We’re back!

We must apologize for the absence of new posts over the last few months. As you may know if you’re a NetGalley member, your Digital Concierge (me, Lindsey) went on maternity leave earlier than expected in late November, and this blog went on leave right along with me! Luckily we found great help in Sarah, [...]

Read Full Post »

Publishers: boost your viral marketing with digital galleys

One of the biggest challenges for publishers is tapping into the web’s inexpensive viral marketing while preventing the loss of sales and content due to theft. Oh, is that word too harsh? Theft? I bring that up because on one side of the coin, publishers don’t want to make their valued readers feel like potential [...]

Read Full Post »

Book Reviewing in a Digital World: #FollowReader Recap

How do major book reviewers select books, and how much has social media and other technology changed the way they discover new titles?  Do print galleys, pre-pub reviews and trade shows matter any more, as digital tools expand and print review outlets continue to shrink?  Those were some of the questions we explored with Lev [...]

Read Full Post »

The Day It All Changed

OK, sounds dramatic, but trust me, mark down October 19, 2009 as a day to remember. Rarely, in my career have I been “blown away” by a demonstration.  Tonight, “blown away” doesn’t even begin to describe it.  I should have seen it coming, but, I didn’t.  I was completely blindsided.  I was blindsided by the [...]

Read Full Post »

Finally!

We interrupt this public service blog to bring you an update about its sponsor – NetGalley. This morning we are making a couple of announcements.  The first being one that I promised a while ago: NetGalley CAN NOW SUPPORT THE SONY READER!  (oh it feels good to write that…) Although a couple of months later [...]

Read Full Post »

Proliferation and Pricing Wars for eReaders and eBooks (#FollowReader Summary)

here is a summary of our #FollowReader “twittersation” from July 9th on Ebook pricing and ereader proliferation. Spurred by that week’s flood of announcements regarding ebooks, ereaders, the pricing of both, and the never ending menace of DRM, this #FollowReader discussion was in a word, LIVELY.

Read Full Post »

BookExpo ’09: A Whirlwind of Fun + Worry

In my bookish opinion, this year’s BEA was pretty much business as usual in many respects, but there were a few very fantastic events and many small moments that made this year one to remember, and all of them were about connecting in real life with some of the really great people that make being in the book world really wonderful.

Read Full Post »

Blogger Signing Schedule at BEA

Schedule of top bloggers appearing at the Firebrand Booth (#4077) during BEA

Read Full Post »

Unbridled Books and NetGalley Team Up on a Cool Contest

Unbridled Books and NetGalley are offering SONY e-readers as prizes for to three booksellers who come up with the most creative hand-selling pitches for Emily St. John Mandel’s debut novel, Last Night in Montreal.

Read Full Post »

Free Sony Readers for Book Reviewers

Word has it that a consortium of big publishers are brewing a new strategy for distributing Sony Readers to book reviewers. There are a lot of good reasons for publishers to do this– and some signficant obstacles. What we want to know is, how do reviewers feel about the idea?

Read Full Post »