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• Best-Selling Author Jordan Rubin Recovers $55,000 from Strang Communications in Royalties Dispute
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
14 Mar 2010 at 11:45am
Natural health expert and author Jordan Rubin has recovered $55,000 from Strang Communications in a dispute that revealed the faith-based publisher improperly withheld royalties payments for three years from the paperback edition of his New York Times bestseller The Maker's Diet. Rubin said he was forced to file an arbitration claim after numerous requests and attempts to settle the matter were... ( expand article )
Natural health expert and author Jordan Rubin has recovered $55,000 from Strang Communications in a dispute that revealed the faith-based publisher improperly withheld royalties payments for three years from the paperback edition of his New York Times bestseller The Maker's Diet. Rubin said he was forced to file an arbitration claim after numerous requests and attempts to settle the matter were ignored.
"I wanted to believe this was an honest mistake," said Rubin. "But Strang's refusal to acknowledge our requests to review royalty statements eventually left me with no other remedy except to take legal action."
Rubin said he first notified his literary agent, Tom Winters, to review statements from Strang in March 2009 because he believed the publisher had failed to pay him royalties he was owed. Winters said he was perplexed when Strang repeatedly failed to produce the statements and recommended that Rubin should consult an attorney. Rubin retained Sean Ellsworth and Nick Bravin of Ellsworth Law Firm, P.A. in Miami, who filed an arbitration claim on June 3, 2009.
According to Ellsworth, Strang claimed that Rubin was not entitled to review royalty statements. However, after more than six months when arbitrators were preparing to finalize procedures and deadlines that would apply to the case, Strang produced royalty statements and acknowledged it had underpaid Rubin $36,620.91. In addition, the statements proved that Strang improperly withheld some royalty payments for nearly three years, which resulted in Strang's agreement to pay interest on royalties owed and Rubin's attorney's fees, pushing the total to over $55,000.
"When I signed my initial literary contract, I trusted my publisher to honor the agreement they put forth," said Rubin. "I was very disappointed to discover that earned royalties were withheld for up to three years, but I am pleased that justice has prevailed."
Rubin has authored more than 20 health titles and is the founder of Garden of Life, a leading whole foods nutritional supplements company. Strang Communications is a multimedia corporation founded by Stephen Strang in 1975 which includes its publishing division, Strang Book Group, with eight imprints including Charisma House, Siloam and Casa Creacion. Strang also publishes the magazines Christian Life, Ministry Today and Christian Retailing.
Ellsworth added, "We are pleased we could recover what was owed to Jordan Rubin. It's just unfortunate that it took so much legal wrangling to in order for the publisher to do the right thing."
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• Find Win-Win Opportunities for Publishing Innovation at Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2010
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
14 Mar 2010 at 11:39am
Traditional publishing industry is experiencing a new surge of digitization after completing the evolution from "type and fire" to "laser and electronics." Building from the basis of the traditional publishing industry, and employing the strength of the advantage of modern high-tech information technology, digital publishing has entered a stage of rapid development by virtue of the vigorous sup... ( expand article )
Traditional publishing industry is experiencing a new surge of digitization after completing the evolution from "type and fire" to "laser and electronics." Building from the basis of the traditional publishing industry, and employing the strength of the advantage of modern high-tech information technology, digital publishing has entered a stage of rapid development by virtue of the vigorous support of the government as well as active promotion by enterprises within the industry.
Since digital publishing has been widely recognized as the direction of future development in the publishing industry, the question is no longer, "To do or not to do?" but rather, "How do we do this?" The Chinese government also attaches great importance to the digital publishing industry. The Chinese digital publishing industry had a registered output of RMB53 billion at the end of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 46.42%. China Telecom, which boasted 513.5 million subscribers as of the end of October 2009, already offers e-readers in China and sells e-books on its Mobile Market online store. Presently, the number of individual e-reading terminals in China exceeds 0.18 billion, and the population of phone netizens has reached 50 million.
Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2010 will be held from June 9th to 10th, 2010. It is specially designed for publishers and distributors, software and hardware companies, telecommunications companies, digital retailers and other leaders in the digital publishing industry. It examines, explores and debates the hot-button issues facing the publishing and telecommunications industries in today's digital media world. It provides you with a golden opportunity to meet the top-level policy-makers and executives, and to truly understand the current developmental and strategic direction of the publishing industry from viewpoints across the world. Also, it presents the rare chance to meet digital media gurus to discuss cutting-edge innovations and exciting business ventures.
