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Reclaiming The Publishing Pie

Reclaiming The Publishing Pie

A presentation about the issue of dominance of 'Big Tech' within the publishing industry, and what publishers can do to start taking back some control.

Nadia Odunayo

May 22, 2019
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  1. “Amazon approached large publishers aggressively…when a publisher did not capitulate

    and the company shut off the recommendation algorithms for its books, the publisher’s sales usually fell by as much as 40 percent.” @nodunayo — ‘The Everything Store’, Brad Stone
  2. “Bezos [asked his staff] to exact better terms from the

    smallest publishers, who would go out of business if it weren’t for the steady sales of their back catalogs on Amazon.” @nodunayo — ‘The Everything Store’, Brad Stone
  3. “Bezos suggested…that Amazon should approach these small publishers the way

    a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle…the group…opened negotiations with the most vulnerable companies.” @nodunayo — ‘The Everything Store’, Brad Stone
  4. “Google needs to buy Pearson because content matters.” @nodunayo —

    Jon White, VP of Sales & Marketing for PageMajik
  5. ! I want to read something different. I have no

    idea where to start. @nodunayo
  6. # How is this different to Goodreads? " ! Will

    this be a better Goodreads? But what about Goodreads? @nodunayo
  7. # I just use Goodreads because everything is there. "

    ! Please tell me you’re building a better Goodreads? There are so many flaws with Goodreads. @nodunayo
  8. $ How can we own more of the data and

    use that to improve the industry? @nodunayo
  9. Should I get started? •Love the publishing industry? •There are

    problems in the industry that interest you?
  10. Should I get started? •Love the publishing industry? •There are

    problems in the industry that interest you? •You’re open to the challenge of a new way 
 of doing things?
  11. Should I get started? •Love the publishing industry? •There are

    problems in the industry that interest you? ' •You’re open to the challenge of a new way 
 of doing things?