The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
April 22nd, 2013
In our madcap rush to digitize the book we’ve been all too willing to attempt both to replicate the physical book experience in the digital realm and to just as quickly discard any feature of physical books that proved too challenging to emulate online.
April 25th, 2011
From the “You Can’t Please all of the People all of the Time” department: The book in question is the Booker Award-winning The Sea, by John Banville. Most of the 142 customer reviews on Amazon are positive, but those who dislike the book are vocal. Among the negative headlines: Dull as toothpaste This won an…
September 16th, 2010
Phew! That was close. Just yesterday I read on Simon Pulman’s Transmythology blog (Story, Branded Entertainment & Transmedia) that “It is a given that 90% of books purchased will be digitally downloaded.” Today I learned from an “expert” that “the book is here to stay.” Professor Clingham is a professor of English — clearly not…
March 24th, 2010
As Bob Sacks points out in one of his three newsletters this evening: Can there be anything more ridiculous than a survey about what people will do with a product that hasn’t yet been delivered? All this hype is getting to me. The Apple hype machine once again has my complete respect. As I’ve stated…
November 27th, 2009
For the last two days I’ve been reading a good old-fashioned paperback novel. Written by Steve Hely, published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc., it’s called “How I Became a Famous Novelist.” I don’t remember how I first heard about it, but I ordered in from the West Vancouver Public Library and picked it up yesterday. As was promised…