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May 13, 2013

Monday News: Mark Coker of Smashwords suggests that $3.99 is the new black; Copyright reform for consumers introduced to Congress; Gender hypocrisy exists outside romance

JanePublishing Newsbook prices / book-covers / copyright / Fantasy Romance / gender bias / Smashwords3 Comments

Smashwords: New Smashwords Survey Helps Authors Sell More eBooks – Mark Coker shares some Smashwords data with the public. How much of this can be extrapolated to overall sales is unknown. Some interesting points include that the #1 bestselling book outsells the #500 by 37 times in total revenue; longer ... more >

June 27, 2012

Wednesday Midday Links: Libraries search for better deals to provide digital lending to customers

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Apple / digital lending / Smashwords10 Comments

Califa Lands $325,000 in Funding for Ebook Ownership Project; Deal Close With Smashwords — The Digital Shift – “The San Mateo-based Califa Group, which is the largest library network in California, has made major strides in its project to create an ebook ownership model along the same lines as the ... more >

June 7, 2012

Thursday Midday Links: LinkedIn passwords hacked, HBO direct to consumer not likely

JanePublishing Newsself-published / Smashwords / Sony7 Comments

8 million leaked passwords connected to LinkedIn, dating website (updated) | Ars Technica – “An unknown hacker has posted more than 8 million cryptographic hashes to the Internet that appear to belong to users of LinkedIn and a separate, popular dating website. … The massive dumps over the past three days ... more >

April 26, 2012

Thursday Midday Links: Female Writer Moves to Pen Name to Appeal to Men

JaneBook Deals / Publishing Newsfemale writers / Smashwords26 Comments

Scots crime writer Shona MacLean ‘killed off’ to appeal to men – Scotland – Scotsman.com – “SCOTTISH crime writer Shona MacLean has been forced to change her name – to S G MacLean – to make her novels more appealing to men.  The change follows the publication of three successful ... more >

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February 26, 2012

The Paypal Fiction Crackdown Roundup

JanePublishing NewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / Paypal / Siren-Bookstrand Inc / Smashwords62 Comments

Background Back in 2007, Jayne and I reviewed ebookstores. There seemed to be new ones that were announced everyday. When All Romance eBooks launched in 2007, it lacked the Paypal option. It would later add Paypal in October of 2007. Commenters informed us that Paypal had content restrictions. One reason ... more >

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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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