Bookselling

Just Browsing

How do you like to browse? Browse the internet, that is.

So many of us simply use whichever browser came pre-installed on our computers—and if you’re using a desktop PC, chances are that browser is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. If you click on a big blue ‘e’ to get to the internet from your computer, then you can count yourself among the Internet Explorer users across the country. 

Spend Valentine's Day with Nerds You Love

As my co-worker Neha Thanki pointed out in her earlier post for the BNC Blog, Top Picks for Tools Of Change 2013, TOC will be “a solid few days of hearing from technologists who are innovating in the digital publishing space.” I’m joining Neha next month at O’Reilly’s TOC Conference in New York from February 12th to 14th because there’s no better way to spend Valentine’s Day than with the fellow nerds you love.

CMPTO Goes Retail

Last week, we hosted CMPTO’s very first retail edition. It was about time we got down to business with the fascinating new avenues of retail that are being introduced or re-introduced in the book market. We had three amazing speakers from vastly different backgrounds and organizations who each brought their own take on what retail means to them and their work.

Making a Bundle

bundle of booksWhen publishers talk about bundles, they’re usually referring to is multiple formats of the same work sold as a package—usually a print version together with a digital version for download. The success of DVDs with digital download means this is definitely a worthwhile conversation to be having, but remember that bundling can also refer to bundles of different titles—and this model is looking more and more promising.