Publishing Newsbest seller lists / Google / Google eBooks / Recommended Reads / websites32 Comments
USA Today bestseller list is now counting ebook sales when compiling the list. Harlequin Books tweeted that Kristan Higgins made the USAToday list today at #102 for her ebook edition. It’s the ebook edition because of the (E) notation and the $6.99 price point (the paperbook is $7.99). There are ... more >
Publishing NewsAdvertisement / Ebooks / Kindle / marketing / piracy / websites8 Comments
According to PublishersMarketplace (subscription needed), the data shows that there is close to 1 million Kindles out in the wilds of readerdom and that the previously provided statistic that if a book is available in print and Kindle, 1 out of 3 purchases is a Kindle purchase is confirmed by ... more >
Publishing NewsFoot in Mouth Disease / websites24 Comments
Theo Black, web designer and husband of author Holly Black, took to criticizing the websites of his former clients. I think Black is a talented guy but his vision of website design is style over functionality. I much prefer the functional and generic websites that he disdains because these sites ... more >
Letters of OpinionAuthor Promotion / websites62 Comments
I know that the change in look and feel here at Dear Author is the subject of some controversy. I can promise we will be addressing quite a few of the complaints (font size, glaring red color, lack of elegance), but much of the re-design is here to stay because ... more >
Bookstore / Letters of OpinionBorders / websites69 Comments
This is a special post by Bookseller Jolie after talking with some other booksellers and readers. Readers want to buy your books; booksellers want to sell your books. Even though this article is all about the peeves, it’s really about how to help authors get connected to readers. The only ... more >
Publishing NewsFantasy Romance / Romance / Sharon-Shinn / websites / Young-AdultComments Off on National Bestselling Fantasy Author Sharon Shinn Opens Home on the Web
Sharon Shinn, author of such fabulously romantic fantasy novels as Archangel and Dark Moon Defender, has launched a website at http://sharonshinn.net. Shinn’s many fans will be pleased to learn that her new site includes the author’s news, biography, links and interviews, FAQs, contact information, and even behind-the-scenes details about her ... more >