Category Archives: Publishing

Cato Institute Press

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

On the first page of his book, You Can’t Say That!: The Growing Threat To Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws, David Bernstein wrote this One problem I confronted in starting this book was that I understood that outside of the … Continue reading →

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Cherry Picking a Book Review

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

A cherry picked book review is honest in that the words that it reproduces indeed appeared in the original full review. The reproduction though is utterly misleading; it means to impress on the viewer and potential buyer that a prominent … Continue reading →

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Bloomsbury Press

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

If you were to take a look at my book buying record for the past few days, you could draw a couple of reasonable inferences about me. One, I buy more books than is healthy, wealthy, or wise. Two, Bloomsbury … Continue reading →

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A Pricing Pattern

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

If you, like me, feel like you miss out on a lot of book sales because of wildly fluctuating book prices, then there may be a good reason for us missing the boat. I think some publishers are trying a … Continue reading →

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Faculty Atttitude Survey

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

A group called the Ithaka S+R has released the latest survey in its assessment of academics’ “practices, attitudes, and needs”.  Check out that 2012 US Faculty Survey here. Although the survey is 79 pages in its entirety, the findings are … Continue reading →

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A Bulk E-book Discount Club

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Even if not a voracious reader, I’m a voracious book buyer. My scheming mind roams always in search of ideas that will simultaneously reduce book prices, be reasonable for publishes to try as a new pricing model, and not incidentally … Continue reading →

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A Selling Opportunity

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Robert Bork did it exceptionally well. Anthony Lewis didn’t do it at all. Chinua Achebe may still do it, I hope. Of course, it’s not precise to talk about these authors doing what I would have them do since by … Continue reading →

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The Law of Multiple Prices

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Let me just be clear that I haven’t anything smart or new to say in this post. I’m simply unhappy at the fact that I missed out on purchasing some books at the lowest price possible when Amazon refused to … Continue reading →

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An Entrepreneurial Author

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Look at this book. Tell me what you think. It doesn’t look like much right? It’s a self-published book from an unknown author with an unfamiliar foreign name. Perhaps for not being strikingly impressive in any way, the book is priced … Continue reading →

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A Giving Pledge for Authors

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

The author Chinua Achebe died last week. Writers at many literary outlets have written to express their thoughts at the passing of this “iconic Nigerian novelist”. To this panoply of thoughts, I’d like to add one: 70 years from today, or the year … Continue reading →

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