Publishing NewsAmazon / bundling / Kindle / Science Fiction23 Comments
Today the new iPad Air hits the stores. The iPad Mini with Retina will be released later in the month. Are you upgrading? Why? or Why not? Earth, the Sequel: Finding our Planetary Twin – Earth has a space doppelgänger says two different scientific groups. According to a pair ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / bundling / Intellectual Property Issues / Navy SEALs140 Comments
Forgive me, but I feel a bit irritable and thus my commentary on today’s news might have a slight edge. First up, we have Emily Giffin — pretty, successful, happily married Emily Giffin. Ms. Giffin, allegedly the nicest person ever per her fans, chortled over the fact that her husband ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / bundling / eBay / HarperCollins / POD / privacy4 Comments
How a lying ‘social engineer’ hacked Wal-Mart – ” A Wal-Mart store manager in a small military town in Canada got an urgent phone call last month from “Gary Darnell” in the home office in Bentonville, Ark. Darnell told the manager Wal-Mart had a multi-million-dollar opportunity to win a major ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Amazon Montlake / Barry Eisler / bundling / buying habits / Google / Literary Agents / Loretta-Chase / self-published74 Comments
Dear Ms. Chase: I don’t have your email address but I had to write you to comment on a note a fan made on your behalf on the Smart Bitches site. You see, your book Captives of the Night(kind of a sequel to the Lord of Scoundrels) caught the attention ... more >