About 20 industry professionals have committed to deliver speeches at this event, including Nie Zhenning, President of China Publishing Group; Dev Ganesan, President and CEO of Aptara; Maurice Kwong, Managing Director of Springer Asia; Shasha Chang, CEO of Wolters Kluwer China; Tang Chao, President of Dragonsource Group; Mikio Amaya, President of Papyless Co., Ltd.; Zhao Ge, CEO of Beijing Founder Network and Beijing Founder Apabi; Shinya Nozaki, President of Celsys, Inc.; Richard Wan, CEO of E-Book Systems Asia; and Jo Lusby, Managing Director of Penguin North Asia.
Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2010 highlight trends and predictions for 2011 and examines the key areas that are getting venture capitalists fired up for the year ahead. The conference will also explore the forces driving commercial success in digital media; whether paid content can be made to work; monetizing video and mobile content; and the best routes to maximize sales. As such, the conference is of particular interest to those working in such areas as: publishing, distribution, retailing, digital hardware and software, telecommunication, digital solutions, digital media and other leaders of the digital publishing industry.
Please log on the official event website
http://www.epublishasia.com/
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• New Digital Services for Publishers
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
14 Mar 2010 at 11:38am
O'Reilly Media announced today an innovative new digital service at O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York City.
O'Reilly's new division aims to help publishers meet the demands and challenges of the 21st century. For publishers to succeed today, their content must be available in multiple formats, distributed through many channels. There’s much to understand and do, in... ( expand article )
O'Reilly Media announced today an innovative new digital service at O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York City.
O'Reilly's new division aims to help publishers meet the demands and challenges of the 21st century. For publishers to succeed today, their content must be available in multiple formats, distributed through many channels. There’s much to understand and do, including converting and formatting files, finding and managing distribution channels, sales and marketing, and collecting and analyzing sales data.
At O'Reilly, we already do all this for our own content and for Microsoft Press. Indeed, over the past four years, O'Reilly has invested in a technical toolchain that allows us to easily open new markets and channels. Beginning today O'Reilly will make our digital toolchain and sales and marketing capabilities available to every other publisher.
The new digital distribution service division will be led by publishing expert Pascal Honscher, an 11-year veteran with O'Reilly.
"Any individual publisher who wants to enter the digital marketplace effectively must make significant up-front investments, overcome many technical challenges, and then hope they've made all the right decisions. At O'Reilly, we've done it--and we've done it successfully," said Honscher, General Manager, Digital Distribution.
"By offering a single point of entry to the broad digital marketplace, and fronting our technology with a dedicated sales and marketing team who are always scouting for new opportunities, O'Reilly takes all the complexities out of going digital," Honscher added.
Working with O'Reilly, publishers can get their content into multiple eRetailers including Apple App Store, Amazon Kindle, Android Market, Kobo, B&N Nook, and more.
Simply put, all publishers need to do is provide the content and O'Reilly will do the rest. Here are the services O'Reilly offers:
- A single point of entry: we aggregate your content and push it out to the dynamic marketplace of ebooks and other digital channels
- Dedicated sales and marketing team actively develops and cultivates strong working relationships with existing and emerging distribution channels
- Easy access to a broad digital market without the up-front cost of creating and maintaining your own digital toolchain or distribution capabilities
- Secure storage, access, and distribution of your digital assets and metadata in our content warehouse
- Integrated, web-based publishing platform encourages direct community feedback, brings your authors closer to their audiences, and helps you develop a responsive and agile product development process
- Quick, efficient, and error-free conversion of your content into digital distribution formats with O’Reilly’s Document Conversion Services
- Easy-to-understand, transparent pricing model
- No up-front charges: you don’t pay us until your content starts to sell
- Flexible pricing strategies: define your own or work with our sales and research teams to identify and maximize revenue
- Custom channel selection for your products ensures that you have control over how and where your products are distributed
- Powerful reporting and analytics that aggregate channel sales data in a unified view and provides digital marketplace trends
- Have it your way: you can go with the complete package or select from our a-la-carte menu of services, including integration of our technology directly into your core infrastructure
For more information, please visit us online at oreilly.com/go/digital, or email digitaldistribution@oreilly.com.
