Michael Tamblyn
I work at Kobo. I'm a dad, reader, tool-maker, cook, bookseller, crossfit-er, start-upper, MBA-in-recovery, presentation jockey, ace dishwasher.
Send me messages: michaeltamblyn at gmail dot com
Updates
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Just informed that a major publisher was sending us a large shipment of "adult fixed-layout epubs". Didn't mean what I thought it meant.
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@bendu I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that term. It sounds unhygienic.
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@ljndawson 2012 is the Year of Statement Eyewear, I have decided. I'm giving the contacts a rest.
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Yikes - need a haircut! (BNN: The Future of Publishing) http://t.co/bSX67r9Y
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A couple of hours left before I lock down the ebook pricing presentation for #dbw12. Some great questions so far. Any last thoughts?
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@mikecane Way ahead of you, dude. We worship Paygans at Kobo. Shrines and everything. #keepthelightson
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@mikecane Re: freegan, I reserve the coiner's absolute right to abuse terms of his own coinage. But "gamification" will never pass my lips.
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@mikecane I'll do proportional sales at different price points (and later in the day, by country), without absolute units. #damnretailers!
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Hey book industry: I have one slide free for my #DBW2012 presentation on ebook pricing. What do you want to know? DBA's are standing by...
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#KoboContentKaraoke a great success, although now know never to end night w/ Total Eclipse of the Heart if speaking is required next day #fb
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Kids played "Torture Your Sibling With Music" this AM, so Marilyn Manson alternated w/ Taylor Swift all the way to school. Thx Rdio. #fb
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Hollywood bombshell & avant garde composer invent spread-spectrum radio & defeat the Nazis? Hells yes I'm reading that! http://t.co/zVfw0zBf
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@silviaclemares #FilGuadalajara they are about to find out why I should never be given a full hour to talk ;-)
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How did I miss Dr Seuss + Cthulhu? Excellent! http://t.co/layL9aSw
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Landed for Guadalajara Book Fair. Sudden warmth almost incomprehensible to my ready-for-winter Canadian DNA.
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@ami_with_an_i @tsmarinaro Enough with the annexing! Buy the desk for some paltry amount, like Alaska or Manhattan! #cheapassmanifestdestiny
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@AshleighGardner @ami_with_an_i @jane_l - Agreed. Once cephalopods walk the earth, #Cthulhu can't be far behind. http://t.co/RgXi1kSg
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@theITrecruiter @rakutenjp @kobo @mserbinis Shoot an email to me at mt at kobo dot com and we will get on the case!
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@bjmacldn Hi -- I work at kobo and would be happy to help. Email mt at kobo dot com and lets see what we can do @RakutenJP @kobo @mserbinis
Posts
Thank you, Internets, thank you. Just what I needed.
(Courtesy of @jkottke. He says it best: "Dancing skills + sword fighting skills + old lady sitting motionless in a chair skills + huge boom box skills + dog almost gets beheaded skills + it gets magical around 52 seconds ="
Vox gets its first try in the kitchen and passes with flying colours. Totally flour- and butter-proof.
If you were there, thank you so much for coming. It was amazing to have our friends and supporters there for such a fantastic night. We had a lot to celebrate - our new partnership with FNAC for France, our equally new partnership with WH Smith in the UK, happy publishers, a killer team. If you weren't there, I guarantee whatever party you were at paled by comparison. And probably didn't have sweat-drenched dancing. (thanks to Cam and Nina - you should go into business! And stephen, the doorman who never failed.)
"Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." -- Steve Jobs, Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/09/250834/index.htm
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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-best-quotes/
Try it out here: http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata
And here's a quick video to show you how it works.A pretty seamless move. Wireless up, coffee machines functional, desks assembled. Really, what else do you need?
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Michael Tamblyn
EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising
Kobo
p: 416-977-8737 x3346
m: 416-409-5925
We outgrew our space in 9 months. After months of interns chafing about our "Sharing Means Caring" two-to-a-desk policy, we're movin' on up. Onward to Liberty Village!
An incredible day of skiing. Blue blue sky and mountains all around.
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Michael Tamblyn
EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising
Kobo
p: 416-977-8737 x3346
m: 416-409-5925
Power splitter = +10 karma
How could I possibly have missed this? Fantastic. Imagine "Smells Like Teen Spirit" if they'd hired Bob Fosse to direct...
The Sheraton Taipei includes an introductory brochure on fruit. I had no idea that Taiwan was known as "Kingdom of Fruit", but it's true! Includes tasting notes.
Mid-way through a busy day in the Valley. Fear the burger-coma that follows.
Family will not starve in the harsh Canadian autumn. Or get thinner, for that matter.
Thanks @presentationzen!
Kitchen destroyed in the reno, no stove, no counters, no problem. Annual late-night kick-out-the-jams goes on regardless, backyard al fresco! A BBQ, the halogens from my beloved's studio, the Coleman stove, 8kg of sugar and a beautiful end-of-summer night, with an extra helping of chiaroscuro to make berries look extra excellent.
Profile
Experience
- Dec 2009 - PresentEVP Content, Sales & Merchandising / Kobo Inc.
- Sept 2009 - PresentBoard Member / House of Anansi Press
- Jan 2008 - PresentAdjunct Professor / Simon Fraser University
- Jun 2007 - PresentDirector / Book Industry Study Group
- Jul 2009 - Dec 2009VP Content, Sales & Merchandising - Shortcovers / Indigo
- 2003 - Jun 2009CEO / BookNet Canada
- 2002 - 2003Consultant / Bell GlobeMedia Interactive
- 2000 - 2002Director, Product Management / CompanyDNA
- 1998 - 2000Vice President, Online Operations / Indigo Books & Music
- 1995 - 1998Co-founder / Bookshelf.ca
Education
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2007 - 2008The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
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1990 - 1994Wilfrid Laurier University
