Springwise: A vast, densely packed bookcase may still be a status symbol for some, but in small Tokyo apartments it’s simply not practical. Whilst the arrival of the iPad looked set to solve the problem, Yusuke Ohki soon discovered that an iPad without e-books wasn’t much of a solution. Taking matters into his own hands, […]
Japanese Book Scanning Service Read More »
When I was young, and single, I used to visit bookstores. Not just because I loved to read, but also because I thought it might have been a good place to meet girls. (It wasn’t.) You can tell a lot about a person by the kinds of books they read. What reader hasn’t made a
Looking for Love in a Stack of Books Read More »
Any parent that has ever purchased a personalized book for the their child knows exactly how the process goes. The extent of the personalization is usually limited to the child’s name, a friend’s name, and maybe their favorite food. However, Shara Lawrence-Weiss, the owner of Personal Child Stories, has created a business that goes above
Personalized Books For Unique Kids Read More »
Jim Krukal: Randy Cassingham is one of the first online publishers: his This is True column went online in 1994. It’s his full-time gig: over the years, it has brought him several million dollars in income, and he lives on 45 acres in western Colorado, where he looks at gorgeous snow-covered mountains from his home
The New Way to Publish a Book Read More »
NY Times: Amazon.com has taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers. Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is a striking acceleration of the retailer’s fledging publishing program that will place Amazon
Writers Don’t Need Publishers, They Need Amazon Read More »
Amazon: Scott Nicholson had a successful full-time job as a reporter, but his true calling was to write fiction. “Writing novels has always been my real career, but so much of it was out of my control. I followed the same path through the publishing world as most writers—it was like there was an instruction
Kindle Publishing: Author Wrote His Own Dream Job Read More »
Of all the fictional characters available, none come off as smart, or as cunning, as the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. Jennifer Miller, writing for Co.Create, recently sat down with Maria Konnikova, the author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, and asked her about how to develop perception: “Holmes is an expert at person
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Read More »
The Wenatchee World: It was in 1986 when Charlene Woodward saw the need for a retailer in Seattle that catered to customers looking for unusual books. The budding entrepreneur founded Direct Book Service. Little did Woodward know then that her new business would eventually go to the dogs. Woodward soon discovered it was very difficult
Book Store Goes to the Dogs Read More »
Slate has a great autobiographical profile of a man who makes a living buying and selling used books. If you’ve ever been a “friends of the library” book sale, you’ve seen him, or his type. They’re the ones who carry electronic bar-code scanners and PDAs. My scanner lies at the end of a cartridge that
How to Make Money from Used Books Read More »
Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry by Stephen Denny profiles more than 30 companies from around world that have taken on the giant in their industry and won. From Silicon Valley to the townships of South Africa, Denny explains, “It can be a blessing in disguise to be the little
Book: Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry Read More »
