The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
October 27th, 2015
My concern was never about the conference. I was worried about the conga line. Three hundred authors, 90% women, drawn together for four days at a deluxe south Florida resort. The TradeWinds Island Grand offers “11 unique dining and entertainment venues” including Awakening’s Lobby Bar, the Sharktooth Tavern and Salty’s Poolside Beach Bar (“what’s a beach vacation without a brightly colored…
March 4th, 2015
The subject of the book publishing supply chain has been with us since IT enabled the recording of supply chain metrics. This allowed managers to plan process improvements based on solid data, not just seat-of-the-pant suppositions.
February 17th, 2015
My new report, Mobile Strategies for Digital Publishing, is available now from all of the online ebookstores.
December 9th, 2014
Mobile Strategies for Digital Publishing: A Practical Guide to the Evolving Landscape I’m going to use this section of my site in an attempt to accomplish two goals. The first is to give you an idea of what’s happening in mobile. Not everything that’s happening in mobile: It’s a huge topic and there are plenty of sources…
June 1st, 2014
Indigo Books and Music reported its 4th quarter and annual sales last week. A few of the news stories reached for an alarmist tone. Canada’s Financial Post headlined its account with “Indigo annual revenue falls for third consecutive year.” Publishers Weekly went for the more startling “Indigo Has Big Fiscal 2014 Loss.”