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• Idaho Author, Terry Rich Hartley, Returns To Fiction Writing
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
8 Mar 2010 at 5:12am
Dr. Terry Rich Hartley is a former research psychologist, psychology professor, and journalist who has recently returned to his first love of fiction writing.
In the early 1980's he sold seven science fiction stories and worked as a writer and copy editor for the Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News. He then went to The Glens Falls, New York, Post-Star, where he earned two first-place awards for his sa... ( expand article )
Dr. Terry Rich Hartley is a former research psychologist, psychology professor, and journalist who has recently returned to his first love of fiction writing.
In the early 1980's he sold seven science fiction stories and worked as a writer and copy editor for the Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News. He then went to The Glens Falls, New York, Post-Star, where he earned two first-place awards for his satirical column and a third one for business/finance editing by the New York State Associated Press Association.
Among Hartley's academic achievements are a bachelor's degree in psychology from Skidmore College, a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a postdoctoral fellowship in biological psychology from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.
In the 1990s Hartley was a research psychologist at the Behavioral Sciences Labs in Oklahoma City and, from 2000-2005, an adjunct assistant professor in the Boise State University Dept. of Psychology.
He's an avid outdoorsman who currently lives in Idaho's Hagerman Valley along the Snake River with his wife and their Labrador retriever.
"Paranoia on River Road" is a 1-hour audio story read by Sean Pratt that tells the story of when a dispatcher sends Deputy Sheriff Lita Echeveria to a ghoulish burial site. A professor isolates himself in Mystic Canyon after apparently going mad. A wealthy retired farmer lives in denial of child abuse. A mysterious blonde girl and a dog point the way to criminal evidence before disappearing. The interaction of these characters cracks the boundaries of normal/abnormal psychology and criminal justice/cosmic punishment. Hartley's psychological knowledge and experience is infused in the storyline and makes it a compelling account that captures the listener's attention to the very end.
The audio recording is performed by Sean Pratt who has recorded more than 500 books in almost every genre and is a six time winner of AudioFile Magazine's, Earphones Award and two time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award.
"Paranoia on River Road", released Feb. 7, 2010. The story is available on CD for $5.49 and MP3 download for $4.99 at http://www.mindwingsaudio.com/. Electronic copies can be purchased at various eBook locations on the web and are listed at the Mind Wings Audio website.
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• Two sci-fi blog fiction authors get creative and re-write the book on fiction online
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
8 Mar 2010 at 5:09am
Using the power of online publishing and the viral nature of social networking, storytellers Andy Scearce and his Kansas-City-based brother, Steve, have created a speculative science fiction tale of time travel, deep space exploration, and dangerous genetic tampering that has captured the attention of readers across the globe in just over two months from their first posting.
Beginning with a sma... ( expand article )
Using the power of online publishing and the viral nature of social networking, storytellers Andy Scearce and his Kansas-City-based brother, Steve, have created a speculative science fiction tale of time travel, deep space exploration, and dangerous genetic tampering that has captured the attention of readers across the globe in just over two months from their first posting.
Beginning with a small online collaboration in December of 2009, blog fiction writers Andy Scearce and Steve Scearce, have quickly created a science fiction phenomenon. Their science fiction story is told in blog format, in which their two separate websites represent each end of the story arc. The Station 151 blog site represents the story in present-day Antarctica. The Unknown Transmission site represents the opposite end of the story 176 years in the future.
The two blog sites update with new story segments and chapters nearly every day of the week. To date, their two sites have thrilled thousands of online readers in over fifty countries world-wide. More amazing is the fact that these previously-unknown writers have leveraged the power of social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Mixx) to attract targeted readers, and generate masses of repeat traffic from online science fiction enthusiasts everywhere.
Interested readers can find the whole story at the websites for Unknown Transmission and Station 151 via the following URLs:
http://www.unknowntransmission.com/
http://www.station151.com/
About The Authors:
Brothers Andy and Steve Scearce developed an interest in fiction writing, during their internships at an arts and entertainment magazine based in the Midwest. This is their first collaborative project.
