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It’s all about merchandising
Dr. David G. DurandTizra Inc.
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Opinions and Provocation
I’m going to talk about books I’m going to talk about sausages (and maybe pop
songs)
And why they might not be the same things
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I’m all about Books
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What’s she scared of?
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Danger
Cannibals
Pirates
Giants
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Books are not Sausages
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Why?
They are very different They have a point of view They have an internal structure
They are driven by customers — where are you?
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The virtuous cycle
Can you measure the utility?
Can you identify your readers?
Can you tell what they read?
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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Sales doesn’t have to be tacky
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Give them what they want!
Based on what they do Who they are What they want to pay
You should be ready to experiment And you should actually experiment
So make sure you can
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Customer Relationship
New to publishing — especially book publishing
All customer relationships are changing
You want to own at least a piece of this.
The opportunity is there only if you take it
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Aggregations (mostly) lose
DON’T compete with Google in piling stuff up!
DO Compete with them in offering products Compete with them in offering deals Co-market to make bigger products
Use them to find customers
Pay attention
Take control, and then relinquish it!
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Publisher Brands
Publishers have no brandsKluwerReed-ElsevierMcGraw-Hill
Publishers have strong brands
O’ReillyYellow BooksAssociation for Computing Machinery
Actually most publishers have many brands
SeriesSubject areas
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How do you fight gorillas?
Don’t fight, Focus Smaller hands can do things large hands can’t
Let Gorillas carry things for you