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Tag Archives: Penguin
TX Book Festival Updates
The “Penguin Editor” who hated Pennyworth is in fact a “Holt Editor”–which makes it all more interesting. But no additionial gossip. Today was insane, and I didn’t talk to any of my boothmates until the last 20 minutes, when I … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Books, Ebooks, football, Lexcycle, Ophelia, Penguin, Pennyworth, Remainders, sports, Texas Book Festival, Travel
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Notes from the TX Book Festival
In no particular order. I was so beat after today’s show that I crashed for four hours, watched the rest of the game from my hotel, and, daylight savings time or no, didn’t go to the bars. We’re all wondering … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Odd, Travel
Tagged Books, Ebooks, football, Lexcycle, Ophelia, Penguin, Pennyworth, Remainders, Rodeo Clown Mysteries, sports, Texas Book Festival, Travel
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That’s Real Competition
Penguin has the booth across from me, and they’ve giving away Skittles! No sign of Sony. Had fun yesterday, saw costumes, will in fact be getting early rest tonight… (really, it’s a 9 AM start, and gets quite hectic…. I … Continue reading
Where the Hell is Pennyworth Books?
They’re not in TN (a very big one), they weren’t in Baton Rouge, they’re not even on the list for Miami. Gas is one thing, but… sheesh. If you’re not familiar with Pennyworth, they’re a company that for years bought … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebooks, Festivals, Penguin, Pennyworth, Remainders, Travel
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Penguin Sold More Ebooks in the First Two Months
of ’08 than they did all of ’07. ’07 was the first time Penguin made actual money from ebooks. Impossible to believe, as none of the 133 titles theoretically available as .epub files from a major publisher bear the Penguin … Continue reading
Penguin’s Doing More Ebooks
Yay for them. They’re great with paperbacks. … I’m sleepy.
Agree Penguin’s Ebook Strategy Is Goofy
But not for this reason: What’s most galling, of course, is that Penguin isn’t attempting to increase interest in ebooks as a medium by making these classics, long past copyright, available in free, un-DRM-encumbered formats. In an old-meets-new mashup, publishers … Continue reading