Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Why Metadata Matters for the Future of E-Books

Epicenter says:

The world of digital publishing can be a lot more complicated than deciding whether to buy a Kindle, Nook, or iPad. If you want to know just how complex things are getting, just ask a publisher, author, or agent about Andrew Wylie.

Along with Amazon announcing its new Kindle, the major — and I mean, epoch-making — news in digital publishing in these circles last week was when Wylie, a literary agent, finally made good on his threat to bypass publishers by inking a deal giving the exclusive e-book rights to his agency’s backlist to Amazon, through his imprint called Odyssey Editions.

Read the article here fromEpicenter.