Information for publishers on ways to build and improve publisher websites.
Where do eBooks go when you die?
What happens to eBook collections when the user dies? Can they be willed on to your descendants, or is a lifetime's worth of book purchases essentially nullified the moment you breathe your last? ...
Who owns Twitter accounts?
A look at the question of who owns publishers' Twitter accounts. Is it the publishing house, or the publicist themselves? And what happens when a publicist wants to move from one house to another? ...
Twitter Tips for Authors
More and more authors, from unpublished novices to international heavyweights, are getting involved with Twitter. If you're planning to join them, here are some tips for good author tweeting. ...
Big ships turn slowly: why large publisher websites don’t work
Some notes on why it may be better for the publishing industry to focus on smaller, niche sites. ...
Snowbooks
For the third review in the series looking at publishers' websites, The Fiction Desk turns its attention to tech-savvy independent publishers Snowbooks. ...
PS Publishing
A look at the website of PS Publishing, the award-winning, UK-based small press that prints limited runs of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and crime. ...
Angry Robot Books
Following on from the post about publishers’ websites, I wanted to start looking at some specific sites and find out what they do well... and what they do badly. First up is Angry Robot Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. ...
Things a good publisher website should have
I seem to spend a lot of time browsing publisher websites and, with some exceptions, I'm always surprised at how little effort these sites put into attempting to engage me as a consumer. The Internet is a great tool for communicating with your customers, and for direct selling, and publishers just aren't taking advantage of this. ...
Why it’s important to register your own name as a domain
If you are planning to write and publish books, or if you’re engaged in any kind of activity that would make an online presence useful, one thing you should do right now is get your name as a domain. ...
Clever linking for book bloggers
The outbound links we place in blogs have a strong capacity to provide useful extra content for our readers, and to shine a light on corners of the Internet that might otherwise get overlooked. So if you have a book blog, spend a moment thinking about your linking strategy. ...
