Bad Electronic Publishing Ideas

Here is an essay written by CEO Curt Matthews of IPG (CCC PUblishing's distributor) that will run in a future Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) newsletter that may be of interest.

Four Really Bad Electronic Publishing Ideas that Are Finally Going Away

Information Wants to Be Free

My travel book "Sacred Places North America (2nd ed.)" has won the BATW Gold Award (First Place winner) for the 2010 Best Travel Book for the Planet Earth category. The Bay Area Travel Writers judging committee had the following to say about the title:

It was just announced that "Sacred Places North America (2nd ed.)" by Brad Olsen (that's me!) has won a Gold Award! It is the First Place winner of the Best Travel Book for the Planet Earth category. This is quite a honor, and my first time to take home the Gold! Fitting especially with the Winter Olympics about to begin in Vancouver.

For the last year I have been working for another publisher who produces photo-script podcasts called Visual Travel Tours (VTT). They were soliciting travel writers to contribute content for a new medium and delivery system over the Internet that got me excited. Being in the book and traditional print industry for the last 15 years I have seen a lot of indie bookstores close and the book business rapidly consolidate in this relatively short period. For example, when I started out in publishing in 1995, the Book Expo trade industry show (then called the ABA) was a 4-day long affair.

I try to collect all the books on Mystery Hill and I know Brad Olsen's book. I wish there were a dozen more authors like Brad, who can write well and accurately.

This from my editor Tim Leffel:

"The new issue went up at the beginning of this month, so check it out and link to what you like from your blog if you have one.
It's all returning writers this time around. Edward Readicker-Henderson provides a great philosophical piece, "Kirkegaard in Mongolia." Brad Olsen looks at carnal pleasure instead with a no-holds-barred story about the Burning Man Festival. I run down some strange sensations that hit me in Iceland, including a currency dropping like a broken icicle."

Have a read:
http://www.perceptivetravel.com/issues/0109/united_states.html

CCC Publishing author Karen Tate reminded me ...

Gas has gotten a bit less expensive. You won't have the hassle of airport security or airline baggage fees unless you're embarking on a sacred journey from outside California or nearby states. You certainly won't get gauged when you exchange your hard earned dollars for euros. And you don't have to worry about speaking a different language, train schedules or getting a passport. Sacred travel
couldn't be easier!

Today the House passed the emergency $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, and the President signed it. This is money that will be borrowed and have to be paid back, with interest. This is going to be an incredible burden on the next administration and for future generations.

Late June through the fall harvest season is when most crop circles appear worldwide, especially in southern England.

It has been exactly one week since the horrible news of a gas and oil spill into the San Francisco Bay. The media tells us that 58 thousand gallons poured out of a fully loaded container ship bound for Korea when it clipped the middle tower of the western Bay Bridge span. We’ve all heard the finger pointing of blame in the news. We’ve all seen the impact on wildlife, especially seabirds. We all know that oil and water don’t mix. It only took a day before the oil slick contaminated the shoreline around the middle of the bay, and then seeped out to the beaches on the Pacific coast.