May 23 2013
Important! My family and I are doing *things* this next week so I’m taking a mini vacation from Dear Author News. We’ll still have our daily reviews and daily deals (of course) but unless I’m feeling really energetic, there won’t be any news again until Wednesday, May 29. That’s when BEA starts and I suspect(…)
May 21 2013
I’m hosting a twitter chat with “The Ghost” on Thursday, May 23rd, from 9:00 to 10:00 pm EDT. Even if you are not on twitter, you can follow along at this link. You may not want to come if you don’t want to know any spoilers about Heart of Obsidian. Amazon Fights to(…)
May 20 2013
Nintendo targets user YouTube videos – Youtube creators can turn on ads for their uploaded videos and receive income generated from the placement of those ads. Some youtube creators will record themselves playing a game, sometimes just for fun and sometimes for “walkthroughs” which help other, not so awesome gamers, finish out certain levels. Nintendo(…)
May 17 2013
Amazon.com: New Adult & College: Kindle Store – Amazon rolled out a few new categories to its bookstore yesterday including New Adult & College and Sports filed under Romance. I think this is a great start and I’m glad to see Amazon move away from the BISAC codes to be more responsive to the consumers. (…)
May 16 2013
Annoying song but fun music video using animated romance covers. Pretty interesting how they manipulated the photos to animate them. U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing – Apple is the only party left standing in the DOJ’s lawsuit over price fixing. Emails alluded to in filings from the DOJ(…)
May 15 2013
Exclusive: Google readies its Spotify competitor with Universal and Sony now on board | The Verge – Today you should be hearing the news that Google is launching a streaming music service and has licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. This will be an additional service to round out(…)
May 14 2013
Pre-order for free content – Divisions of HarperCollins are experimenting with publicity stunts designed to drive up pre orders. With three of their upcoming titles (or at least three that I’ve noticed), HC has promised to release certain unpublished writings (a certain scene from a different POV or in James’ case, a short novella) if(…)
May 13 2013
Smashwords: New Smashwords Survey Helps Authors Sell More eBooks – Mark Coker shares some Smashwords data with the public. How much of this can be extrapolated to overall sales is unknown. Some interesting points include that the #1 bestselling book outsells the #500 by 37 times in total revenue; longer books sell better; and $2.99(…)
May 10 2013
BBC News – Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000 – So last year I started writing about 3D printing and in October, someone posited that guns would soon be built with a push of a button and how difficult that would be to police. BBC News Some of you thought this was so far(…)
May 9 2013
Library eBooks: The Role of Libraries in the Book Discovery Process – Sourcebooks in conjunction with The Library Journal is running an experiment to analyze how readers discover books through the library. It’s an admirable project although I’m not sure exactly whether any positive results will be duplicated. Libraries will agree to do a large-scale(…)
May 8 2013
Authors, Please Share Your Intentions – May at SmexyBooks wrote how she wished more authors would help in setting reader expectations. Being upfront about what you intend to do not only makes me happy from a “I have the insider scoop” standpoint, but it also lessens the chance that I’m going to one day be(…)
May 3 2013
Simon & Schuster Overcomes BN Issues with Rising Profits and Small Sales Drop | Publishers Lunch – B&N is still refusing to stock S&S books in large quantities but S&S’s position, according to PublishersMarketplace, hasn’t hurt them much. Ebooks accounted for 30% of post holiday sales in quarter one but the growth isn’t in adult(…)
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