Monday, June 21, 2010

Digital publishing

From Library Link of the day came this piece about the changes happening in digital publishing vs traditional publishing :

'Vanity' Press Goes Digital by Geoffrey A. Fowler and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in Wall Street Journal, Media and Marketing, June 3 2010

"... digital self-publishing is creating a powerful new niche in books that's threatening the traditional industry. Once derided as "vanity" titles by the publishing establishment, self-published books suddenly are able to thrive by circumventing the establishment. "

The article has a useful sidebar describing the "stars" of self-publishing : Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Lulu, Smashwords, FastPencil, Scribd, and Author Solutions.

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