Category Archives: Publishing

Our Favourite Covers of 2010

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

Anis Shivani of the Huffington Post has recently compiled a list of the 21 Coolest Book Covers of 2010 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/coolest-book-covers-2010_b_775990.html).  This has gotten the vicbooks team thinking about our favourites.  While many are books we have yet to read (though … Continue reading →

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Judging a Book by its Cover

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

And why the hell not. Usually used as a cautionary moral, don’t judge a book by its cover, has always rankled a little. For many years I harboured a secret guilt that I did just that, judging by veneer, only … Continue reading →

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eBooks on vicbooks (VUP & meBooks & stuff)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

We, vicbooks, have started selling eBooks. VUP’s eBooks. And it really is just the beginning. VUP stands for Victoria University Press. VUP does not stand for Very Untoward Practices. But it could stand for Virtually Unparalleled Publications. Or we could … Continue reading →

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Erotical

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

Everyone is playing the speculation game over possible fates of the publishing industry, scrying the interweb for ebook and readership trends. Such divination is varied and seems full of either melancholic nostalgia or a barely suppressed Schadenfreude. It can get … Continue reading →

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Power to the Paper: the inverted opportunities of ebooks

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

With the dawn of the ebook emerging from the crepuscular stage, publishers are desperate for a model to cling to so they surf ride the burgeoning light towards the morning tea-time of the ebook market. Strangely, I think, this is … Continue reading →

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The Book Vs. The iPad

Posted on July 1, 2010 by

Counter to the gushing endorsement of the iPad by the publishing world, Kirk Cheyfitz of the Huffington Post offers a reality check on accelerating e-reader technology when compared with the content available to it. While the post is a bit … Continue reading →

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NZ Post Book Awards 2010

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

The judges at the NZ Post Book Awards have put together their selection of the best NZ publications of the last year. The only sections that standout are Illustrated Non-Fiction and Best First Book selection, both showing variety, depth and … Continue reading →

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eTextbooks & ‘The Kno’

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

The war rages for market control of ebooks between tech giants like Amazon and Apple, and the publishers their success threatens (at least the biggies like Random House, Penguin and Harper Collins, most others have to sit on the sidelines … Continue reading →

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Books on Screen

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

Film trailers for books are currently proving quite popular with the publishing world. Personally, I don’t see the point. I imagine a lot of people view them for pure comedic value, curiosity over how something they’ve read is represented, or … Continue reading →

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Men Don’t Read

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

Apparently, within the publishing industry at large, there is a maxim that stomps around deeply affecting the books produced: ‘Men don’t read’. The maxim brings forth various theories and complaints (from both sides of the gender divide) in support or … Continue reading →

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