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• The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane Author Launches Story Sequel Website
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
8 Mar 2010 at 5:05am
A newly launched Website marking the 20th anniversary of The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, the controversial 1990 motion picture released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Andrew Dice Clay, is offering Ford Fairlane fans for the first time the original stories on which the movie was based. The website, http://www.fordfairlanethesequel.com/, also promises a story sequel ... ( expand article )
A newly launched Website marking the 20th anniversary of The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, the controversial 1990 motion picture released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Andrew Dice Clay, is offering Ford Fairlane fans for the first time the original stories on which the movie was based. The website, http://www.fordfairlanethesequel.com/, also promises a story sequel if 1001 emails are received by May 1, 2010.
Unavailable since first publication in 1980 as serialized weekly episodes in the New York Rocker and the LA Weekly, the stories were written by journalist and screenwriter Rex Weiner. In the two gritty tales, private eye Ford Fairlane, the music industry's "rock n roll detective," solves cases involving the punk rock and new wave scenes in New York City and Los Angeles in the late-1970's.
"The Adventures of Ford Fairlane has become a worldwide cult classic with a dedicated fanbase around the world," said Rex Weiner. "In response to many requests, I'm pleased to offer these stories in which I created the character played on the big screen by Andrew Dice Clay--and a new story sequel if enough fans demand it."
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• How To Write The Great American Novel
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
28 Feb 2010 at 5:10am
Lonnie Hicks, in his blog, is tackling the issue of how to write the great American novel. An ambitious project indeed. Intended to be part of his outline chapters for his new book on this topic, Hicks takes us through a mini-course with concrete information, suggestions and exercises. An interesting one is "Writing the One Page Novel."
He shows us how that works, invites us to try and best of ... ( expand article )
Lonnie Hicks, in his blog, is tackling the issue of how to write the great American novel. An ambitious project indeed. Intended to be part of his outline chapters for his new book on this topic, Hicks takes us through a mini-course with concrete information, suggestions and exercises. An interesting one is "Writing the One Page Novel."
He shows us how that works, invites us to try and best of all shows us right on the page how to write one. Then each reader can submit their effort and Hicks promises to read them and evaluate them with "a two sentence evaluation."
This sounds like fun.
The mini-course has 11 points to make us all excellent writers and famous.
Ok, let see what comes of this.
Hicks publishing is a start up publishing company and media company, aligned with smashgrabnow.com and H2 Advertising.
Website: http://www.lonniehicks.com/
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• North Wind Publishing Is Now Accepting Book Proposals
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
28 Feb 2010 at 5:08am
North Wind Publishing is accepting non-fiction manuscript proposals in the following subjects: Nautical (boating, cruising, navigation, boat repair, etc.), Outdoor Sports (kayaking, canoeing, hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, etc.), and Christian Non-Fiction.
Already published are NOAA's 2010 Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables in Book form. Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables are used for ... ( expand article )
North Wind Publishing is accepting non-fiction manuscript proposals in the following subjects: Nautical (boating, cruising, navigation, boat repair, etc.), Outdoor Sports (kayaking, canoeing, hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, etc.), and Christian Non-Fiction.
Already published are NOAA's 2010 Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables in Book form. Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables are used for Navigation and are required by the U.S. Coast Guard aboard all passenger vessels navigating in U.S. waters. Many private boat owners also use the tables when embarking on longer cruises.
If you have written a non-fiction book, or have an idea for a book, please send a proposal via e-mail to contactNWDP@gmail.com or through regular mail including a writing sample (please do Not send an entire manuscript) to North Wind Publishing, Attn: Editor, P.O. Box 8, Belfast, ME 04915.
Visit North Wind Publishing's website at http://www.nwdpbooks.com/ to order 2010 NOAA Tide Tables and Tidal Current Table Books (world wide coverage) or call 207-542-0180.
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• Us Justice Department Rejects Google Book Settlement
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
28 Feb 2010 at 5:06am
The US Justice Department determined that copyright and antitrust issues haven't been adequately addressed in the latest proposed settlement between Google and authors and publishers in the ongoing copyright infringement suit against the online giant.
