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2012 publishing predictions part 1

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 14:01

Yes, it’s prediction time of the year. After such an amazing year for publishing and with some key issues seriously heating up, thought I’d ask our clever bloggers and twitter pals to pin down their thoughts for 2012. So many of you have given your predictions that I have broken it into 2 posts. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 

This time next year I’ll check back on this post and openly ridicule those who were off the mark and crown the person with the closest predictions the King or Queen of FutureBook. Ok, that’s not actually going to happen. Read more »

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2011 digital publishing timeline

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 13:21

Thought it might be useful to see all of the big digital stories of 2011 as a timeline. It really has been an extraordinary year. My next blog will be your predictions for 2012. If you haven't let me know yet, then tweet me.   

January

Ebook sales in US comprised 23.5% of all trade book sales in January. 

February Read more »

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And 2012: the year the industry gets it together

Submitted by Philip Jones on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 17:12

Deck the halls with holly, let the bells ring out, a national newspaper has finally written an article about how publishers are being innovative and  driving digital change rather than being driven off the road by 'e'. Read more »

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2011: the year the industry got it.

Submitted by Sam Missingham on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 15:50

‘To echo what many publishing executives have been saying to us, 2011 will be the year when digital finally takes a significant and measurable share of UK ‘book’ sales.'

Philip Jones’s blog, January 2011 Read more »

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Nosy Crow's 'bizzy' new app

Submitted by Philip Jones on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 18:19

Nosy Crow's third app is a departure from its first two, Three Little Pigs and Cinderella, but it is also unmistakeably Nosy Crow in design and quality. Bizzy Bear On the Farm is the publisher's first app developed from an original story and the first that is based on one of its own titles: the Bizzy Bear book series is published by Nosy Crow in the UK and by Candlewick Press in the US. Read more »

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From history to publishing (not quite in an hour)

Submitted by Rupert Colley on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 17:14

Harper Press has recently relaunched the History In An Hour brand. From starting out to the relaunch has been a relatively short amount of time and a very enjoyable journey. It was two years ago, a damp Wednesday morning in September 2009, I wrote the first words of a short book I called World War Two In An Hour. But it was in 1999 that I first had the idea for History In An Hour. Read more »

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Digital Down-under

Submitted by Digireado on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 11:38

Australian Digital Publishing has made huge inroads in the last few years and Australian authors can now be purchased from some local and many international sellers like Amazon, Kobo and the iBookstore. Read more »

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Why a Book Publisher Just Announced a Multimedia Magazine App

Submitted by Stephen Paul on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 10:32

Ilex Press recently announced the publication of the Pilot issue of Photographer’s i Magazine—a multimedia, interactive magazine app for iPad and Android tablets. Soon to make an appearance on the iPad newsstand, the Pilot issue is currently selling ahead of expectations. Read more »

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FutureBook Innovation Awards: the winners

Submitted by Philip Jones on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:24

Faber, Nosy Crow, Dorling Kindersley and Harvill Secker were the winners at the Future Digital Innovation Awards, along with start-ups Bardowl and Unbound. Rebecca Smart, managing director of specialist publisher Osprey, won the the award for "most inspiring digital person". Lonely Planet won "best website". Read more »

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Live at FutureBook 2011

Submitted by Philip Jones on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 15:46

What's the mood of FutureBook 2011? There are 550 delegates at the QEII Conference Centre today listening to talks from industry leaders such as Stephen Page, Evan Schnittman, Dominique Raccah, the brilliantly named Chris Book, Anobii's Matteo Berlucchi, and Penguin's Anna Rafferty.

The mood is positive, vibrant and forward thinking; the speakers have been brilliant so far (Stephen 'Don Draper' Page - a particular highlight); and the tweets invariably honest. Even the wi-fi has worked (just about). Read more »

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