The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
August 24th, 2009
Courtesy once again of the indefatigable Bob Sacks, a link to a very interesting article in Advertising Age. The article leads off with a clear lede: It wasn’t so long ago that almost every magazine chased ever larger circulation, even if it meant losing money in the process. It worked because print-ad sales paid the…
August 21st, 2009
And now for something a little lighter… According to The New York Observer, based on a report in Gawker, “(Penguin) management sent a memo out to staff yesterday warning them of ‘an insect issue in certain areas’ on several floors. Staff were instructed to vacate the building by 1 p.m. today and not return until…
August 20th, 2009
Once again it’s a record quarter. But keep in mind (as I’ve pointed out many times before) that annualized this would total about $150 million of a $35 billion US book industry. Let’s cheer them on. The sales are exploding. Let’s stop the cheering as we keep our perspective. Do please go to the IDPF…
August 20th, 2009
I would imagine that the title of this blog entry will strike you as about as contradictory a title to yesterday’s entry as would be possible. But it’s pulled from the précis (registration required) of a new report from Borrell Associates, which has a strong reputation analysing all thngs Web. I thought I would rebalance…
August 20th, 2009
Printing an article this afternoon from Canada’s The Globe and Mail, I encountered an unexpected print dialog box that I thought was pretty nifty. Instead of just offering the standard print dialog box from the OS, and printing a copy to paper or PDF, suddenly there are additional options which may be handy for you,…