The lawsuit, now in its fifth year of litigation, claims that Google is breaching artist copyright by attempting to digitally scan copyrighted boo... ( expand article )
The US Justice Department determined that copyright and antitrust issues haven't been adequately addressed in the latest proposed settlement between Google and authors and publishers in the ongoing copyright infringement suit against the online giant.
The lawsuit, now in its fifth year of litigation, claims that Google is breaching artist copyright by attempting to digitally scan copyrighted books and include them in the Google books online repository.
The Author's Guild, for its part, is trying to settle the case with Google instead of wasting legal funds and energy to win empty victories similar to what the RIAA did with Napster and Grokster, the Guild said in a statement on its website.
However, the Open Book Alliance, a group opposed to the settlement that includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Yahoo, was pleased with the rejection of the latest deal.
Read more about this story at Book Publishing Industry Today:
Latest Google Book news - http://books.einnews.com/news/google-book
Latest Authors Guild news - http://books.einnews.com/news/authors-guild
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• PubMatic Launches Expansive New Platform Giving Publishers More Opportunities to Monetize
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
21 Feb 2010 at 10:50am
PubMatic (http://www.pubmatic.com/), the company that provides online publishers -- including the majority of the comScore Top 10 -- with the tools and services to significantly increase revenue and better manage their advertising inventory, today unveiled a revolutionary new set of offerings to give publishers more revenue generating opportunities and more control over their brand. For the fir... ( expand article )
PubMatic (http://www.pubmatic.com/), the company that provides online publishers -- including the majority of the comScore Top 10 -- with the tools and services to significantly increase revenue and better manage their advertising inventory, today unveiled a revolutionary new set of offerings to give publishers more revenue generating opportunities and more control over their brand. For the first time ever, sales and ad operations teams can manage all ad revenue from a single dashboard and gain new insights into inventory and pricing across non-guaranteed and guaranteed inventory channels. This will allow publishers to find new ways of selling existing inventory and improve the value of the inventory sold by their direct sales force.
Online publishers will benefit from PubMatic Premier's six core elements of technology and services, including: Impression-Level Ad Auction: Delivers every source of demand for non-guaranteed inventory into a unified, impression-level auction that ensures the most money for every ad impression. The auction includes over 400 ad networks, the largest pool of Real Time Bidding buyers available, and insertion orders sold directly by the publisher's sales force.
Global Demand Representation: PubMatic represents publishers to ad networks and exchanges with feet on the ground in seven global locations while managing creative policy and revenue requirements.
Audience Analytics & Monetization: Aggregates data from leading data providers such as in market data exchange BlueKai, targeting data marketplace eXelate, Rapleaf, and audience segmentation platform provider Red Aril, for improved audience insight, audience acquisition, and re-targeting. PubMatic provides publishers' direct sales forces with audience targeting solutions for higher CPMs and sell-through of guaranteed ad inventory.
Brand Control & Data Safety: Provides comprehensive tools and service to protect the publisher's brand – automated blocklist and malware detection, pixel identifier, real-time ad quality screening and more.
Guaranteed Inventory Yield Management: Enables sales and ad operations to manage all ad revenue from a single dashboard and gain new insights into inventory and pricing. PubMatic integrates directly with the industry's leading ad servers.
Enterprise Ad Operations Support: Includes a dedicated service team to consult on campaign trafficking and delivery, provide consolidated payments, and ongoing industry insights.
"Publishers require a new set of tools to capitalize on emerging revenue opportunities such as RTB ad exchanges and data monetization platforms within the context of their existing premium and non-premium display sales channels," said William Morrison, Partner and Sr. Internet Analyst at ThinkEquity Partners. "PubMatic's new platform should help publishers keep pace amid the increasing sophistication of ad buyers and a complex array of monetization opportunities."
"Publishers have never had so much innovation and so many new opportunities to increase the value of their ad inventory and maintain control of their brand as they do today," said Rajeev Goel, Co-founder and CEO of PubMatic. "However, taking advantage of those opportunities can be complex without the right tools in place to simplify the process, and PubMatic Premier brings together the tools and services publishers need in one solution."
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• Barnes and Noble to Launch Tikatok Children's Publishing Website
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
21 Feb 2010 at 10:46am
Barnes and Noble, Inc. announced it has unveiled its plans for Tikatok, a children's book publishing website, which it acquired in September.
