Great post on missed opportunities at Power Reader Day at #bea13: http://ow.ly/lG0sF by @AnnKingman [listen up, publishers!]
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@GeoNNW Line for grumpy cat (who "won" #bea13 according to Shelf Awareness) was a gauntlet of tote wielding librarians. Wouldn't touch it.
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Publishing Hackathon at #BEA13 paidcontent.org/2013/05/31/live-blog-pub...
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Turtle Diary (@nyrbclassics) and a million catalogs (#bea13) #FridayReads
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A high percentage of women at #bea13 have Band-aids on their heels.
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I heard at #BEA13 they're playing Pin The Fail On The Amazon.
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Library Tumblrs do well w/regular content features such as appyhour (recomended apps), Caturday, Mustache Monday, etc. #TumblrBEA #bea13
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The @nypl uses Tumblr for some types of press/media releases—very successfully—getting write-ups in NY Times, etc. #bea13 #TumblrBEA
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“A lot of librarians on Tumblr right now” says @lifegdlibrarian. Look for tag #tumblarian to find them. #bea13 #TumblrBEA
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Says @rachelfersh of Tumblr: "[It's a] powerful passion network. It's not about who you know as much as what you’re into." #bea13
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Agent Philippa Brophy says print books published pre-1994 are fair game for the author/agent to sell off/use ebook rights as desired. #bea13
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"I’m aware of this class warfare that’s going on [between authors] … we should be focusing on what we have in common." -L Lippman #bea13
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"I benefit enormously from my publisher’s entrepreneurship on my behalf. I sit on my butt and write my books." —author Laura Lippman #bea13
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Momentum seems to be growing. Follow @BookstoreDay to stay in the loop on progress. #BEA13
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Highlight of #BEA13 so far? Talking about a cellphone named Duane with Eliot Weinberger
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#BEA13 is on like donkey kong. Lol which my iPhone tried to autocorrect to donkey long. #unintentionallyfunny
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EPUB3, @lizcastro.
+1 Slides from #bea13 #idpf #2013digitalbook http://www.slideshare.net/liz_castro/epub3-beaidpf-2013
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"I really like email newsletters or blasts. They are the most effective thing for me [for selling books]." -@barbarafreethy #bea13
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Random House's @spinmatt on why to invest in paid promo: "Books are built on word of mouth, the conversation has to start somewhere." #bea13
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"Authors spend a lot of wasted time on social media right now" says author @barbarafreethy, advises moderation. #bea13
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"If you’re trying to giveaway a book or sell it for 99c & it doesn’t go anywhere there’s something wrong w/packaging" @barbarafreethy #bea13
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"The business [that agents] used to have is not the business they’re going to have." @mtamblyn #bea13
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"Digital file is far easier to ignore than a physical object. Giving up on a digital file is really easy." -M Cader on reading today #bea13
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I'm on the exhibit floor. Wow. It's huge. #BEA13
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. @PatrickRBrown I enjoyed your talk about GoodReads today. Very helpful. Thanks. #BEA13
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For more excellent tips for authors/publishers using @goodreads, see @PatrickRBrown's slides from #bea13: www.slideshare.net/GoodreadsPresentations/2...
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One reason to use @goodreads for giveaways: halo effect of ppl adding book to shelf b/c they saw friends do it, says @PatrickRBrown #bea13
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Principles of @goodreads giveways: Start early (3-5 mths pre-pub), 1 month duration, do multiple giveaways - via @PatrickRBrown #bea13
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