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To counter Amazon.com, Sony and other device makers as well as several publishers will use the same technology, called ePub, for digital book sales. ...
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BLOGROLL:
Publishing Frontier
— Peter Brantley et al Persona Non Data
— Michael Cairns BookSquare
— Kassia Krozser Shimenawa
— Peter Brantley Tools of Change for Publishing
— O’Reilly et al Start With XML
— O’Reilly, Idea Logical, et al Exact Editions
— Adam Hodgkin Brave New World
— Martyn Daniels The Average Joe
— Joe Wikert if:book
— Institute for the Future of the Book Teleread
— David Rothman et al Joho The Blog!
— David Weinberger Lorcan Dempsey’s blog
— Lorcan Dempsey The Digitalist
— Pan Macmillan staff Print is Dead
— Jeff Gomez Galleycat
— Mediabistro
— Peter Brantley et al Persona Non Data
— Michael Cairns BookSquare
— Kassia Krozser Shimenawa
— Peter Brantley Tools of Change for Publishing
— O’Reilly et al Start With XML
— O’Reilly, Idea Logical, et al Exact Editions
— Adam Hodgkin Brave New World
— Martyn Daniels The Average Joe
— Joe Wikert if:book
— Institute for the Future of the Book Teleread
— David Rothman et al Joho The Blog!
— David Weinberger Lorcan Dempsey’s blog
— Lorcan Dempsey The Digitalist
— Pan Macmillan staff Print is Dead
— Jeff Gomez Galleycat
— Mediabistro
PUBLISHERS LUNCH JOB BOARD:
Acquisitions Editor
By The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
WEB EDITOR/MANAGER
By Chelsea Green Publishing, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
By Palgrave Macmillan, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
License and Brand Manager - Children's Books
By ABRAMS, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Creative Art Director
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Paperback and Series Marketing Manager
By Penguin Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Literary Agent
By Folio Literary Management, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Sales and Marketing Associate
By Overlook Press, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Director of Sales
By Charlestowne Consulting Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Senior Publicist
By Little, Brown for Young Readers
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Director of Book Sales
By Greenleaf Book Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Editor-in-Chief
By Getty Publications, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
MARKETING DIRECTOR
By Chelsea Green Publishing, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Webmaster for Small Publisher
By New York Publisher, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
By The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
WEB EDITOR/MANAGER
By Chelsea Green Publishing, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
By Palgrave Macmillan, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
License and Brand Manager - Children's Books
By ABRAMS, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Creative Art Director
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Paperback and Series Marketing Manager
By Penguin Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Literary Agent
By Folio Literary Management, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Sales and Marketing Associate
By Overlook Press, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Director of Sales
By Charlestowne Consulting Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Senior Publicist
By Little, Brown for Young Readers
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Director of Book Sales
By Greenleaf Book Group, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Editor-in-Chief
By Getty Publications, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
MARKETING DIRECTOR
By Chelsea Green Publishing, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT
Webmaster for Small Publisher
By New York Publisher, Full Time
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 12:57 AM EDT