Publishing Newsbook clubs / gender bias / parenting / reading / Twitter6 Comments
Twitter app brings free NFL games to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Xbox One – Twitter is branching out (and trying to cash in) by having a version of its app on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Microsoft’s Xbox One, where it’s all about live streaming (although you can ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / Authors United / Book-club / Department of Justice / discrimination / editors / gender norms / micro aggression / parenting / publishing3 Comments
Is Amazon Creating a Cultural Monopoly? – As much as I admire the tenacity of the Authors United group, their singular fixation on Amazon feels more and more like publisher pressure by proxy. I remember Jon Sargent trying to make the value argument about Agency Pricing – that more valuable ... more >
Publishing Newsbest of list / cliche / digital publishing / Ebooks / parenting / sexism / Smashwords17 Comments
Mark Coker Reviews ‘Exciting’ 2014 at Smashwords – So according to Mark Coker, 2014 was a pretty good year for Smashwords authors, despite the overall slowing of the digital book market and the alleged drop in sales some Amazon authors claimed due to Kindle Unlimited. The site itself gained about ... more >
Publishing NewsCanada / digital books / DRM / gaming / Harper Collins / iTunes / Microsoft / Minecraft / Netflix / parenting / social media / Steve Jobs / tax / technology12 Comments
HarperCollins Adds Digital Watermarks to E-books – I read this whole article shaking my head at the idea that Harper Collins actually thinks it’s a good idea to add MORE DRM to their digital books. Why, you may ask? According to Harper Collins’ CDO Chantal Restivo-Alessi, the goal is “to ... more >