Mar 20 2013
Small online merchants file suit against Amazon.com – Amazon is getting sued by everyone. A class action suit on behalf of small third party merchants using Amazon’s retail portal has filed suit for unreasonably freezing funds. The interesting details of the suit include that “Third-party sales account for about 40 percent of all products sold(…)
Mar 18 2013
Fabio’s 54th Birthday Is Just A Good Excuse To Revisit His Best Book Covers – Fabio turned 54 last week and Huffington Post celebrated by reviewing his 40 top book covers. I had forgotten he was on the cover of Arnette Lamb’s books. I LOVED those Scottish historicals and would love to see those reissued.(…)
Mar 14 2013
Amazon slashes price of 4G Kindle Fire HD by $100, expands tablet to Europe & Japan – I don’t think this signals new models, but perhaps a slow down of sales or a price cut in anticipation to new Apple products likely to be announced in early April. “Amazon announced Wednesday that it’s dropping the(…)
Mar 13 2013
Harlequin sent me a press release that said announced a seven figure two “book” deal with Sylvia Day which will launch a new line of books, ‘Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin’. The two books are going to be titled, Afterburn (available August 15, 2013) and Aftershock (available November 15, 2013), which will feature(…)
Mar 12 2013
Netflix ISP Speed Index | Compare global internet service provider speeds – Netflix has set up a website where it compares the transfer speeds of various ISP providers. Unsurprisingly, in the US Google Fiber is the fastest (also non existent for most of the country). Clearwear is the lowest. My guess is that ISPs aren’t(…)
Mar 8 2013
At Writer’s Unboxed yesterday (post has since been removed), the blog post was from an author (not a romance author) who was unhappy with the way in which readers interacted with her. She enumerated several questions she didn’t like including the impertinent ones about money (how much do you make) and manuscript review (will you(…)
Mar 6 2013
McNally Jackson to Open Store with Objects for Home Office – Is this the way forward for Barnes & Noble. McNally Jackson is a famous independent bookstore in New York City and it will soon be opening McNally Jackson Store: Goods for the Study. Sounds like Levenger on steroids. (I love Levenger) Instead she is(…)
Mar 4 2013
Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child – The biggest news of the day is that a child born with HIV was been cured according to medical staff at the University of Mississippi. The circumstances surrounding the child are rare. Most babies are not born with HIV due to injections of prebirth drugs.(…)
Feb 24 2013
In January 29, 2013, Amazon was granted a business systems patent for the sale of previously owned digital products. This patent was applied for in 2009 and Amazon has done nothing to indicate that it intends to set up a used digital bookstore either when it filed for its patent or when it received approval(…)
Feb 21 2013
DRM Lawsuit Filed By Independent Bookstores Against Amazon, ‘Big Six’ Publishers – I think we all know that I am not a fan of DRM. I have also argued repeatedly that getting rid of DRM would reduce Amazon’s strangehold over readers and allow other bookstores to compete more readily with Amazon. DRM is a huge(…)
Feb 20 2013
‘Knitting Behind Bars’ Helps Inmates Cope with Prison Life – Lynn Zwerling and Sheila Rovelstad started a knitting program for prisons, but not female prisons. Instead, the Knitting Behind Bars program has been introduced to the male inmates and according to this report, it is finding some success. Knitting for these inmates is introducing a(…)
Feb 7 2013
Amazon patents resale marketplace for used e-books, songs and other digital goods – ReDigi set up a secondary marketplace for digital music. Capital Records, amongst others, have sued ReDigi for copyright infringement. Both parties made arguments to the court which will largely dispose of the case back in October. As of yesterday, no decision has(…)
Jan 30 2013
Dear Author has an Advanced Search function. You can search by Reviewer, Grade, Category, Keyword, Author, and Title. I hope you love it. Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 22% to $21.27 Billion – Amazon releases information regarding its fourth quarter. It saw 56% increase in operating income and a net sales increase of 22%.(…)
Jan 11 2013
Alisa Valdes’ The Feminist and the Cowboy, reviewed – Alisa Valdes wrote a memoir wherein she extols the virtues of the “real man”. The cowboy/hero was a real rancher, herding real cattle, and in his arms, she finally found true physical and emotional happiness. Valdes isn’t just talking about her own personal experience but extrapolating(…)
Dec 17 2012
Nook HD, HD+ Now on Sale at Staples, Target – Nate from the Digital Reader noticed that several stores are discounting the nook devices. Staples, for example, is selling the Nook HD+ for $200. That’s the device with the 9″ screen. The subtext, Nate suggests, is that these stores are having a hard time moving(…)
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