Created in collaboration with a team recruited from MIT University, Barnes & Noble said that Tikatok is the first Internet publishing platform for children. The site, which serves parents with children between the ages of 5 and 12, offers a safe studio env... ( expand article )
Barnes and Noble, Inc. announced it has unveiled its plans for Tikatok, a children's book publishing website, which it acquired in September.
Created in collaboration with a team recruited from MIT University, Barnes & Noble said that Tikatok is the first Internet publishing platform for children. The site, which serves parents with children between the ages of 5 and 12, offers a safe studio environment for budding child authors, complete with a patent-pending StorySparks system that helps to walk children through the process of creating and writing stories.
Barnes and Noble said its plans include a series of piloted events for kids in various Barnes & Noble stores throughout the country, in which children will learn the process of writing, illustrating and publishing their own books.
Events will take place on the following dates:
Friday, March 12, at 12:30 p.m. at the Upper East Side Barnes and Noble in New York City;
Sunday, April 11, at 1 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble in Oxford Valley, Pennsylvania.
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• jexbo Teams with Authors Digital to Help Authors Who Self Publish Sell Books Online
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
21 Feb 2010 at 10:44am
Today, jexbo.com, the site for self-published authors, and Authors Digital, a new service to create audio books, announced they are working together at www.jexbo.com/authorsdigital.
"By teaming with jexbo, now authors who self publish can create, market and sell audio versions of their self-published books online quickly and easily," states David Wolf, Authors Digital Founder.
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Today, jexbo.com, the site for self-published authors, and Authors Digital, a new service to create audio books, announced they are working together at www.jexbo.com/authorsdigital.
"By teaming with jexbo, now authors who self publish can create, market and sell audio versions of their self-published books online quickly and easily," states David Wolf, Authors Digital Founder.
"We are working with Authors Digital because of their extensive experience producing audio for film, radio and television for more than 25 years," states Jill Exler, jexbo Founder. "Their expertise will help self-published authors create high-quality audio books and access new revenue opportunities."
A 2009 sales survey by the Audio Publishers Association at audiopub.org/resources-industry-data.asp, "estimates that the total size of the audio book industry, based on the dollars spent by consumers and libraries, is close to $1 billion."
With the combination of jexbo and Authors Digital, authors who self publish can take advantage of this growing industry and:
• Record self-published books, or use professional voice-talent, in a digital, downloadable format at a local location with the Authors Digital remote recording studio;
• Save time and money with audio book project-rate pricing, not per-hour billable studio time, and list books on jexbo for free with no long-term contracts;
• Stop wasting time printing books and carrying inventory;
• Relax working with experienced distributors who properly place titles and pay on time;
• Learn the latest, self-publishing trends and tips on how to sell books online; and
• Talk directly to customers and market and sell books with a free Web page, customized bookmarks, an online forum at jexbo.com, and more.
"Once the audio books are produced by Authors Digital, self-published authors can immediately market and sell books online at jexbo.com at no cost," says Wolf. "Plus, we have the resources to take the audio books to the major online distributors such as iTunes and Amazon."
To discover more about creating, marketing and selling self-published books, audio books and ebooks quickly and cost-effectively, visit www.jexbo.com/authorsdigital now.
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• Indian Authors and Publishers File Objections against Google Book Settlement
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
11 Feb 2010 at 12:15pm
Indian authors and publishers, along with the Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO) and Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP), filed their objections against Google Book Settlement's (GBS 2.0) blatant violation of Indian and International copyright laws. The filing at the New York District Court has been made by eminent Indian authors and publishers including Star Publications Pvt. Ltd... ( expand article )
Indian authors and publishers, along with the Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO) and Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP), filed their objections against Google Book Settlement's (GBS 2.0) blatant violation of Indian and International copyright laws. The filing at the New York District Court has been made by eminent Indian authors and publishers including Star Publications Pvt. Ltd., Abhinav Publications, Daya Publication House and Pustak Mahal.
“The Google Book Settlement is contrary to every international treaty that governs Copyright laws. Google's unilateral conduct is a brazen attempt to turn Copyright law on its head, by usurping the exclusive rights of the Copyright holder,” says Siddharth Arya, legal counsel for IRRO.
