“[T]he children’s book market is especially ripe for the wonders of the digital world,” writes Los Angeles Times technology blogger Alana Semuels. “Today’s kids, after all, have grown up around technology and don’t think twice about learning from computers[…]” Semuels describes how various publishers and other businesses are focusing on children’s books and technology: Kidthing [...]

Dear Authors and Readers, Filedbyauthor is planning some exciting new features, which we’ll make available in the beginning of March, or sooner. In the meantime, we’ve received a few questions and would like to answer them: Will I be able to connect with readers from my author page? Yes, there will be both basic and [...]

The History Press, a publishing company based in Charleston, South Carolina, proves that niche publishing on a small scale can be profitable. They print small runs of books — typical print runs are 1,000 to 1,800 copies — that focus on the local history of various communities across the United States. According to a recent [...]

Anders Bylund, a blogger for multimedia financial-services company The Motley Fool, has written a series of articles on the decline of “dinosaur-like” business models. Old-fashioned record labels and traditional book publishing houses are both industries affected by the Internet and related technologies. In a recent blog post, Bylund directly compares the publishing industry to the [...]

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