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Digital Digest: How Much Should an E-Book Cost?
by Adrian Versteegh
January/February 2013
The recently approved settlement in a federal antitrust suit against Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster has become a flash point for debate over the economics of e-books.
A Tour of Literary Manhattan, Ayana Mathis's Call From Oprah Winfrey, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Ayana Mathis tells Salon what it was like to receive a career-changing phone call from Oprah Winfrey; critic Dwight Garner tours literary Manhattan; Graywolf Press will publish the first full-length poetry collection by actor James Franco; and other news.
Visiting Julian Fellowes, Banned Chinese Writers, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Simon & Schuster reports its sales were down last quarter, yet earnings rose; Vanity Fair visits with novelist and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes; crime writer Nancy Mancuso Gelber was recently imprisoned for contracting to murder her husband; and other news.
Digital Digest: Balancing Collaboration and Control
by Adrian Versteegh
November/December 2012
With an increasing number of user-driven publishing platforms cropping up across the digital landscape, many online publishers are trying to strike a balance between collaboration and ediorial control.
The Medium Is the Message: The Print-Digital Divide and the Books of Tomorrow
by Carrie Neill
Special Section
Digital Digest: Crowdfunding for the Literary Set
by Adrian Versteegh
September/October 2012
With crowdfunding platforms gaining traction in the publishing world, writers now have a means of accessing wider readerships while simultaneously soliciting funding to launch literary projects.
Digital Digest: The “Single-Sitting” Revolution
by Adrian Versteegh
July/August 2012
Despite worries that digital media sounded the death knell for serious, immersive reading, publishing platforms such as the iPad, Kindle, and Nook have given rise to single-sitting works—longform journalism pieces, single stories, and short novellas—that have broad reader appeal.
Goodbye to Algonquin's Oak Room, E. B. White Answers the ASPCA, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Melville House wonders when publishers will speak out about Amazon; New York City's Algonquin Hotel announced that when it reopens this spring after a renovation, the famed Oak Room will be gone; E. B. White answers a charge levied by the ASPCA; and more
Digital Digest: Turning Up the Volume on E-books
by Adrian Versteegh
September/October 2011
Recently released amplified editions of classics such as Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land indicate that the hybrid format may finally be coming into its own.
Digital Digest: Vooks Look Like a Brand-New Read
by Adrian Versteegh
May/June 2010
Since last fall, an Alameda, California–based start-up has been blending digital text, images, video, and social networking to produce what it calls "vooks" (a portmanteau word formed from video and book), which can be accessed through any Web browser or downloaded to mobile devices via Apple's iTunes Store.