Dec 10 2010
Author emotions may be at an all time high with the release of 4 weeks of limited Bookscan data from Amazon. Yesterday, Amazon rolled out a feature that gives authors who have an account at Amazon the ability to look at 4 weeks of sales data from Bookscan. No Amazon Kindle data, no Amazon direct(…)
Nov 21 2010
First up, here are the known Black Friday deals for ebook readers. Literati Kohls: $99 Sharper Image: $119 Macy’s: $129 Hastings: $129 Pandigital BestBuy: $139 Kmart: $139 hhgregg: $139 RadioShack: $149 Aluratek eReader Kmart: $89 Sears: $89 Augen (review at Engadget) Menards: $69 Lookbook (review at theDigital Reader) Shopko: $99 CVS: $118 Sony Pocket Wal-mart:(…)
Nov 16 2010
I’m not familiar with Chelsea Handler but apparently she has a huge platform and Grand Central Publishing is giving her an even larger one. Starting in May 2011, GCP will be publishing books under a Chelsea Handler imprint. The first book is written by Handler’s dog. I presume these books will be ghost written, the(…)
Nov 12 2010
Samhain freebies: Pack Challenge is a very fun book and while I thought that Holiday Bound was a bit too short for the story, it’s a worthy freebie. 11/1/2010 11/14/2010 The Matchmakers Jennifer Colgan 11/15/2010 11/28/2010 Pack Challenge Shelly Laurenston 11/15/2010 12/15/2010 Snowy Night Seduction Arianna Hart 11/15/2010 12/15/2010 My Christmas Wish Ember Case 11/15/2010(…)
Oct 27 2010
Oct 24 2010
Amazon used the Kindle boards to deliver two new announcements. The first is that magazine and newspapers would soon be available for purchase using a Kindle App. Currently magazines and newspapers are only available for Kindle device owners. Second is Kindle will incorporate the “lending” feature. This is a feature that Barnes and Noble launched(…)
Aug 20 2010
Last night, a Dorchester author, Brian Keene, blogged that Leah Hultenschmidt and Don D’Auria had been let go from Dorchester. Leah Hultenschmidt was the executive editor over romance and Don was the editor who created the Leisure horror lines and oversaw the Western and Thriller lines. Chris Keeslar is the only editor who remains. This(…)
Jul 4 2010
Dear Jane: I read epub ebooks on my iPhone using Stanza, having transferred them over using Calibre. Recently I read a book where I made a lot of annotations. I want to know if it is possible to get that book and the annotations back off the phone and onto my computer. I prefer to(…)
Jun 27 2010
I get the question of which device to buy quite a bit, but more often than not I get the question of whether readers should buy a nook or Kindle. I received several inquiries last week when Barnes and Noble started a ereader price war by slashing the nook to $199, introducing a wifi version(…)
May 20 2010
Zane is interviewed by Mediabistro about her self publishing origins. I haven’t listened to it but hers is a success story. **** For all those writers out there, an iPad fan figured out how to hook up his alphasmart to the iPad. ***** Korea is testing out a vending machine lending library and in Germany(…)
May 9 2010
Welcome to Dear Jane, a weekly column based upon reader mailbag questions on anything relating to ebooks. No question is too simple or too mundane. We are all learning together. Send your questions to jane @ dearauthor.com with “Dear Jane” in the subject matter. Dear Jane: I have the opportunity to purchase a Sony PRS-300(…)
Apr 22 2010
Amazon is pricing the hardcovers of many of the most popular titles at $9.99. To make it an even sweeter deal, you can sell many of these hardcovers back to Amazon through its Trade in program. For example, Lover Mine by JR Ward is priced at $9.99 (we’ll have dueling reviews on Monday of Lover(…)
Feb 3 2010
UPDATED TO ADD: Harlequin has priced all the Kimani titles at 40% this month. Commenter Dana points out Direct ebooks is selling all the romance titles at 25% off through February. All the ebooks on this site have no geographic limitations. Hachette has a few bundling deals (usually these can only be found at the(…)
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