"I’m very eager to see an ebook subscription model succeed b/c I think it will be beneficial for everybody.” @AndrewRichard #DigiBook15
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“The [ebook] price issue has taken up too much oxygen in the conversation.” Value is affected by MANY things. @AndrewRichard #DigiBook15
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Coloring books are at the top of the bestseller lists. I don’t know what that says about our industry. —@ednawotka #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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Amazon has a business where they can say “yes” to every author (trad pub, Amazon Pub & self-pub sales) says @andrewrichard #DigiBook15
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“If you’re not telling a story on a social media platform, then you’re just promoting” - and no one likes that —@frankbeddor #DigiBook15
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“I sell a lot of books [novels] at Comic Con” - they’re looking for new worlds to experience says @FrankBeddor #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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When @scribd launched comic books, then THAT became the big subscriber acquisition month says @AWeinstein28 #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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We launched audiobooks in Nov 14 and it was our biggest subscriber acquisition month to date says @AWeinstein28 of @Scribd #DigiBook15
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At @Scribd (ebook subscription service), readers are VERY quick to make a decision; abandoned books is the norm. —@Aweinstein28 #DigiBook15
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"We can’t make reading any more convenient than we’ve already made it. So what do we do next?” asks @R_Nash #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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“I don’t think we’re doing samples right” —@otown - they’re flat, not media rich, don’t pull out conversation starters #digibook15 #BEA15
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“It’s hard to hook someone w/a description.” Better to hook by getting people to read sample says @otown of @goodreads #digibook15 #BEA15
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.@otown of @goodreads says one thing that’s often overlooked is that a review lives forever. #digibook15 #BEA15
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.@mandaclose of PRH: When there are reviews & comments on book product pages—good OR bad—people are more likely to buy. #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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Publishing’s challenge: hard to do sustainable book market research/targeting w/thousands of titles or brands —@petermcarthy #DigiBook15
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The way people live their lives when they’re not considering a book tells us what book they’re interested in. —@petermccarthy #DigiBook15
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.@atribelli is excited about publishers' marketing partnerships w/businesses (Amtrak, Chipotle) to reach new readers #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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3 types of media influencers: micro-celebrities, the authors themselves, book bloggers and "power users” in genres —@otown #DigiBook15
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"The battle of attention has shifted from mass media to media influencers.” —@otown #digibook15 #BEA15
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David Arabov of @EliteDaily: “The time for video is right now. It’s the next big play in the digital media world.” — #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins says publishers must build author careers that go beyond local, go global #DigiBook15
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Now hearing 2nd book publisher at this event say most important person is the author (@rcharkin & Chantal Restivo-Alessi) #DigiBook15
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Over 90% of young people in the United States say they want to write a book someday. —@avantgame #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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Fan fiction taps into what the gaming generation wants & indicates the future of publishing —@avantgame #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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92% of 2-year-olds in the United States currently play digital games - in the future we’ll all be gamers says @avantgame #DigiBook15
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Bloomsbury’s @rcharkin says even if star authors say piracy is great, it isn’t great for the “vast majority” of authors. #DigiBook15 #BEA15
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