Posts filed under ‘Industry Views’
Why it’s worth saving the local book industry
I wrote an article for for the St James Ethic Centre’s Living Ethics publication on why I think people should support Australian booksellers rather than overseas ones.
Aussie Author Month
April is Aussie Author Month, a cross-genre collaboration to support and promote Australian writing.
Print media used to be the friend of the bookseller.
The general reader is quite discerning but if they like the story they can forgive the writing, some reviewers seem unable or unwilling to do this.
Support Your Local Indie
I wrote a piece for our local newspaper, The Mosman Daily, but they only used a couple of lines from it so here’s the whole thing
The Challenges Facing Booksellers
I wrote an article about the challenges booksellers are currently facing for The Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
Continue Reading February 25, 2011 at 3:59 pm Leave a comment
No Borders but we’re still Restricted
the current PIRs are out-of-date, out-of-touch and are causing great damage to the Australian Book Industry rather than protecting it.
DRM is a necessary evil
DRM is not perfect but it is what it is and I can imagine some other ways to protect a digital work that would be much worse than DRM.
What Price A Book in Australia?
While prices in this country are influenced by people thousands of miles away who view our market as nothing more than a small outpost, have no real investment in our market or knowledge of what is happening here; then our market is truly doomed
The Book Industry is not dying, it’s about to take off, everybody just has to get on board.
To say our industry is on its knees is overly pessimistic. In fact the book industry is on the cusp of a new and exciting era.
I’m Reading an eBook
The thing that will lead to eBooks really exploding will be breaking down people’s misconceptions of what reading an eBook is like.
Continue Reading November 26, 2010 at 3:52 pm Leave a comment
Death of a Sales Rep?
A rep is my first point of contact with a publisher. Maybe I’m wrong but I can’t see how a telesales rep can replace a rep that visits my store.
Continue Reading November 18, 2010 at 7:03 am Leave a comment
eBooks and Advanced Reading Copies (eARCs)
The reason I haven’t read an eBook is that there has never been an eBook available when I want to read it because I mainly read advanced reading copies
Continue Reading November 10, 2010 at 3:49 pm Leave a comment
Hardbacks are not better than Paperbacks, so why do we pay more?
If you are going to pay more for a ‘superior’ edition of a book, make sure it is actually a superior edition first.
Death of the Guide Book: Apps vs. Books
The convenience factor is the big reason why books’ sales are losing against iPhone apps
Continue Reading October 25, 2010 at 5:22 pm Leave a comment
Piracy Wars: driving the market to illegal sources.
The best way of combating piracy is to make content easily accessible
FORMAT WARS: eBooks won’t kill physical books but it may knock off a few formats
eBooks have created disposable books. Readers download what they want, read it and move on without physically owning or possessing anything other than their eReading device. This creates a whole new paradigm for publishing.
GENRE FICTION: Series vs. Standalone
Series fiction, standalone novels or a subtle mix of both. What do you enjoy?
eBooks- Is there a place for Independent Bookshops?
eBooks will need independent bookshops just as much as independent bookshops will need eBooks
Social Media and the Trouble with Having Opinions
Comments or posts you make are only as private as the people who read them choose to make them.
Jessica Watson at The Orpheum
Not a hero, just an ordinary girl
Notes on Social Media for ABA Panel
The best booksellers have always been (and always will be) the best communicators, physically and digitally.
Why the 30 day rule doesn’t work
The 30/90 day rule disrespects readers and hampers the ability of booksellers to provide books to their customers. It is anti-competitive and does not promote supply chain efficiency.
Books: Expensive or Affordable?
Books are generally more expensive in Australia but they are more affordable here.
