September 5th, 2018
Blockchain on my Mind
Oh, bitcoin… bitcoin No peace I find Just an old sweet song Keeps blockchain on my mind
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June 8th, 2012
BEA in NYC: Book Conference Redux
The early June weather in New York has been uncharacteristically temperate, setting the tone for an uneventful annual BEA Book Week, concluding this evening with a reading at the Barnes & Noble on East 86th Street.
December 7th, 2011
When Book Publishing Gives You ISBNs, Make ISBNade
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) today published its new policy for best practices in assigning ISBNs to digital products, aka ebooks. With endorsement from BookNet Canada, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, it’s therefore applicable across North America (“but could be applied elsewhere as well”).
November 21st, 2011
What Can the Music Business Teach the Book Business?
In a word: Plenty. I’ve got an overview of the music business on this site, but it touches only briefly on the vast overlap in the modern evolution of the music business and the book business. It’s a subject that could easily fill a book, but I’ve rarely seen it more than briefly mentioned. I’ve…
October 21st, 2011
Amazon’s Kindle Format 8 Snubs the EPUB 3 Party
Compare these two statements about two different new-and-improved e-book specifications: “KF8 has over 150 new formatting capabilities including support for HTML5 and CSS3.” “HTML5 is the base language of EPUB3… The new baseline for style sheets is CSS2.1 with some CSS3 features added.” They sure sound similar. The first, published yesterday, describes Amazon’s just announced Kindle Format 8…