Publishing NewsAmazon / book titles / digital publishing / ebook royalties / Germany / Google / Libraries / music / Polls / record labels / subscriptions / YouTube5 Comments
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Publishing NewsAmazon / authors / contract / digital publishing / ebook royalties / Hachette / Harper Collins / lawsuit / Literary fiction / Open Road12 Comments
Survey Says: People Want Bigger Phones – Dear Apple, what is that they say — change or die? Remember the olden days when you were the underdogs, the upstarts, the revolutionaries? What happened, Apple? Please don’t make me buy a Galaxy Note. Please. XOXO, Me Of the 23,000 people polled ... more >
EbooksBarnes & Noble / ebook royalties / Nook Tablet / Time-Travel7 Comments
Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for more than 400 years – Archaeologists have found 100-year-old watch in a 400-year-old sealed tomb. I’d like to think this is the result of time travel, but I suspect it is the result of the 400-year-old tomb not being ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / Charlotte Featherstone / Deals / ebook royalties / epilogues / HarperCollins29 Comments
Enjoy sites like Groupon or Living Social? If so, you aren’t alone. Around 50 million people have used Groupon inviting a hoard of copy cat social coupon sites like locusts to a wheat field. All Things D reports that Hearst Owned magazines will launch its own group commerce site that ... more >
Letters of Opinionbook business / ebook royalties / Ebooks36 Comments
I’ve spent a lot of time ruminating about the business of publishing, on the blog, with other people, and in my own head. I love books, obviously, and I’ve been a reader my entire life. I don’t want publishing to die. I have very good friends who are in the ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / ebook royalties / Simon & Schuster5 Comments
Simon & Schuster has sent out an amendment to authors which purports to add a provision setting the standard royalty rate at 15% of the catalog retail price for e-books. The Author’s Guild sent out an alert to instruct authors of three things: members should discuss the amendment with their ... more >