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Good luck man! “@ericsmithrocks: Time to give my #BEA13 talk! Channeling @alexknowshtml for this one. #JFDI <a href="http://bit.ly/11bgdUc”" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/11bgdUc”
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November 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
ssparks.bsky.social
Highlight of #BEA13 so far? Talking about a cellphone named Duane with Eliot Weinberger
November 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
ssparks.bsky.social
Turtle Diary (@nyrbclassics) and a million catalogs (#bea13) #FridayReads
November 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
ssparks.bsky.social
@GeoNNW Line for grumpy cat (who "won" #bea13 according to Shelf Awareness) was a gauntlet of tote wielding librarians. Wouldn't touch it.
November 10, 2024 at 2:33 PM
janefriedman.com
Now sitting at the real mission control of #bea13, the table from which @Porter_Anderson live-tweets, at #DigitalBook13
January 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
janefriedman.com
Big takeaway so far from #bea13 sessions: Publishers now vividly aware of the need to prove/show their worth to authors to prevent "leakage"
January 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Today's authors are more powerful, influential, and independent. -@psexton1 #DigitalBook13 #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
janefriedman.com
"Authors who both self-pub & traditionally pub are more successful in their ventures, sometimes by a wide margin." -@psexton1 #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
janefriedman.com
Color tablets that focus on books are a kind of bubble that's going away. -@benedictevans #LaunchBEA #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
"Everyone who wanted a Kindle has probably got one by now." -@BenedictEvans #LaunchBEA #bea13 Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/PublishersLaunch/benedict-evans-mobile-is-eating-the-world
Benedict Evans - Mobile Is Eating the World
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January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
iPad dominates use everywhere: http://ow.ly/i/2enR1 -@benedictevans #bea13 #LaunchBEA
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January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
Great visual from @BenedictEvans showing Amazon growth in non-book/non-media biz (general merch): http://ow.ly/i/2enZ8 #LaunchBEA #bea13
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January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
“I don’t have a timeframe for a book to do well. I let readers discover it & tell everyone. It’s a real slow burn.” -@hughhowey #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
Bestselling author @sylday: "As far as digital is concerned, [publishers] cannot compete w/what I’m doing on my own." #DigitalBook13 #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
Bestselling author @sylday: "[A traditional house has] to knock my socks off w/a brilliant marketing plan to be my publisher." #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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"I think the middle ground is the untold story of self-publishing" -@hughhowey referring to self-pub authors making $20K/month #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
janefriedman.com
"If you’re taking a % of the profit for distributing it, you should be pounding the pavement to sell it.” -@sylday on ebook distrib #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
janefriedman.com
"We are at a period where booksellers have a chance to redefine who they are and what they want to be to readers." -@Gladwell #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
janefriedman.com
"The appetite for good books is not diminished. It’s expanding." -@Gladwell #bea13 #DigitalBook13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
janefriedman.com
"There are 2 functions of publishers: 1. To market 2. To edit." [He adds: these are scarce resources, when done well] -@Gladwell #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
janefriedman.com
"People involved in the digital world always like to pretend that what they have invented is more than a process." -@Gladwell #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
janefriedman.com
"When there is a great, engaging book, people will read it. Everything else is irrelevant." -@Gladwell on worries of digi-distraction #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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.@Gladwell stresses that publishing often forgets its function, which he says is about books, pure and simple. #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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"What the youngest generation is interested in is novelty … It’s not their adherence to things digital that defines them." -@Gladwell #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Total U.S. physical book market declined 9.27% last year, based on unit sales tracked thru Bookscan -@draccah #bea13
January 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM