December 2011
5 posts
Predictions for 2012 →
Blog post with predictions for digital publishing in 2012. In summary:
- Biggest Christmas yet
- Ebook sales to reach 20% on many titles in the UK
- Amazon to expand publishing operations
- Waterstone’s to play their hand
- Android marketplace to come good
- General gloom everywhere; a few busts
- “New Publisher” to take centre stage
Britain and the EU
In all the analysis of Britain and the EU over the past few days I have been very surprised by the absence of historical perspective, because here is where the roots of the present situation lie. Europe and Britain’s divergent histories shape their present positions and, unfortunately in my view, make them ultimately incompatible. Both Europe and Britain seem to have an inadequate grasp of...
Digital Publishing Startups →
As promised my list of digital publishing startups. Both the definitions of digital publishing and startup are very broad. Please get in touch at @ajaxlogos if you have one I have missed, I am keen for this list to be as comprehensive as possible.
NY times on publishers and news sites →
Frankenstein - Awesome Interactive Literature →
I’m genuinely excited by this project. It is about telling old classic stories in new ways; it’s about taking new media writing, game books and choose your own stories to an audience that has never seen them before. It’s about continuing a fine tradition of recreating great stories for new ages. It’s about proving that fiction apps are possibility. It’s about kids in...