Nov 2 2012
Watch the Stunt Double for Roger Moore almost get eaten alive by crocodiles! Hardcover Children’s & YA Revenues Up Nearly 30% – Mass market books have plummeted yet another 20.4% in the month of July per the report of the Association of American Publishers. If you recall, the Fifty Shades books and their ilk are(…)
Oct 22 2012
Johnny Depp Imprint – I don’t really get the idea behind this but apparently it is believed that if Johnny Depp’s name is on the imprint, then people will buy the books. The first book from the Johnny Depp imprint, a part of HarperCollins, is The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan by Douglas Brinkley. Associated(…)
Sep 6 2012
Exclusive: Amazon phone confirmed, could be announced tomorrow – Today is Amazon’s day to announce new products. Woo woo. (Apple will announce a new iPhone in September and reportedly a mini iPad in October. BN is said to announce new products at the end of the month). While most reports confirm two Kindles and a(…)
Aug 28 2012
Create a Searchable Catalog of Your Bookshelf by Snapping a Picture into Evernote – Evernote is evolving into one of the best Apps available. Not only is it full featured but it is free. Two unique uses include Evernote’s built in OCR capabilities that it launched with a new budget scanning service 1DollarScan (which has(…)
Aug 7 2012
Racist Issues in Victoria Foyt’s Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden – “White people as the lowest race are called “pearls,” Asian’s are called “ambers,” Latinos are called “Tiger’s Eyes,” and blacks are called, well, we never actually learn what they prefer to call themselves. Even though in press and in defenses to her criticism, Foyt has(…)
Mar 21 2012
There are a couple of ways that you can contribute to DA. We will also be developing a reader interview questionnaire. I would love some help on developing that interview sheet. (Note that these links will always be in the sidebar) Write a guest review. From time to time, we post guest reviews of books(…)
Jan 27 2012
Google has changed some of its policies regarding how it is collecting data from users. A couple of good links on the subject include the WSJ write up and the EFF write up at the USA Today. WSJ: In sum, Google is tracking every move you make and connecting it together. If you watch a(…)
Jan 4 2012
NEWS Apple is hosting a media event in New York later this month and according to various websites, the focus is on books. There is some speculation that Apple will be rolling out a more full fledged self publishing platform. It already accepts self published books and Pages, Apple’s word processor, has a “save as(…)
Feb 9 2011
The classic nook, refurbished, is on sale today only for $79 at 1 Sale a Day. I’ve never purchased from them and I can’t vouch for the service. I’m not a fan of the classic nook. I think that it’s touchscreen + eink screen is confusing and I’ve heard reports that the buttons break easily.(…)
Feb 1 2011
Sony has been promoting its iPhone App for some time but it has never made it to the app store. The New York Times now reports on why. Apple told Sony that it cannot sell content within its apps or allow customers to access content purchased outside the Apple App Store. Currently reading apps like(…)
Nov 10 2010
There is a new Amazon controversy arising out of a self published book by an author (not linking to it because I don’t want to give needless publicity to the book itself) about how to become a better pedophile. A number of people want Amazon to remove the book. The content is certainly disgusting but(…)
Jun 10 2010
Booksmugglers (one of my favorite blogs) reviewed Daniel Ehrenhaft’s book “Friend Is Not a Verb” and because of a multitude of issues, Ana was not able to grade the book, but the review and following comments are a fascinating and thought-provoking read. That is, to what extent should authors being including provocative elements without addressing(…)
May 2 2010
All About Romance was a victim of plagiarism a week or so ago. A new blogger had taken some reviews of theirs and posted them as her own. This is actually more common than you may think. Many times, blog sites called scrapers will take your RSS feed and republish it entirely under a different(…)
Apr 8 2010
RWA President Michelle Monkou is fielding questions today on blog talk radio. The start time is at noon CST. I wish someone would call in and ask what RWA’s stance is on the change in pricing and Google Book Settlement. Link here.. I would call but I don’t think they would allow me through. ****(…)
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