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Wednesday Midday News: New publishing models; Amazon adds Paramount to Prime; BN to publish government ebooks

Wednesday Midday News: New publishing models; Amazon adds Paramount to Prime; BN to publish government ebooks

Say Books Online – digital publishing Say Books – “Say Books is a digital publishing services company in Auckland, New Zealand. We work with self-publishing authors who want to create and market ebooks, we offer digital publishing consultancy services to publishing companies, and we work with partners to create digital products and enhanced ebooks.” Personal [...]

Monday Midday Links: IPDF proposes ‘Light Weight DRM’; Self Pub author meltdown

Giveaways (not taking place here) The editor, Harrison Demchick, of The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns (a recommended read by Robin aka Janet) and The Understory written by Elizabeth Leiknes, wrote us to let us know about a giveaway the publishing house is running to celebrate the release of The Understory. Basically, it’s like this. As [...]

Thursday Midday Links (and Deals!): Adult Fiction eBook Sales Nearing 30% at Hachette; Amazon Gets Potter Books in Kindle Lending Library

News Dear DOJ: Agents Speak Out | Publishers Lunch – “The 13-member board of the Association of Authors Representatives has sent a letter to the Department of Justice opposing the proposed agency ebook pricing settlement with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster. In a separate email, the AAR called on members “to express [...]

Wednesday Midday Links: S&S gains offset by legal costs; Amanda Hocking is doing really well in traditional publishing; Kindle Fire refurb

Wednesday Midday Links: S&S gains offset by legal costs; Amanda Hocking is doing really well in traditional publishing; Kindle Fire refurb

The best deal today is $139 for a Refurbished Kindle Fire. This is sold by Amazon and comes with the same customer service. Onto the News: CBS Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2012 Results – MarketWatch – “Publishing (Simon & Schuster) Publishing revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased 14% to $176 million from [...]

Friday Midday Links: Kindle Fire Driving Down Sales of eInk Devices

Friday Midday Links: Kindle Fire Driving Down Sales of eInk Devices

Some people have argued (Micah Bowers of Bluefire for example) that dedicated devices will go the way of the dodo bird and I’ve always disagreed. Seeing the rise of the affordable Kindle Fire, however, is making me wonder if Micah Bowers et al is correct. E Ink Holdings reports first loss in 10 quarters | [...]

Wednesday Midday Links: Tor/Forge US and UK Goes DRM Free; Anonymous Author Shares Fiverr Experience

Wednesday Midday Links: Tor/Forge US and UK Goes DRM Free; Anonymous Author Shares Fiverr Experience

A few weeks ago, I stumbled onto Fiverr, a place where you can buy reviews at Amazon and twitter followers and a whole host of things. An author offered to test if out for me and sent me an account to post on Dear Author. Here it is: “For $5, I’ll leave a five-star review [...]

Wednesday Midday Links & Deals: Kobo Has Deep Pockets Too, Nora Roberts Publishes 200th Novel

Wednesday Midday Links & Deals: Kobo Has Deep Pockets Too, Nora Roberts Publishes 200th Novel

Kobo reveals big plans | The Bookseller – Kobo is doing very well overseas, outselling Amazon two to one in France. Now that it has been bought out by Rakuten, its pockets are deep. I would love it if Kobo would use some of that money to provide decent customer service. The Bookseller “Kobo previously [...]

Thursday Midday Links: This kind of fake review is harmful rather than helpful.

Thursday Midday Links: This kind of fake review is harmful rather than helpful.

No deals today.  What, you didn’t gorge yourself yesterday?  Get to it!   Amazon Media Room: Press Releases – “Early sales data indicates that inclusion in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library not only generates additional revenue from loans for authors, but actually increases customer purchases of authors’ work as well. In the case of Suzanne [...]

Monday Midday Links: Reuters Reports Agency Pricing Settlement Likely & Everyone Hates Amazon

News On Friday, Reuters reported that Apple and five of the Big 6 publishers are moving toward settlement.  My guess is that either Random House is arguing that it wasn;t involved in any collusive activity as it’s decision to move toward Agency came far later and based on market influence rather than any collusion or [...]

Friday Deals and News: Amazon Killing Everyone; Gemma Halliday Sells 1 Millionth Self Pubbed Book

Friday Deals and News: Amazon Killing Everyone; Gemma Halliday Sells 1 Millionth Self Pubbed Book

News JManga let us know that it is having a special sale on Josie/Romance titles from March 15 to 21st (PST).  Subscribers who purchase any Josei/Romance titles during the promotion will get 100 points back (up to 29% off) per volume! Now is the perfect chance to check out such romance manga titles as “The [...]

Monday News: Visa Responds to the Erotica Book Banning, Apple Says Kindle No Competitor

Monday News: Visa Responds to the Erotica Book Banning, Apple Says Kindle No Competitor

News Visa responds to erotica authors and say that it isn’t imposing any kinds of restrictions on fiction: Relevant to this situation, the sale of a limited category of extreme imagery depicting rape, bestiality and child pornography is or is very likely to be unlawful in many places and would be prohibited on the Visa [...]

Tuesday News & Deals: Harry Potter Digital Goes to the Library; Major Corps Reverse Directions; More Paypal News

Tuesday News & Deals: Harry Potter Digital Goes to the Library; Major Corps Reverse Directions; More Paypal News

News I have a lot of news today so I will try to be short. Pithy. Harry Potter digital books will be sourced through Overdrive and available for lending for five years. At that time, the libraries will need to repurchase the digital copies. Source: Library Journal Google decided to kick out affiliates that weren’t [...]

Thursday News and Deals: Naming Rights, Paypal (Again), Sockpuppetting, Amazon

Thursday News and Deals: Naming Rights, Paypal (Again), Sockpuppetting, Amazon

News RT is offering a chance for one reader to have her (or his) name in Kristen Callihans’ next book. And now, Kristen Callihan is offering readers a way to become part of her new series. One lucky reader’s name will be used for a character in the upcoming series second, Moonglow. More on the [...]

News and Deals: Attention! Possible Infringement Alert on Amazon

Linda H emailed me today to let me know she stumbled across a group of people (possibly the work of just one person masquerading as many) republishing works that appear to be copies of others’ legitimate work. Three examples include Kate Rothwell’s Something to Cherish, Rebecca Abbott Miller’s Save Me, Payton Lee’s, Novo Arkhangel’Sk. Kate Rothwell, [...]

Thursday News and Deals:  Crime fiction overtakes romance

Thursday News and Deals: Crime fiction overtakes romance

In the UK, romance checkouts at the library are being overtaken by crime fiction titles.  Does that mean that the interest in romance books is declining? Melville House wonders if, instead, readers are going digital. But while this story is being billed as romance vs. crime fiction, it seems like there could be a digital [...]