Danny O. Snow


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Harvard graduate Danny O. Snow is a senior fellow of The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR.org), a Palo Alto based think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new and emerging media. He founded Unlimited Publishing LLC, “The Professional POD Book Publisher™,” in 2000. Snow also works as a consultant to fellow authors and publishers, as a public speaker, and as a journalist. He is widely quoted by print, broadcast and online media about new publishing and communication technologies. In 2009, he was elected to the board of directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association, serving 3,000+ publishing firms across North America and around the world. (Staff photo by Thomas Buckner, Copyright © 2009, all rights reserved.)

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The Digital Dam Breaks for e-Books: The Year 2010 in Review    by Danny O. Snow
You set the price! 1340 words. Published on June 23, 2011. Nonfiction.

Written for "The New Communications Review" in January 2011, this report reviews developments in e-publishing during 2010. After years of tantalizing but unfulfilled promise, 2010 proved a true watershed year in the history of the written word. Electronic publishing had finally come of age.
Publishing at the Tipping Point: a 2009 research brief for SNCR.org    by Danny O. Snow
You set the price! 1850 words. Published on November 19, 2009. Nonfiction.

A convergence of factors is pushing the publishing industry to a tipping point in 2009. Unlike past “watershed” years, this one is not just wishful thinking. The changes we are seeing now are real and lasting. As a result, some publishers (and related businesses) may not survive — but the book world as a whole will emerge leaner, meaner, greener, and more egalitarian than before.
Mythconceptions: A reality check on e-Books from the publisher’s POV    by Danny O. Snow
You set the price! 2310 words. Published on October 3, 2009. Nonfiction.

Written as a research brief for The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR.org), this report debunks some of the more prevalent myths about e-Books under current market conditions and technological realities in late 2009, without denying that the time has definitely come for book publishers to take e-Books seriously.
Steal this e-Book!    by Danny O. Snow
You set the price! 16410 words. Published on June 11, 2009. Nonfiction.

This is an irreverent collection of articles and letters about electronic publishing by Danny O. Snow, with additional contributions by Richard Eoin Nash, Dan Poynter, Wade Roush and Glenn Sanders. It traces the evolution of e-Books in “ancient times,” 1999 to 2002. Additional information is available at www.u-publish.com/stealme

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