Sep 5 2012
How online reviews are crucial to a restaurant’s takings – There have been no scientific studies determining whether negative reviews impact book sales except for the Stanford Graduate School study issued in 2011. Looking at 240 fiction book titles reviewed by the New York Times, investigators found that positive reviews, not surprisingly, always increased sales(…)
Feb 5 2012
Quick Reference Table Return Redownload CS Form Live Chat Email Phone Amazon Y, 7 days Y Y Y Y Y Barnes & Noble N Y Y Y N Y Kobo N Y Y N N Y Sony N Y Y N N Y Diesel Y, b4 dl’d Y Y N N Y Fictionwise Y, b4(…)
Dec 25 2011
With over 3 million Kindles sold along with 100 iOS devicees sold a minute, it is likely that many readers received digital reading devices this Christmas. The following is what you might need to know in order to use your device. 1. Are prices the same for digital books? Generally speaking the price of books(…)
Aug 16 2010
It’s a quiet newsday but I had to post this article. Amazon UK has opened and the prices were low because the publishers decided not to impose Agency pricing. The low Amazon prices has spurred a price war and now all ebooks at WH Smith are 50% off. Even with the exchange rate, the prices(…)
Jan 28 2010
The message that I heard from others yesterday is that they were underwhelmed by the iPad. Significantly, it lacks the ability to run applications simultaneously, has no camera, lacks a USB port or external memory slot. Further, there is no innovative input, only a large screen keyboard. I’m not certain how easy it would be(…)
Feb 23 2009
BooksonBoard unveils Qik ClikTM technology which allows users of iPhone and iTouch using Stanza to enjoy a one click checkout. The consumers’ credit card information is saved and you only need to enter your login information for security purposes. BooksonBoard also has an iPhone friendly site to make browsing easier. Any purchases you make via Stanza(…)
Aug 22 2007
Wal-Mart positions itselfto be a force in the digital music business in which Apple ITunes holds a more than 70% market share. To challenge the big gun who is now third in the overall music sales, Wal-Mart has begun to sell high quality (256 ) songs from EMI at a lower price point. While Apple(…)
Apr 22 2007
Angie W, Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing, brought a new ebookstore to our attention last week: All Romance Ebooks. All Romance Ebooks or “ARe” opened its doors on November 1, 2006, and while it took a while to get my attention I appreciate it didn’t go around and spam comment on all of(…)
Apr 15 2007
Edited April 17th This week we’re reviewing Cobblestone Press. They opened their cyber doors in 2006. “Cobblestone Press is an electronic, full service publisher of mainstream, sensual, and erotic romance, releasing two to three digital books a week in a variety of downloadable formats. It is our mission to provide quality romance books in electronic(…)
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