The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
April 17th, 2012
As part of the research for my study of Barnes & Noble, Stripping Covers off The Hunger Games: How 7 Billionaires are Deciding the Future of Book Publishing in America, I considered the wise views of the Wall Street analysts who have the task of following the company and forecasting its fate on the financial markets.
April 16th, 2012
Following is a ‘reader’s digest’ summation of some of the scholarly research published in the last five years that analyses out how Amazon’s book review system functions.
April 13th, 2012
In the wake of media speculation of the impact of the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the secondary speculation of the impact on Barnes & Noble I thought I’d run a few numbers and see what story they might reveal.
April 11th, 2012
A lot of “ink” will be spilled in the days and weeks ahead about the Department of Justice lawsuit against the large New York-based publishers. Too much of the ink will be focused on pricing, authors, Amazon and other abstractions.
April 5th, 2012
It’s been a big day for ebook news.