Though design itself is a specialist art, converting print books to ebook formats is increasingly mechanised, and for many—including Friele—it can be what she calls a designer’s ‘bread and butter’ work. … Continue readingDesigning in a Digital World
As long as Australian consumers keep picking and choosing the best deal from a global marketplace, parallel importation is a tidal wave looming on the horizon. In a little over two years you’ll be reading all about it on your iPad. … Continue readingA Bumpy Road in Book Distribution
The key is quality. Most digitally printed books were presented on cheap paper with amateurish graphics that simply couldn’t compete with those from an experienced publisher. Today you can put a digital book beside a traditionally printed one and be hard pressed to see the difference. … Continue readingOn Demand
“There’s been a significant amount of volatility,” agrees Greg Brown, national sales manager of McPherson’s Printing Group. “Our peaks and troughs are bigger. The ongoing impact to volume is anyone’s guess.” … Continue readingThe New Printing Economy
The Israeli-American relationship is a good deal more complex than the notion of a Jewish nation as a client state of the US. At the height of the Cold War, with key Arab states vulnerable to Soviet influence, there was obvious appeal for America in seeing Israel as a US ‘aircraft carrier’ on a mostly Soviet sea. … Continue readingArabian Plights Q&A
There’s also been a shift away from dedicated HTML knowledge with the rise of the producer/consumer. A new blog is published every 8 seconds, and the reason is simple; it’s ridiculously easy. Essentially a web page to which you make regular updates, there are a million free blog services. … Continue readingBuilding Your Website
They’re not new. Ebooks have been around in one form or another since the dotcom revolution almost ten years behind us. Bookseller and Publisher reported on the field back in 2004 but didn’t have much hope to give other than to promise ebooks were coming. … Continue readingDymocks Dives into E-books
We evolved as a tribal animal living in small groups, so we’re not really suited to big cities. The solution is to ensure cities still provide the feeling of belonging to a small tribe within the super-tribe — friends, colleagues or family. … Continue readingThe Naked Author
With a perception that much licensed publishing product belongs in discount department stores comes a market awareness all booksellers including the big chains have to aware of. … Continue readingLicense to Print Money
With such a stellar line-up and a huge spike in attendance numbers, festival director Were and her army of staff and volunteers did something right for the 2007 festival. The 2008 line-up will undoubtedly be another crucial date for your calendar… … Continue readingA Successful Transformation
