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• Earned Attention: More than a stack of paper, May 01 2013
• LinkedIn as publisher, April 29 2013
• Direct sales of ebooks in multiple languages, April 24 2013
• Pre-publication samples, April 23 2013
• Why Paperight should be distributing your content, April 22 2013
• Author (R)evolution Day videos now available, April 16 2013
• Why I created a Flipboard magazine, April 15 2013
• Best of TOC: Thought-provoking articles from the past year, April 11 2013
• Will we ever see a “Spotify for ebooks”?, April 10 2013
• The future of educational publishing, April 09 2013
• Three questions for…Adam Salomone of The Harvard Common Press, April 08 2013
• Content ownership and resale, April 08 2013
• Current state of formats and platforms, April 03 2013
• Goodreads + Amazon: Winners and losers, April 01 2013
• Inspired by children’s ebooks, March 27 2013
• A Nate Silver book recommendation engine, March 21 2013
• What devices and formats do your customers prefer?, March 19 2013
• The Kirtsaeng ruling: What’s your opinion?, March 19 2013
• Reverse showrooming, March 18 2013
• Join the ebook subscription model movement, March 14 2013
• Automated ebook summaries, March 12 2013
• Used ebooks: Why your assumptions are wrong and the opportunity is huge, March 11 2013
• Moving from industry brand to household brand, March 04 2013
• What’s going on with readers today?, February 28 2013
• Why B&N should abandon hardware, February 27 2013
• Beyond quick-and-dirty conversions, February 25 2013
• Collaborating with startups, February 19 2013
• Five key takeaways from TOC NY 2013, February 18 2013
• One author’s Kickstarter experience, February 01 2013
• Knowing when to outsource, January 24 2013
• Towards a better book recommendation service, January 23 2013
• Extracting value from uncertain data, January 16 2013
• High-quality PDF-to-EPUB conversion, January 14 2013
• Length and spine width in a digital-first world, January 08 2013
• Identifying DRM-free ebooks, January 07 2013
• The slippery slope of bogus reviews, January 03 2013
• HTML5: The code to maximizing revenue, January 02 2013
• NY Times ebook initiative could be so much more, December 19 2012
• MediaShift on the future of print and ebooks, December 17 2012
• Why I’m drinking from the Spundge firehoses, December 17 2012
• Next Issue: Why I recommissioned my old iPad, December 13 2012
• Ebook lending vs. ownership, December 12 2012
• It’s the brand, stupid!, December 10 2012
• Best publishing industry articles of 2012, December 04 2012
• The self-publishing book, November 29 2012
• Author and publisher relationships, November 29 2012
• MEF Global Consumer Survey 2012, November 28 2012
• Introducing the TOC Affiliate Program, November 27 2012
• Authors as marketers, November 26 2012
• Subcompact Publishing, November 21 2012
• Tizra’s web-based publishing platform, November 20 2012
• Three questions for…Christian Damke of Skoobe, November 16 2012
• Wiley & O’Reilly Media sign ebook distribution deal, November 15 2012
• The business case for TOC, November 14 2012
• We’ve got the tools. Let’s start using them., November 13 2012
• Free and the medium vs. the message, November 12 2012
• Amazon and Wall Street, November 12 2012
• The slow pace of ebook innovation, November 09 2012
• TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-reads (11/8/12), November 08 2012
• TOC’s Global Ebook Market report, November 08 2012
• How the DOJ ruling could affect ebook prices, November 07 2012
• Wikipedia’s EPUB export feature, November 05 2012
• TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-reads (11/1/12), November 01 2012
• The dangers of platform lock-in, October 31 2012
• Penguin Random House: Parsing the messages, October 30 2012
• Penguin Random House: How big is big enough?, October 29 2012
• Direct channels and new tools bring freedom and flexibility, October 25 2012
• Three questions for…Kevin Franco of Enthrill, October 24 2012
• The complex world of copyright, licensing, and piracy, October 23 2012
• A novel approach to going DRM-free, October 23 2012
• The future is bright for ebook prices and formats, October 22 2012
• The horrors of renting vs. owning ebooks, October 22 2012
• TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-reads (10/19/12), October 19 2012
• Three questions for…Christophe Maire of txtr, October 18 2012
• Three questions for…Richard Lang of Democrasoft, October 17 2012
• Amazon’s Kindle Whispercast service, October 17 2012
• Publishing’s “open” future, October 16 2012
• Information wants to be…shared, October 16 2012
• Three questions for…Jason Illian of BookShout, October 11 2012
• TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-reads (10/11/12), October 11 2012
• Gamechangers: Two important announcements at TOC Frankfurt, October 09 2012
• Page count, pricing, and value propositions, October 08 2012
• Ebooks as native apps vs. web apps, October 05 2012
• TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-read trio (Oct. 3, 2012), October 03 2012
