This week in publishing (February 14–February 20)
Posted By Sue Collier on February 21, 2011
Here is some of what is happening in publishing right now…
From Publishers Weekly: Borders pulls the trigger on Chapter 13
After a drawn out process that began at the end of last year when it missed payments to top publishers, Borders Group has given in to the inevitable and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company has received $505 million in debtor-in possession financing led by GE Capital, Restructuring Finance. And as part of its turnaround plan, Borders said it will close approximately 30% of its current store base, about 200 locations, within the next several weeks.
From Self-Publishing Advice: Weekly podcast—trade discounts and why they matter for self-publishing authors
Today, we’re introducing our Wednesday Weekly Podcast. Our introductory topic will be trade discounts.
As a self-publishing author, one decision that you have to make (unless your publisher chooses for you) is how to price your book. One part of the pricing equation is determining your trade discount.
From Marketing Tips for Authors: Twitter lists—a power tool for authors
Today is Tuesday, and that means it’s time for our guest expert on Marketing Tips For Authors. I am thrilled to introduce you to Freya, the author community manager for BookBuzzr and Social Media Marketing consultant. In today’s post, Freya will discuss how we can take advantage of the list feature that Twitter recently rolled out.
From Dvice.com: Reports of Apple Kindle app death are premature
There have been some weird news reports this week about how Apple now wants a 30 percent cut of any goods sold from within an app, or that developers have to sell their goods through iTunes with Apple taking 30 percent, and that this greed would prompt online app store developers such as Amazon/Kindle and Hulu and Netflix to nix their apps from your iPhone and iPad.
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