Publishing Insider

Pandora and cd sales -- and e-book sales

Whenever I take an informal poll of what % of music sales are physical CD’s, people usually guess 5-10%. Nope. 45%. Despite the most ubiquitous product launch of our time. So when people say the logical trajectory of ebook sales takes us to 90% – or 100% - I have to disagree. I think it tops out at 35%, with physical books still generating most of the sales – and the buzz that sells ebooks. This is all good for reading, and let’s be sure that everyone who can’t afford a reader – which is 90% of America - has plenty of access to books, books, books. And by the way, I just bought my 5^th CD after hearing a song on Pandora. Todd Snider Live.

Glenn Hansard

Doh! Am I the last music fan to realize that Glenn Hansard, of much fame incl. Once, was the guitarist in The Commitments, another great movie?? Albeit with much different hair.

top 10 keyboard keys

10- Num Lk   9- Tab   8 – Cap lock     7 – Backspace   6 – Page Dn   5- Shift    4- Space bar   3- @    2- Delete   1- Enter

Dan Hicks saves Christmas!

Attention fans of the iconic and ironic Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks! He's just put out a Christmas album!!! Do not miss it!!

it took Twain to get my blogging again!

We have a Twain autobiography on our backlist that is selling well, thanks to U. of Cal's marvelous publication. Meanwhile, I will not Tweet about Twain, but there is very interesting background on the phenomenon at the UVA project site.