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February 24, 2012

Saturday News: No Deals Just Stupidity and Smashwords Concedes to Paypal Terms

JanePublishing NewsDreamspinner Press / Paypal / plagiarism / Smashwords628 Comments

Updated x1: Ms. Manning has commented and provided an apology: I’ve gone back and forth on how to address this for several hours. A personal blog post would not be seen by enough people. Nor would a response to Ms. Fielding’s blog. When Dear Author posted this blog, I felt ... more >

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February 23, 2012

Thursday News and Deals: Naming Rights, Paypal (Again), Sockpuppetting, Amazon

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / censorship / Paypal17 Comments

News RT is offering a chance for one reader to have her (or his) name in Kristen Callihans’ next book. And now, Kristen Callihan is offering readers a way to become part of her new series. One lucky reader’s name will be used for a character in the upcoming series ... more >

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February 22, 2012

All Romance EBooks Clarification

JaneInterviewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / erotica / Paypal34 Comments

All Romance eBooks emailed me to ask if I had any questions regarding their new policy regarding ebook categorization. Of course I did and they responded. The entirety is posted below with permission: 1. You are creating a new area for certain types of books. How will readers access those ... more >

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February 21, 2012

Tuesday News: New Nook Pricing, Kindle Rumors, Reader Data, and Paypal Clarification

JanePublishing NewsKindle / Nook / Paypal / Siren-Bookstrand Inc148 Comments

Sarah Wendell attended Tools of Change and has two round up post. Post 1 Post 2.  This post had interesting information about Goodreads.  One thing that caught my eye was this: “Angela James asked during the Q&A what the minimum threshold of ratings a book needed to have in order ... more >

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February 20, 2012

Monday News and Deals: Paypal Obscenity Crackdown, Fake Amazon Reviews, & Earnings Roundup

JanePublishing 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 >

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