• The agency model’s impact on ebook pricing, August 10 2012
• Data-driven publishing is the future, August 09 2012
• Where are the apps for ereaders?, August 07 2012
• The agency model’s impact on ebook pricing, August 06 2012
• New life for used ebooks, July 31 2012
• The value of free, July 25 2012
• Pricing lessons learned from a publishing startup, July 13 2012
• Amazon as friend and foe, July 03 2012
• Direct sales should be a publisher priority, June 27 2012
• "Lightweight" DRM isn't the answer, June 27 2012
• Depth and immersion give static print images new digital life, June 21 2012
• Amazon, ebooks and advertising, May 29 2012
• Social reading should focus on common interests rather than friend status, May 21 2012
• Why I can't shake my ereader, May 14 2012
• The reinvention of the bookseller, May 10 2012
• B&N and Microsoft: The potential beyond digital, May 04 2012
• Join us in celebrating International Day Against DRM, May 04 2012
• What if ebook DRM goes away tomorrow?, April 27 2012
• As transmedia publishing evolves, experimentation is the name of the game, April 25 2012
• The sorry state of ebook samples, and four ways to improve them, April 13 2012
• Books should be as easy to create as websites, April 02 2012
• Context matters: Search can't replace a high-quality index, March 28 2012
• The vision behind Yahoo's Cocktails platform and Livestand app, March 26 2012
• Direct sales uncover hidden trends for publishers, March 22 2012
• No more book app sifting: PlayTales designed its bookstore within an app, March 21 2012
• The state of ebook pricing, March 14 2012
• Unglue.it seeks to set ebooks free, March 05 2012
• Customized self-publishing is the future of textbooks, February 29 2012
• Story first, interactivity second, February 27 2012
• It's time for a unified ebook format and the end of DRM, February 09 2012
• Tip for B&N: Don't just follow Amazon, February 08 2012
• Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: February 1, 2012, February 02 2012
• Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: January 25, 2012, January 26 2012
• Why the fuss about iBooks Author?, January 26 2012
• Coming soon to a location near you: The Amazon Store?, January 25 2012
• Children's ebooks and apps are big business on the iPad, January 23 2012
• Kindle Fire: Three pros, five cons, January 20 2012
• Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: January 17, 2012, January 18 2012
• The art of marrying content with mobile apps, January 16 2012
• Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: January 11, 2012, January 12 2012
• A venture into self-publishing, January 09 2012
• Traditional vs self-publishing: Neither is the perfect solution, January 05 2012
• Social is an integral part of tomorrow's reading experience, January 03 2012
• HTML5: The platform-agnostic key to the future of publishing, December 22 2011
• Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: December 7, 2011, December 08 2011
• Keeping Safari Books on top, November 28 2011
• Ebook refunds and absolute satisfaction, November 23 2011
• Why publishers should build direct sales channels, November 23 2011
• Exposing content via APIs, November 21 2011
• Publishers need broader and broader shoulders, November 16 2011
• Not a self-publisher, far from a traditional publisher, November 14 2011
• The problem with Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library, November 04 2011
• The problem with Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library, November 04 2011
• Agile content models better address audience wants and needs, October 26 2011
• Agile content models better address audience wants and needs, October 26 2011
• The more you engage, the better the advice, October 24 2011
• The more you engage, the better the advice, October 24 2011
• Addressing the state of econtent, October 10 2011
• Addressing the state of econtent, October 10 2011
• The making of a "minimum awesome product", October 05 2011
• The making of a "minimum awesome product", October 05 2011
• The problem with deep discount ebook deals, September 23 2011
• The problem with deep discount ebook deals, September 23 2011
• Leaky paywalls and ads: What publishers can learn from the New York Times, August 18 2011
• How online bookstores should get social, August 03 2011
• Two lessons from Pottermore: Direct sales and no DRM, June 29 2011
• Sign up for two important (and free) TOC webcasts, May 25 2011
• Kindle 2012: Wish-list features for the next model, May 20 2011
• Announcing the TOC Sneak Peek webcast series, April 25 2011
• 4 ways DRM is like airport security, April 15 2011
• 7 ways ebook apps can help brick-and-mortar bookstores, March 10 2011
• The iPad's ripple effect, January 31 2011
• Suggestion for Amazon: Open source the Kindle apps, January 13 2011
• Publishing needs a social strategy, November 24 2010
• Thoughts on Amazon's New Whispernet Charge Policy, May 21 2009
• Why $9.99 Won't Always Be an eBook Pricing Ceiling, May 18 2009

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