Caffeine Nights Publishing

DRM…Does it Really Matter?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:20:00 PST

The argument goes on and the longer it does I am coming to the conclusion that DRM may be the idiot child we don’t like to talk about. By this I mean, that the point of DRM is actually misleading the...

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Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:46:00 PST

The old adage may be true for publishing. With 2011 looking like the onset of the adoption of cloud computing, companies such as Amazon have adapted their platforms to embrace cloud computing in what...

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The Perfect Storm

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:15:00 PST

A couple of years ago I blogged that the tree were falling – a metaphor for the impending world financial crisis and the forthcoming wave of gloom, but now as 2011 start it appears that we have all...

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Libraries and the smug majority…

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:39:00 PST

Time to be contentious. The argument in the UK is raging about possible closure of libraries because of spending cuts brought about by the legacies of the recession and the god awful mess that the...

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The Death of the Book Store...Don’t ask for whom the bell tolls, it’s just the first round....

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:28:00 PST

What we are currently experiencing is adjustment to a revolution, albeit one in a velvet glove. eBooks won't be the demise of the high street book store nor will they replace paper books. The...

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World Book Night

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:58:00 PST

A huge success or just another case of a middle to upper class industry happily patting itself on the back. The chattering classes seem obsessively pleased and smug about getting books out to the...

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World e-Reading Congress 2011…You are cordially so uninvited

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:09:00 PDT

Well, this morning I received my invitation to the World e-Reading Congress 2011 in London. I opened the mail with anticipation thinking here is an event which could be very interesting. My eyes were...

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London’s Calling

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:14:00 PDT

London calling to the faraway towns Now that war is declared-and battle come down London calling to the underworld Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls The Clash weren’t...

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LBF11, ePub 3 and the next big thing?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:45:00 PDT

So the London Book Fair is over for another year and I have to report that it was a far better fair than last year, though that comparison is like telling a man who has just lost his leg that you...

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ePub3 - Media rich has to add consumer value

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:43:00 PDT

The arrival of ePub 3 will undoubtedly see a rush from publishers to make maximum use of its whistles and bells. Will fiction publishers be falling over themselves to produce media rich content?...

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World eReading Congress – So Cordially Invited...

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 15 May 2011 07:52:00 PDT

Well in the end I was very cordially invited to join the World eReading Congress by the event organisers and help host the opening sessions on Tuesday 10th May with BBC’s Technology Correspondent,...

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The Tipping Point

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:59:00 PDT

Waterstones will hopefully have a new dawn and flourish on the high street but so much needs to be done to redress many of the inherent issues plaguing the industry from over-ordering...

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Is the eBook market reaching maturity in the UK?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:19:00 PDT

Something is happening in the world of publishing as it appears the major publishers are finally reacting to the aggressive pricing of eBooks at Amazon by self published authors and independent...

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Playground

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:16:00 PDT

No romanticism. This was the old country and I’m not talking about Ireland or some fairy tale shit like that. This was East London. You could smell the air; fuck me, you could see the air. It was...

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Waterstones at a Watershed

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:16:00 PDT

In the past few weeks we have seen a number of announcements coming from James Daunt and the new management team at Waterstones and all of this has been looked at in isolaton. Looking at the bigger...

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The Ghost of Christmas yet to come…

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:56:00 PST

The ghosts of Christmas past, present and future are coming back to haunt retail outlets in our high street, or so it would seem. Three years ago I blogged about the depressing future facing...

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Two Speed Europe

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:41:00 PST

David Cameron’s use of the veto in Brussels this week may be the beginning of the end of the UK’s full involvement in Europe. In truth we have been uncomfortable bedfellows with our European friends....

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A Dropped Apostrophe But What Does It Really Mean

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:08:00 PST

Waterstone’s has become Waterstones, the change is hardly perceptible but behind it there is a canny move by James Daunt to erase the past and Tim Waterstone to boot. The bookseller rather...

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Why Foyles will Not ‘Abide with Me’

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:48:00 PST

Occasionally life throws up disappointments. Some huge, some small. Sometimes the smallest of disappointments can be the most frustrating, especially if decisions are made “on instinct” with no real...

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There is no such thing as an even playing field

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:57:00 PST

and don’t be fooled into believing that because you can publish your own eBooks and paper books that the publishing world is a fully open utopia for all. Nothing could be further from the truth....

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The End of Publishing as We Know it and Amazon’s Part in it

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:33:00 PST

Well, the end of publishing dates anyway. Amazon have chosen not to respect the launch dates set by publishers. They seem to operate alone in the world of retail at ignoring the launch dates set by...

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Our Most Important Week

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:51:00 PDT

On Monday 19th March Caffeine Nights release four titles: Abide With Me – Ian Ayris Consequences – RC Bridgestock Frank’s Wild Years – Nick Triplow The Late Greats – Nick Quantrill Each...

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How The ‘Meddle’ Man Nearly Ruined Our Business

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:37:00 PDT

There are elements of publishing which are needed and play a great art in the fulfilment and logistical chain. These elements such as Gardners or Bertrams can add benefit to large publishers who have...

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The London Book Fair 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:02:00 PDT

This year’s LBF was a vast improvement on previous years. An expanded digital zone sees the industry acknowledging the importance of digital publishing in all its forms. One particular growth area...

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Waterstones under the bridge?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:18:00 PDT

It is rather depressing that Waterstones appear to have thrown in the towel on having their own market share on eBooks. Only last year James Daunt compared working with Amazon as trading with the...

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