espresso publishing

From ITI Newslink From Paula J. Hane's article .....New Publishing Models Brewing—Espresso to You

With all the emphasis on digitizing texts, ebooks and ejournals, and new ebook readers, you might be surprised to hear of a recent development in printing technology. Yes, a new company is hoping to brew some espresso buzz around printing a paperback book. New York City-based On Demand Books (ODB; www.ondemandbooks.com) is planning to become the first company to globally deploy a low-cost, totally automatic book machine. The Espresso Book Machine reportedly can produce 15–20 library-quality paperback books per hour, in any language, in quantities of one, without any human intervention. This technology and process will produce one each of 10 different books at the same speed and cost as it can produce 10 copies of the same book.

Are books in danger?

Barbara W. Tuchman The conventional wisdom would say yes. After all, more and more media--the Internet, cable television, satellite radio, videogames--compete for our time. And the Web in particular, with its emphasis on textual snippets, skimming and collaborative creation, seems ill-suited to nurture the sustained, authoritative transmission of complex ideas that has been the historical purview of the printed page. But surprise--the conventional wisdom is wrong. Our special report on books and the future of publishing is brim-full of reasons to be optimistic. People are reading more, not less. The Internet is fueling literacy. Giving books away online increases off-line readership. New forms of expression--wikis, networked books--are blossoming in a digital hothouse. FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/books-publishing-internet-tech-media_cx_mm_mn_books06_1201book_land.html

Writing success tip

Tossing characters into new, difficult worlds are methods that force characters to reveal their inner selves. Take characters from their ordinary, everyday world and place them into an extraordinary, out of their normal routine world, and watch them, if they are heroic, learn new survival skills. Readers want the main character (the protagonist) to gain knowledge, gain strength, and learn how to face whatever befalls them. As in life, those that learn are the only real winners, and they will engage readers, page after page. Those are the characters of best sellers. From Top Tips to Writing Success

Top 100 Fantasy Books

This website lists the Top 100 Fantasy Books. I find it wonderful that a book published in 1937 is sitting at Number 2 as I write this. G0 and vote for your favourite. http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/fantasy100/lists_books.html

How to Deliver Bad News

: Top 5 Ways to Soften the Blow "When delivering bad news, how do you soften the blow?" Unfortunately, most of us will be faced with the unpleasant task of delivering bad news at some point in our lives. Maybe a client's stock has tumbled. Maybe profits are down and layoffs are imminent. Maybe medical tests reveal a life threatening illness. In delicate situations like these, few of us know what to say or how to say it. Here are the top 5 communication strategies used by compassionate leaders in times of crisis: Read on ...

Do your meetings measure up to your CEO's expectations?

If the CEO of your company decided to sit in on a few of your meetings, would she be impressed or distressed?We asked Nancy Knowlton, Co-CEO of SMART Technologies Inc. and Bob Hagerty, CEO of Polycom Inc., what they expect from meetings and how important effective meetings are to the success of their companies. Find out if your meetings are effective enough to measure up to the expectations of these CEO’s.

http://www.effectivemeetings.com/meetingbasics/ceo_expectations.asp

Public Relations

“If I was down to my last dollar, I’d spend it on public relations.” Bill Gates Would you?? …