Publishing News

May 2 2013

Thursday News: Author Solutions subject to class action; HarperCollins launches a digital first imprint for mysteries

HarperCollins to launch digital-first mystery imprint, with monthly royalty payments – The idea of no advance in a traditional publishing world is really groundbreaking outside of romance. Yet HarperCollins is going to do this for mystery books. “HarperCollins’ William Morrow division will launch Witness, a digital-first imprint for mysteries and thrillers, this October, the company(…)

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May 1 2013

Wednesday News: On-demand marketing; Tennessee most romance reader oriented; and discrimination toward female authors, again

The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing – Don Linn tweeted this link out. The article describes the movement toward on demand access by consumers to all things and how marketing has to evolve to meet that. For businesses that rely on brick and mortar stores, this line may be chilling: An executive of one major(…)

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Apr 30 2013

Tuesday News:

Macmillan Finalizes E-book Settlement, Will Pay $26 Million – Macmillan has agreed to pay $20 million toward the refund pool along with attorneys’ fees and $1000 to the named plaintiffs as a “service award”. The settlement will be up for approval after a period of public comment. Publishers Weekly Why Still So Few Use Condoms(…)

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Apr 29 2013

Monday News: Fan wars and Amazon’s attempt to disrupt cloud storage

Amazon is going to do to enterprise cloud companies exactly what it did to book stores – I was contacted by a company a while back offering cloud based storage at costs that seemed to good to be true. I asked them how they were doing this and they replied Amazon Cloud storage. I really(…)

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Friday News: First World Problems

Apr 26 2013

Friday News: First World Problems

  I came across this picture and this video while browsing Reddit.  Rajesh Kumar Sharma founded a free school in the slums of India.  Their schoolroom is a space under a bridge.  Their blackboards are concrete walls.  First world problems are anything that doesn’t include having to gain an education under a bridge in a(…)

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Thursday News: The tax man cometh; Avon Romance restarts a community writer’s forum; Color eInk reader introduced in Russia

Apr 25 2013

Thursday News: The tax man cometh; Avon Romance restarts a community writer’s forum; Color eInk reader introduced in Russia

This is just for fun and because Jayne sent it to me. Internet sales tax: who’s for it, who’s against & what comes next – An Internet sales tax is about to pass the Senate and may do so as early as the end of this week. It may surprise you that Amazon is a(…)

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Wednesday News: New Adult category at Publishers Marketplace causes unrest; More problems with Noble Romance

Apr 24 2013

Wednesday News: New Adult category at Publishers Marketplace causes unrest; More problems with Noble Romance

Publishers Marketplace: The Latest Deals – Publishers Marketplace quietly added a new category to its Deals listing: New Adult. The change did not go unnoticed and some people (agents in some cases I guess) reacted very unhappily, not unlike some readers here at Dear Author. Apparently New Adult must have killed someone’s parents (historical mama(…)

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Tuesday News: Deleted ad suggests possible Amazon retail presence in London; Cover Cafe looks at publisher cover trends; not all fiction bestsellers have ebook edition

Apr 23 2013

Tuesday News: Deleted ad suggests possible Amazon retail presence in London; Cover Cafe looks at publisher cover trends; not all fiction bestsellers have ebook edition

2013 Romance Cover Trends – Stairs, Dresses and Fences…Oh My!  Linnae at the Cover Cafe points out a few trends from stairways to dresses to fences. The big big big dress that looks like it is spawning five other dresses has been around for a while. I’m not in love with it. Cover Cafe How(…)

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Apr 22 2013

Monday News: Beloved middle grade author passes; Author frustrated with Noble Romance; and ways to make money over the lunch hour

E.L. Konigsburg, 1930–2013 – Beloved middle grade author, E.L. Konisburg passed away on Friday, April 19. Konsiburg is most famous for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and The View from Saturday. PW has a nice obituary. Publishers Weekly How to Make Money on Your Lunch Break – Today is a very(…)

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Friday News: 2 inspirational videos, a Reader Review program, and an ebook comparison site

Apr 19 2013

Friday News: 2 inspirational videos, a Reader Review program, and an ebook comparison site

Given that news makes you depressed, I thought I would share two videos with you that I thought were particularly inspiring. The first was recorded last night, I believe, and is the beginning of the Boston Bruins game. The singer begins the national anthem but the crowd begins to sing along and when they do,(…)

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Thursday News: News is bad for you, David Mamet to self publish, not so horrific paper crafts

Apr 18 2013

Thursday News: News is bad for you, David Mamet to self publish, not so horrific paper crafts

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier – The Guardian had an article about how news is bad for you because it is irrelevant, misleading and actually bad for your body. Panicky stories spur the release of cascades of glucocorticoid (cortisol). This deregulates your immune system and(…)

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Apr 17 2013

Wednesday News: Amazing social experiment by Dove

Romancing the Plaza (Kansas City, MO) Book Signing – Self published or e published authors not part of the official RT signing can be found at the KC Marriott Country Club Plaza on May 4, 2013, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Authors can sign up by paying for a table. Readers can attend for(…)

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Tuesday News: Giving blood helps save lives; Kobo lauches new reading device; eBooks 23% of US sales

Apr 16 2013

Tuesday News: Giving blood helps save lives; Kobo lauches new reading device; eBooks 23% of US sales

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Blood Donations | American Red Cross – You have probably already heard but more than one explosion occurred in Boston yesterday, two near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, resulting in numerous injuries and casualties. One thing that people can do in circumstances like these is to donate blood. This(…)

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Apr 15 2013

Monday News: More self publishing news, some real numbers, and some thoughts for the future

Self-Publishing Grabs Huge Market Share From Traditional Publishers – David Gaughran speculates that based on the numbers provided by Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble, that 25% of e-books purchased in the US are produced by self published authors. What we don’t know at this point is the unit sales versus dollar amounts. The average(…)

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Apr 12 2013

Friday News: Waterstones to introduce subscription plan for shorts and serials; China’s bookshops move to second floor; ALA responds to Turow

Waterstones founder to launch Spotify-like service for books in 2013 – Waterstones is launching a digital service that SlashGear calls Spotify-like but instead seems like a modern day version of the lending library, only the content will be limited to short stories and serialized content. The program will be called “Read Petite” and the “service(…)

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