Another Freebie From Publishers Lunch T.V.

More free video of BEA 2009 from Publishers Marketplace. For a short time you can watch the ABA Keynote session from BEA with bookseller Roxanne Coady and authors Sherman Alexie, Jon Meacham, James Patterson, and Lisa Scottoline as they discuss the book biz. Scroll down a bit to see the video

Erotica is Hot in More Ways Than One

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Publisher's Weekly has an article about the new mainstreaming of Erotica including the news that Pocket books has optioned 39 more books from epublisher Ellora's Cave.

The most interesting point in the article is the fact these authors are removing the stigma from epublishing by producing successful, good quality books. The perception had been that you epubbed because you couldn't get into a print house - which may be correct, but not for reasons of quality.

The paper side of the business is risk adverse, so they catch on to new trends through small presses and others willing to take the risk.

Low risk doesn't seem to be working so well for big publishing. Is it time for a new methodology? What should it look like? Should there still be personality driven imprints around one person's reading taste? God forbid they should have focus groups. What can save publishing today for authors and companies?

Death Becomes Vampire Jane Austen

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I am so jealous I didn't think of this. Publisher's Weekly reports genius author Michael Thomas Ford sold a vampire book with Jane Austen as the lead bloodsucker.

Perhaps Mr. Darcy lives on as well? We can only hope. I guess she's finally getting some action. No groans please - my inner critic takes care of those.

Publishers Weekly Publishing Trends for the New Year 2008

Mike Shatzkin, CEO of Idea Logical and digital guru has a Publishers Weekly article on 15 Trends to Watch in 2008 for the world of publishing.

Among the predictions - EBooks will become more popular (though still not a huge share of the market) and the publishing industry will begin to specialize in niche books for very specific audiences. So niche may be the way to go if you've always wanted to write that book on ninja training your dog or knitting BBQ grill covers.

Query on.