Caffeine Nights Publishing

False Hopes and Expectations...Is it Time for a New Business Model?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws The current dilemma facing the publishing industry of an increased market base in the form of an enhanced global platform called the Internet, against an evolving audience which...

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The Kindle Swindle or a Myriad of Iliad?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Nick Hornby this week raises a perfectly valid point by highlighting the exorbitant cost of electronic book reading machines. Whist the Kindle has some pretty neat built-in...

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Why are publishers so bad at advertising on TV?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:19:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Book videos. Great to look at sometimes, but do they generate sales? Large established publishing houses occasionally dabble with TV commercials for established authors such as...

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The Death of the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:03:00 PDT

Believe it or not there are publishers and book sellers out there who dream of the death of the Internet. They see it as an annoyance which has eaten into their margins rather than a tool to extend...

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'How to get a lot of money out of desperate authors...

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:22:00 PDT

while making a very nice living as failed author!' How many 'How to write a successful novel' or 'How to become a published author’ novels have you seen advertised both on the net and in...

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Be Afraid...be very afraid

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:01:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Halloween is almost here, the Frankfurt Book Fair has just finished and six months after the end of the London Book Fair it is sad to report not much progress has been made by the...

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Tell it like it is - The Power of Local Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:55:00 PST

By Darren E Laws The other day I was reminded of the power of excellent local marketing when a leaflet popped through the door from a pub trading about a mile from my home. The leaflet was a...

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The Trees Are Falling...

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:30:00 PST

Surviving the next year is going to be a major challenge for many publishers and businesses in general, small and large alike. There are no longer any guarantees of safety for anyone. ...

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Turtle Island promo video

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:27:00 PST

Gripping, disturbing, twisted...inthenews.co.uk

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The 'F' and the 'C' word

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:12:00 PST

By Darren E Laws Steel yourself because this posting is going to be peppered with words that it seems the world is not prepared to hear at present. Namely the 'F' and 'C' words. These words...

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Harbingers of Doom or Balanced Media Coverage?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:58:00 PST

By Darren E Laws You have to love the media's ability to embrace all consuming bad news. It would appear to someone looking at the coverage of the latest global economic news from a truly...

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Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:20:00 PST

By Darren E Laws Though it is hard to see the positives in the current economic cycle these are exciting times. There is a huge element of the unknown but in the world of publishing...

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Murder in the High Street…Is this the end of the Bookstore?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:34:00 PST

By Darren E Laws Sad news reaches me today that one of the UK’s leading independent bookstores Murder One in Charing Cross Road, London has become the latest victim of the economic downturn. ...

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Is the eBook Coming of Age

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:08:00 PST

Caffeine Nights Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of its first eBook. Tripping is now available in electronic format and available to download from www.cnpublishing.co.uk and a...

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Will the real Samson please stand up

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:53:00 PST

By Darren E Laws Although Tripping has only been published as an eBook on one site for four weeks it has achieved an astonishing 318 downloads pushing it above many books from established...

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Are Authors as much to to blame for publishing's current malaise as publishers?

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:58:00 PST

By Darren E Laws This may be difficult to read especially if you are an aspiring author, but are authors as much to blame for falling profits, closing bookstores and the current failure of the...

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Wheel out the Dinosaurs

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:01:00 PST

By Darren E Laws I tuned into BBC’s The Money Programme with high expectations to see an investigation into the current state of play in the world of publishing but was disappointed to find a...

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Welcome to the iliterati

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:49:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Does the level of literacy drop in a recession? Faced with increasing pressure to maintain profits, are publishers abandoning taking risks with new authors and plumping for the...

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Double your money; screw the author!

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:12:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws It would appear that the larger publishing houses are finally cottoning on to the fact that there could be money to be made from eBooks. I guess when you are in the midst of an...

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noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:34:00 PDT

Advertising, Public Relations, Marketing and the Magic Wand By Darren E Laws The reason the big publishers have big sales is that they get their books in front of people in many different ways and...

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The London Book Fair 2009 – The Sleeping Giant Awakes

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:04:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws It was fair to say last year's London Book Fair was a disappointment on a number of levels, the chief one being that I saw an industry which was ignoring all forms of digital...

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Why the Kindle DX is GOOD for Publishing

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:56:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws The publicity the Kindle DX has achieved this week with its launch must have pleased Amazon and while one may argue about the benefits of the machine against the Kindle 2 the good...

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Paper or Pixel? The Challenges Facing Publishing

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:58:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Debate is raging over the quality and price of eBooks compared to their paper companions in certain parts of the publishing industry. Is all of this internalising actually...

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Twitter – where talk is cheap, ideology is free and banality rules

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:05:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws Twitter is a brilliant tool which if used correctly can elevate the profile of the sharpest marketer, generate interest in a brand, or even build a passionate army of followers and...

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Pride or Prejudice...The dilemma facing the world of publishing

noreply@blogger.com (Caffeine Nights) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:33:00 PDT

By Darren E Laws While many POD publishers are seeking the acceptance of the industry and wondering when the platforms for eBooks and other digital forms of publishing are going to truly catch on, it...

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