Publishing Newsfan-fiction / Fifty Shades / Intellectual Property Issues / Twilight Saga443 Comments
Introduction On Saturday, March 10, 2012, New York Times reported that Vintage, a literary imprint of Random House, had won the rights to republish on a large scale the ebook bestseller trilogy: 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Shades of Darker, and 50 Shades of Freed. The first in the series ... more >
Beyond the BookE. L. James / Fifty Shades / Recommended Reads / Twilight Saga46 Comments
Introduction Fifty Shades of Grey is a self published work by a British author using the pseudonym, E. L. James. It was originally published along with the two sequels, Fifty Shades of Darker and Fifty Shades of Freed, in its entirety, as Master of the Universe on ff.net, a site ... more >
F ReviewsBDSM / E. L. James / fan-fiction / Fifty Shades / Twilight Saga267 Comments
This review is being posted in lieu of a morning opinion piece because it is an opinion piece of sorts and because, well, it is verbose. So you get three reviews today. Yay! Dear E.L. James, So I’m pretty much in the minority when it comes to this book as ... more >
Publishing Newsadvances / Apple / Authors Guild / criticism-of-romance / Ebooks / George RR Martin / Google Book Settlement / quality / Reader Opinions / Twilight Saga13 Comments
This is a quite hilarious ad by Verizon mocking AT&T’s pathetic coverage (I am an AT&T customer via my move to the iPhone). Watch until the end. Guardian asks whether crowdsourcing author advances is legitimate. Deanna Zandt wanted to write a book on using social networking for social change and ... more >
Book ReviewsBarnes & Noble / Ebooks / Espresso Book Machine / Google / Harlequin / Mills & Boon / POD / Twilight Saga1 Comments
Google announced a deal last week with Espresso Book Machine wherein the full panoply of out of copyright books Google has scanned and digitized can be available through the POD machines. The books can be printed in less than five minutes. The suggested retail price for such a book is ... more >
Publishing Newsbest seller lists / book business / Ebooks / Kindle / Sony / Twilight Saga / USA-Today9 Comments
Kindle sales are now being counted toward bestseller numbers. I hope this goes a long way toward pushing publishers to get their act together and release ebooks in a timely fashion. Slow web loading speed can be a greater deterrent than anything and can overcome great features or content. This ... more >