PW’s Week Ahead 11.04.11

Nov 4, 2011 | News

On Thursday, Amazon jumped into the digital book lending business, announcing the launch of Kindle Owners Lending Library for Amazon Prime members. PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese runs through what’s to like, and what’s not to like, for...

Best of BTB: The Writing Game

Oct 30, 2011 | Best of VOC

It’s late October, and while “the boys of summer” play out their last innings, professional and college football teams keep cheering crowds in their seats even as temperatures fall. And everywhere, the fans pore over the best in sports journalism. “I don’t want to...

PW’s Week Ahead 10.28.11

Oct 28, 2011 | News

With a new e-reading device arriving this week on the market, every book you read could have its own network. PW Features Editor Andrew Albanese tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally what he heard when Kobo’s Matt Welch and Jason Gamblen stopped by the PW offices to show...

BTB #257: Coker The Barbarian

Oct 23, 2011 | Digital Transformation

Ahead of his keynote address this weekend to the annual conference of Novelists, Inc., Smashwords founder Mark Coker tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally who he fears in today’s turbulent publishing times. Hint: It’s not the Big 6. A self-styled...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.21.11

Oct 21, 2011 | News

Competition heats up in the e-reader/tablet market as Kobo introduces the determinedly “open” Vox reader, built on the Android 2.3 operating system. “[Kobo] has now made openness part of the deal,” PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese...

Best of BTB: Tips For E-Book Success

Oct 16, 2011 | Digital Transformation

Later this week, CCC’s Chris Kenneally attends the annual conference of “Novelists, Inc.,” where he joins a distinguished roster of speakers including Angela James, executive editor of Carina Press, the “digital first” imprint from Harlequin. A prolific blogger, James...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.14.11

Oct 14, 2011 | News

Reporting direct from the show floor at Frankfurt Book Fair, Andrew Albanese brings word on the books and the deals that have the halls abuzz at the world’s biggest book and media fair. From the opposite side of “the pond,” at PW’s offices in New York City, reviews...

BTB #256: Twitter By the Numbers

Oct 9, 2011 | Podcasts

If you find yourself thinking in 140 characters or less, then you are a Twitter addict. The free online micro-blogging service, now five years old, is said to have nearly 200 million users worldwide, who generate more than 200 million tweets daily. Most Twitter users...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.07.11

Oct 7, 2011 | News

The eulogies poured in this week for Steve Jobs, whose vision of the computer as a media tool forever changed the way we look at creativity. Andrew Albanese, Features Editor at Publishers Weekly, considers the Apple co-founder’s legacy as well as looks to other media...