Interview: Small press author Phil Geusz on cross-platform e-book sales figures
In light of the recent discussion about selling Amazon-exclusive versus cross-platform, I reached out to my friend, small-press published author Phil Geusz, to ask him about his sales experiences with Amazon...
Save $50 on Kindle Fire HD 8.9" on Amazon, Today Only!
Amazon's Deal of the Deal today (that's Monday, December 10, 2012) is almost certainly one of the best deals you're going to find on the Kindle Fire HD anytime soon. When...
Amazon Phone Unfinished … but Confirmed?
We're still about 75 minutes away from the opening remarks of today's much-anticipated Amazon press conference, which kicks off at 10:30 a.m. PST in Santa Monica. Nevertheless, rumors have been coming...
Staples to sell Kindles
From the Staples press release:
announced today plans to offer customers Kindle, Amazon's #1 best-selling, most-wished-for and most-gifted product for two years running. Staples is the only office superstore to carry...
Cellphone e-reading on the cheap? Amazon Fire phone just $60 today if you subtract...
Usually going for $450, Amazon's unlocked 4.7-inch Fire Phone is a steal today at just $60 if you subtract the $99 Prime Membership credit from the $159 sale price as a Deal of...
Amazon Kindle for Web vs. Google EBooks and a roundup of news
KINDLE FOR WEB
The Kindle for Web demo took place today while I was writing this blog entry. Here's the upshot, from Amazon, via Bradenton.com. The new app was "demonstrated on-stage at a Google...
Will the Kindle Fire ‘kill’ the iPad? Some say yea, some say nay
Is the Kindle Fire an iPad Killer? After seeing two posts in quick succession from different sources, one saying it is and one saying it isn’t, I couldn’t resist the chance...
Want people to buy e-books off your site? Then focus on building a community,...
More and more book publishers seem to focus on building a better direct relationship with consumers. Some of these direct-to-consumer (D2C) efforts are well thought-out, but others are nothing more than...
Amazon UK slashes larger Fire prices – US to follow?
Not long after rolling out the new 7-inch £49 (a.k.a. $50) Kindle Fire in the UK, Amazon has already slashed the prices of its larger brethren, the new Fire HD 8...
E-book checkouts from libraries takes off
We lately mentioned the popularity of Amazon’s Kindle owner lending library rogram, but iPads and Kindles have another popular lending option that is also exploding. OverDrive reported that traffic to its...
AMAZON
A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
