My write-up of Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, over at the Book Oven Blog: I’m back from TOC and still mulling over the problems,…
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My write-up of Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, over at the Book Oven Blog: I’m back from TOC and still mulling over the problems,…
Allentrepreneur has just posted an interview with moi: Allentrepreneur: Welcome to Allentrepreneur Hugh and thanks for taking the time to talk. You’ve got quite a…
From Michael Geist: The federal government has announced plans to spend over $10 million to establish a “Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media” from Stratford…
[x-posted at Book Oven & Huffpo] As the death watch continues for the publishing business and perhaps even the book itself, a group of writers,…
[X-posted at Huffpo & Book Oven] Question: What would happen if, tomorrow, every publisher, and every book store, went out of business? What would you…
[cross-posted at the Book Oven Blog] Bookkake, is “an entirely print-on-demand, and web-oriented, publisher,” launched by James Birdle. Either he’s a pervert, or a good…
Michael Geist has an article in the Toronto Star about Canadian book 2.0 projects. The two projects cited are Evan’s Wikitravel Press, and LibriVox. About…
News from the commercial side of audiobooks, amazon dishes out 300 smackers for audible.com. quick calculation: -the article indicates that audible’s catalog is roughly 90,000…
Montreal movers/shakers Ben and Fred have officially launched Standoutjobs Reception, with a little help from their friend Austin. Here’s what it is: The product is…
I wrote a long piece partially about how newspapers might be able to save themselves, a while back. Here’s another thought: advertising is where newspapers…