digital going so badly for most journalism companies? There’s plenty of knowledge out there about how to do good digital journalism, and growing bodies of evidence about how you can derive
Snowfalls eventually become slush Paid Members Public
Bobbie Johnson on the future of journalism’s shiny new obsession Snowfall [https://medium.com/inside-matter/66b9060333ad] (and its ilk): > Yet almost every example of snowfalling that I’ve seen in action puts reading second to the razzle-dazzle. Can you even remember what happens in Snowfall? Do you remember