Since 2004, Google has scanned over seven million books from across the world. Following this, the Authors Guild of America sued the company for copyright infringement, resulting in the Google Book Settlement that was binding on almost all authors and publishers. Thereafter, several objections by countries, such as France and Germany, as well as the United States Department of Justice, the Court asked Google to file a revised settlement. The outcome - GBS 2.0, incorporates minor cosmetic changes but continues to violate basic copyright laws. At the same time, it retains several fundamental issues in the original settlement, such as a mechanism known as ‘opt out’. This implies that if a person is silent, he is deemed to have consented to an agreement, thus fundamentally altering his rights, a concept inherently unfair and contrary to existing legal principles.
Arya adds, “It is outrageous that Indian authors and publishers are forced parties to an agreement that has been negotiated on their behalf by a few publishers alone, without any representation of their interests. Furthermore, the specifics of the agreement have not been communicated to the affected parties. Our objections are centered around these issues, and we are currently awaiting the court hearing scheduled for mid-February.”
The current scope of GBS2.0 is books that are either registered with the United States Copyright Office or published in the UK, Canada and Australia. However, it impacts the rest of the world as much, since any author published in the aforementioned countries is included in the settlement. In the current global economy, Indian authors like to see themselves published abroad for higher royalties and better professional services.
In the US, the campaign against GBS 2.0 is being led by the Open Book Alliance, members of which include the American Society of Journalists and Authors; National Writers Union; New York Library Association; US Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, as well as non-profit organisation such as the Internet Archive, the Small Press Distribution and the Special Libraries Association, and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, along with several multinationals like Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo. Further details are available on http://www.openbookalliance.org/.
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• Mediabistro Launches Book Reviews on Publishing Blog GalleyCat
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
11 Feb 2010 at 12:13pm
Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands Inc.) announced the launch of GalleyCat Reviews, an online book review site featuring literary criticism by established and emerging writers. Relationships with other publications will enrich original mediabistro.com editorial content.
GalleyCat Reviews (www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/galleycat_reviews) will include a variety of daily book review cont... ( expand article )
Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands Inc.) announced the launch of GalleyCat Reviews, an online book review site featuring literary criticism by established and emerging writers. Relationships with other publications will enrich original mediabistro.com editorial content.
GalleyCat Reviews (www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/galleycat_reviews) will include a variety of daily book review content: 300-500 word original book reviews, excerpted book reviews from partners, and curated posts linking to the best book reviews on the web.
"GalleyCat Reviews fills a need in the publishing industry for timely, authoritative book reviews," stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of WebMediaBrands. "As traditional review outlets disappear, online communities are becoming the place where readers go to find out about new books. Our special relationships with premium outlets will make GalleyCat Reviews a destination site for readers, writers, editors, and publishers."
The first publication to join GalleyCat Reviews is Foreign Affairs magazine, the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs, published by the non-profit, nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. The magazine features nonfiction book reviews, and GalleyCat Reviews will excerpt brief portions of these essays.
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• PreachingToday.com Announces Annual Preaching Book Awards
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
11 Feb 2010 at 12:11pm
PreachingToday.com, a non-profit ministry of Christianity Today International, has announced the winners of its annual Preaching Book Awards. PreachingToday.com names preaching books of the year in two categories: one focused on the preacher's skills and the other on the preacher's soul.
This year's winner of the skills category was Setting Words on Fire, author Paul Scott Wilson, published by A... ( expand article )
PreachingToday.com, a non-profit ministry of Christianity Today International, has announced the winners of its annual Preaching Book Awards. PreachingToday.com names preaching books of the year in two categories: one focused on the preacher's skills and the other on the preacher's soul.
This year's winner of the skills category was Setting Words on Fire, author Paul Scott Wilson, published by Abingdon. Honorable mention in the skills category was given to Why Johnny Can't Preach, author David Gordon, published by Presbyterian & Reformed.
In the soul category, there was a three-way tie for winner between Deep Preaching, author Kent Edwards, published by Broadman & Holman; Dying to Preach, author Steven Smith, published by Kregel; and The Glory of Preaching, author Darrell Johnson, published by InterVarsity.
The award winners were chosen by votes from two preaching experts and the editors of PreachingToday.com.
The article announcing the awards can be found here:
www.preachingtoday.com/skills/2010/theptbookawards.html
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