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Special Series: Beyond the Book

Digital technology is disrupting the book industry as never before. The rise of e-books is poised to overtake sales of print books soon, and people are reading books on Kindles, iPads, Nooks and more. Plus, the equation for authors is changing, as they get more tools to go around traditional publishers and go the self-publishing route. We decided to do another in-depth special report looking “Beyond the Book” all this week on MediaShift, and likely into next week. We have great personal accounts of reading e-books from author Jenny Shank and MediaShift columnist Dorian Benkoil, as well as a special 5Across video show roundtable and a Mediatwits podcast focused completely on Amazon.

Beyond the Book Posts

> The Book Publishing Industry of the Future: It’s All About Content by Felicia Pride

> 5 Reasons E-Books Are Awesome, Even for the Very Reluctant by Jenny Shank

> How a Novelist Bypassed His Publisher and Raised $11,000 on Kickstarter by Simon Owens

> E-Book Publishers Must Provide Flexible Access to Avoid Media Hell by Dorian Benkoil

> 5Across: Beyond the Book – E-Books and Self-Publishing, a video roundtable discussion moderated by Mark Glaser

> Is Amazon Short-Changing Authors? by Jon Peters

> Mediatwits #25: The 800 Pound Gorilla of E-Books: Amazon, an audio podcast hosted by Mark Glaser and Rafat Ail

> Poll: What do you think about Amazon’s power in book publishing? by Mark Glaser

> Why Self-Publishers Should Consider Using Lightning Source by Carla King

> How Social Networks Might Change the Way We Read Books by Audrey Watters

> Will There Be Books? by Scott Turow

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What do you think about our series? Did we miss anything? Share your thoughts on how you use e-books (or don’t) and if you are considering self-publishing a book.

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

Mark Glaser :Mark Glaser is founder and executive director of MediaShift. He contributes regularly to Digital Content Next’s InContext site and newsletter. Glaser is a longtime freelance journalist whose career includes columns on hip-hop, reviews of videogames, travel stories, and humor columns that poked fun at the titans of technology. From 2001 to 2005, he wrote a weekly column for USC Annenberg School of Communication's Online Journalism Review. Glaser has written essays for Harvard's Nieman Reports and the website for the Yale Center for Globalization. Glaser has written columns on the Internet and technology for the Los Angeles Times, CNET and HotWired, and has written features for the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Entertainment Weekly, the San Jose Mercury News, and many other publications. He was the lead writer for the Industry Standard's award-winning "Media Grok" daily email newsletter during the dot-com heyday, and was named a finalist for a 2004 Online Journalism Award in the Online Commentary category for his OJR column. Glaser won the Innovation Journalism Award in 2010 from the Stanford Center for Innovation and Communication. Glaser received a Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and currently lives in San Francisco with his wife Renee and his two sons, Julian and Everett. Glaser has been a guest on PBS' "Newshour," NPR's "Talk of the Nation," KALW's "Media Roundtable" and TechTV's "Silicon Spin." He has given keynote speeches at Independent Television Service's (ITVS) Diversity Retreat and the College Media Assocation's national convention. He has been part of the lecture/concert series at Yale Law School and Arkansas State University, and has moderated many industry panels. He spoke in May 2013 to the Maui Business Brainstormers about the "Digital Media Revolution." To inquire about speaking opportunities, please use the site's Contact Form.

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