Jul 9 2009
We’ve got a time: 8:30 AM On a date: July 16 And a Room: The Harding Room While we have some great sponsors including: Books on Board, Red Sage Publishing, Samhain Publishing, Quartet Press, and Smart Bitches, this is a streamlined event and we would ask you to bring your own tea, coffee, hashbrowns or [...]
Jul 5 2009
Photo: SkiTripper Epublishing is unquestionably a vibrant opportunity for publishers and authors but because it is relatively new to the publishing world, it is still viewed with suspicion and disdain. Because digital publishing is seeking legitimacy with readers, writers, and others, it needs to step up its game. First, there is the barrier to entry. [...]
Jun 23 2009
University presses are facing closures and lack of funding in these difficult economic times. Michael Jensen, director of strategic Web communications for the National Academies Press urged university presses to rethink publication and scholarship: Scholarship must be “de-linked from print publication,” such that books are “the exception” and no longer the norm for disseminating new [...]
Jun 22 2009
Keishon of AvidBookReader explains why the iPhone is her go to ereading device even though she owns and loves her Sony Reader. Intel hopes to have wireless power charging available in the next 18 months. As someone who lugs around three items that need to be charged at all times, I can only say that [...]
Jun 21 2009
Diane Pershing’s stance, and one that she is taking on behalf of the RWA, is that digital publishing model of high royalties v. no advances is not a legitimate business model. This post discusses why digital publishing is legitimate and offers insight (I hope) for whom digital publishing might benefit. The digital publishing model. The [...]
Jun 19 2009
In the most recent RWR, a monthly publication put out by the RWA, Diane Pershing’s president’s letter contained a very wordy assessment of RWA’s commitment to its 10,000+ membership which can be condensed into this: digital publishing is not a legitimate business model and those who are in digital publishing are not sufficiently “career-focused”? How [...]
Jun 11 2009
This is the second in a series of polls about digital publishing. One of the concepts that was of great interest to me in a recent thread was this idea of publisher branding. I think within the e-publishing industry, branding matters a lot to readers. I know it does to me. Often I hit the [...]
Jun 10 2009
In RWA’s most recent President’s Letter, Diane Pershing makes the case that epublishing as a business model does not serve the membership of RWA well primarily because digital publishing does not offer advances: In other words, that publisher’s business model is of benefit to all its authors (RWA members). The fact that a publisher might [...]
May 31 2009
It’s hard for me to tell exactly how many of the readers of Dear Author are from outside North America, but it is not insignificant despite the fact there is no localization of the blog. In other words, we are an English blog that can be run through a translator but is not translated directly. [...]
May 17 2009
Amazon announced last week that it was launching AmazonEncore. AmazonEncore plans to bring well received self published books to the mainstream reading audience. It is starting with the book Legacy by Cayla Kluver. Kluver wrote this book two years ago at the age of 14. With her mother’s assistance, Kluver self published the title under [...]
May 1 2009
Grand Central Publishing which houses Warner Forever, Hachette, Orbit and the like believe that low ebook publishing can seed more sales. I agree with this and want to publicize their efforts as much as possible. Grand Central offers these promotions to all etailers and its up to the etailer to pick it up and carry [...]
Feb 15 2009
So, I was the lucky recipient of a shiny new Sony PRS-505, in a very lovely shade of red. I’ve never owned an ebook reader, and in fact my experience in reading ebooks has been fairly recent and rather limited. I have tried both reading on the computer (which is convenient sometimes, but obviously not [...]
Feb 8 2009
Dear Sony, Last year Jane sent me her Sony 500 Reader for me to try. Before that, I had an IPAQ 4700. I’ve been using the Sony exclusively as my ebook reader since then. I love the e-ink technology, I love the screen size, I love the light weight and I love the capacity to [...]
Feb 1 2009
Dear Sony, A couple months after I joined Dear Author, Jane asked me when I would get an ebook reader. I don’t remember my exact response but I’m pretty sure it included the following: I love the tactile feel of paper. I don’t read a lot of ebooks. I can read on my laptop. E-readers [...]
Jan 25 2009
On the evening of January 15, 2009, I got my Sony reader, a silver PRS-505. It is a thing of beauty. The case looks sleek and classy. I think the red ones are very pretty too, but the silver is gorgeous and one of the reasons I wanted it is that bright colors can strain [...]
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