Publishing Perspectives

Innovation in the Digital Space at Knopf Doubleday From a new app for Julia Child, to a bestselling e-short from Robert Reich to surprising promotional videos, how Knopf Doubleday exploits the digital age. Read more »

The Important Ps in Publishing Do professionalism, manners and taste go together to make a publisher? Or maybe it's more a matter of love? Read more »

Egypt's BookBake: E-publishing for Arabic (and Everyone Else) Cairo's BookBake offers an "intuitive and easy" e-publishing solution that exports enhanced PDFs, apps and more, aimed not just at Arabic users, but everyone. Read more »

Are PDF E-Books Still Key for Developing Digital Markets? As digital markets develop, we'll likely see more walled garden platforms emerge, even if the seeds for these were sown in the humble PDF. Read more »

Amazon Expands Textbook Rental Program to Print Books Amazon.com has launched a new print textbook rental program. This follows the launch of its digital textbook rental program last year. Read more »

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Why Publishers’ Lack of Engagement With the Public Hurts Their Bottom Line Publishers are too used to saying "no, no, no" and barring the gates of the industry from the public. That has got to change if publishers ever hope to develop another life-long customer. Read more »