2014
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Strategically Building Content
Nov 11
If you’re strategically building content, a large part of your strategy must be consistency.
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A Night with Patrick Rothfuss
Oct 29
I had the opportunity to see one of my 5 favorite writers speak in person last night. Patrick Rothfuss is just as witty in life as he is on the page!
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Email Syndication
Oct 13
For years now, I’ve taken a very passive approach to syndicating site content. That changes today.
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Static Content and Real-time Streaming
Oct 12
When you buy a book, what are you really buying? A discrete copy of the work, or just the rights to access it – possibly from a real-time stream?
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Content and Quantum Mechanics
Oct 10
If there were a way to use the Heisenberg uncertainty principal in computing, maybe we could have real digital rights management.
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Copyright, DRM, and Diminishing Returns
Oct 9
By driving down the cost of doing business, the publishing industry has inadvertently driven down the barrier to competition as well.
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Brick and Mortar
Aug 18
There’s a definite difference between digital retailers and brick-and-mortar displays.
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Why I love books, and how we can save them!
Jul 27
When I was in college, my best friend and I had the idea to one day open a bookstore. That the Internet has all but killed the traditional publishing industry is an irony not lost on me.
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Indie Publishing
Jul 20
Indie publishing has been both a boon and a bane to the world of publishing, simultaneously increasing access for new writers and muddying the waters for readers looking for new books.
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Supply and Demand – eBooks
Jul 19
One of the first lessons you learn in any business school is that of supply and demand.
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Jekyll is not a “WordPress Killer”
Jul 13
I’ve tried Jekyll, and it’s definitely not as easy to use as its proponents claim.