Martin Taylor

How to build an e-book store

You have to get technical, but you can do it, says Martin Taylor.

New Zealand’s go-to man for all things digital to do with books is Addenda’s Martin Taylor who is responsible for much of our awareness about digital developments.

Our Australian counterparts noted his achievements, and he was invited to do a major presentation at their ABA Annual Conference in Brisbane recently. This translated into a double page feature in their News on Bookselling publication, which is a ‘how-to-do’ primer in building an e-book store.

Conference 2010: Summary

Couldn’t get to conference? Here's a quick and easy summary.

Booksellers are suffering in the current recovery-from-recession phase, but speakers at Booksellers Conference last weekend projected a confident future. Yes, e-books will impact on trade – but ABA’s Len Vlahos showed how they can work for independent booksellers.

The Read will cover the key speakers in detail over following issues, but right now here’s the conference in a capsule:

iPad a hit but Apple’s nasty turn catches publishers in the crossfire

eReport is written by publisher and Digital Publishing Forum director Martin Taylor (pictured) who has been involved in the publishing, technology and internet fields for more than 20 years. He is director of the New Zealand Digital Publishing Forum and publisher and managing director of Addenda Publishing.

eReport: Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT