JanePublishing NewsAbout-Us / book business / brick and mortar / digital rights management / Maya-Banks24 Comments

I can hardly believe it is already Thursday. The holiday shortened week (for the US readers) and last week’s RWA conference has me all mixed up. Hopefully I will get caught up by Sunday. Item number one today is the news that we are going to host a Q&A with ... more >

JanePublishing Newsbook business / conferences / digital publishing / editors / publishing44 Comments

Here is my list of things I learned from RWA 2011: Harlequin and Sourcebooks are really interested in what the reader has to say in all areas of the publishing process from the cover, titles, and content to how the stories are sold.  They use their blogs, facebook and twitter ... more >

JaneInterviews / Publishing Newsbook business / conferences / digital publishing / Harlequin28 Comments

I asked Harlequin about a couple of things regarding the new royalty rate as well as whether Bob Mayer’s claims that Harlequin was inserting a non compete clause in its new contracts to prevent authors from self publishing. Here is their response (from Donna Hayes, CEO of Harlequin) Concern: These ... more >

June 25, 2011

Saturday Midday Links: Harlequin Raises Its Digital Royalty Rate, Kind Of

JanePublishing Newsbook business / digital publishing / Harlequin / self-published / Tor31 Comments

Tor Books is launching an “Author Voices” digital initiative.  Starting with RWA, Tor will be releasing free content exclusively for convention goers via a QR Code at the Tor booth and then after to the general public (for free) as an ebook download at most etailers. Amazon has a link ... more >

June 21, 2011

Tuesday Midday Links: RWA Tips Hints and other stuff

JanePublishing Newsbook business / conferences / digital lending / Jeannie Lin / Libraries / Overdrive / Royalties19 Comments

RWA is coming up and even though I have been degowned (as opposed to defrocked) I am going to meet up with editors, authors, publicists, and other bloggers and readers.  As part of the TBR newsletter, I’ve offered some tips on packing.  I’m a big believer in carry on only ... more >

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / book business / book-sales / digital publishing / ebook sales / zombies7 Comments

Liberty Media, owner of QVC, Starz, Pro Flowers, and a few other internet companies, has made a bid for Barnes and Noble at $17 per share which is a little over $1 Billion. Publishers Lunch intimates that this is the beginning of a bidding war for BN. I suspect we’ll ... more >