Jun 19 2011
Dear Jane is a column wherein you write in questions about ebooks and I try to find an answer. If you have a question, send it to jane at dearauthor dot com. Dear Jane: I’m a fairly new e-book convert. I first bought my Kindle to use when I travel, but now I find myself(…)
Jun 9 2011
I was contacted last week about a program called “The Fresh Air Fund”. The program sets up host families for children in need. You can check out more at this link. **** Jon L is the creator of a new blog which uses the Amazon API to try and create lists of new releases and(…)
Jun 8 2011
Here is a good way to search for publishers’ deals at Amazon. Go to Amazon.com and choose Books under the main menu on the left side. Then click “Advanced Search” Fill out three fields: Publisher: This is either the Harlequin imprint such as Harlequin Presents or Harlequin Superromance or Harlequin Historical or whatever publisher imprint(…)
Jun 7 2011
I believe it was June 1 when Amazon launched its Sunshine Deals. Sunshine Deals highlighted over 600 books that were all promotionally priced at $2.99 and under. (U.S. Residents only). I’ve been watching these deals and the books since Sunday as well as the news articles surrounding the deals. Dan Lubart from eBook Market Views(…)
Jun 3 2011
On Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday), I downloaded the teaser chapters of Connie Brockway’s Amazon Montlake book. Amazon Montlake, you’ll recall, is Amazon’s romance imprint. The teaser chapters are designed to promote Brockway’s book and encourage you to buy the title when it is released in November. I am excited about Brockway’s releases. I’ve(…)
May 26 2011
Dear Ms. Chase: I don’t have your email address but I had to write you to comment on a note a fan made on your behalf on the Smart Bitches site. You see, your book Captives of the Night(kind of a sequel to the Lord of Scoundrels) caught the attention of Sarah Wendell. But not(…)
May 23 2011
Joplin Missouri was hit by a tremendous tornado yesterday. The American Red Cross has sent out a call for donations and for medical help. On CNN, it is reported that 75% of the city has been destroyed by the tornado. ****** I feel a little awkward about transitioning into books after this but this post(…)
May 18 2011
Is Amazon doing some faint quality control? Amazon, in response to customer complaints, request took down a self published title be republished because of grammatical and typographical errors. Dear Publisher, Thank you for your submission of “Title Here” (ASIN: ASIN NUMBER HERE) to the Kindle Store through Amazon KDP. During a quality assurance review of(…)
May 15 2011
Amazon introduced its Cloud Locker and Amazon Cloud Player and Google has introduced Google Music (beta). Both companies are offering cloud based storage for music. No big deal, right? Wrong. Music labels are concerned because Amazon and Google haven’t worked out a business relationship wherein the music labels and the artists get a piece of(…)
May 5 2011
There is a lot of news today. First up Barnes and Noble is set to announce a new ebook reader during BEA which is in a couple of weeks. Amazon is releasing a new ebook reader this fall. The BN Nook 2, as Mike Cane believes it will be called, is likely to have a(…)
Apr 27 2011
File under the awful things news people do, WNEP, a news organization out of Pennsylvania reported that a junior high school teacher of 25 years writes erotic romances on the side. Who gave them the tip and why they thought this might be important isn’t clear. What is clear, however, is that the news of(…)
Apr 20 2011
Amazon has announced a partnership with Overdrive to bring library lending to the Kindle. The first thing I would ask people when they wanted to know which device to buy is whether they want to borrow digital books from the library. That will no longer be a point of buying contention. Customers will be able(…)
Apr 11 2011
I confess that I thought about not doing these anymore but apparently the midday links are very popular so onward! In the eyebrow raising department, the pseudo regulatory arm of agenting in the UK is debating whether to remove the prohibit against agents as publishers. Andrew Wylie began publishing his client’s backlists. Agent Sonia Land(…)
Apr 3 2011
On March 22nd Amazon launched their much speculated about Android Appstore. This presents an interesting addition to the Android ecosphere, an app store that has the potential to outshine the official Android Market provided by Google. All in all Amazon's Appstore isn't really too different from the Android Market. At this point it's basically the(…)
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