Ebooksbook business / digital publishing21 Comments
In the past two weeks, we’ve seen two publishers engage in some experimental changes in the way they sell digital books. Sourcebooks launched a DRM free subscription site and TOR/FORGE announced it would be selling DRM free digital books beginning this summer. Traditional publishers have been quietly moving toward digital ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / book business / DRM / Kindle Fire / Penguin24 Comments
Some people have argued (Micah Bowers of Bluefire for example) that dedicated devices will go the way of the dodo bird and I’ve always disagreed. Seeing the rise of the affordable Kindle Fire, however, is making me wonder if Micah Bowers et al is correct. E Ink Holdings reports first ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / Paypal36 Comments
News An author by the name of Mainak Dhar has several self published books for sale and many of his books have an average of 4 stars with over 200+ reviews. The number of high ranking reviews is propelling sales. Alice in Deadland, one title, had been lingering on the #1 ... more >
Ebooksbook business / digital publishing / publishing-costs74 Comments
I’m concerned that publishers have a deep disconnect with readers. This shouldn’t be a surprise given that readers aren’t the customer of publishers, but recent events really highlight this. I have wavered on posting this article because on the one hand, do I really care what happens to publishers? Won’t ... more >
Publishing NewsBarry Eisler / book business / defamation / lawsuits / Rape / Reviewers / self-published / Smashwords67 Comments
In the UK, a self published author is suing a reviewer for panning his book. Chris McGrath, an online entrepreneur from Milton Keynes, who wrote and self-published a little-known book entitled The Attempted Murder of God: Hidden Science You Really Need to Know, has launched libel proceedings against Vaughan Jones, ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / genre critique / Literary fiction / Mills & Boon18 Comments
Sometimes I forget what news pieces I’ve posted here so if I have posted this, please forgive my lapse in memory. Tech Crunch has actual details of the new Amazon Tablet. It’s 7″ and supports two finger multi touch gestures (instead of the 10 finger supported by the iThings). Runs ... more >