Billionaire-created Gawker bankruptcy: Bad legal news for book writers, too
Donald Trump---he who has incited violence at his rallies---isn’t the only billionaire thug in the news.
Peter Thiel (photo), the Silicon Valley investor, took umbrage when the Gawker site called him gay, a...
Google patents two new types of e-books
Google has received two new U.S. patents for ebook designs that actually put the "e" in a different place. Both involve digital media interacting with actual physical books. One, for a "storytelling...
How to use TuneIn Radio to listen to audiobooks
TuneIn is one of the most popular internet radio and audio streaming services in the world, claiming "a global audience of over 60 million users," and "100,000+ live radio stations, plus...
Mike Shatzkin, e-publishing guru: A TeleRead Q&A
Leading up to Digital Book World Conference + Expo, there was a person I had hoped I would be able to catch up with. I’ve heard him talk at events, I read...
E-book vs. app showdown: ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ pregnancy guide
I recently purchased an e-book for which I learned, after the fact, there was a free app as well. I put both app and e-book to the test. Which is better?...
Feedback and the rise of ereading
I trained as a biologist, and one of the most powerful phenomena in biology is the positive feedback loop, in which a behaviour or process reinforces and perpetuates itself by virtue...
Bookslut shutting down: Why?
So what does this mean for books and Internet sites about them?
Bookslut, an online magazine and blog which draws 195,000-240,000 unique visitors a month, will publish its last issue in May,...
“Index of The Daily” – new site for a new maga/newspaper thingy
There a new site called The Daily: Indexed, which is "A very unofficial table of contents" of the magazine. If you are interested you might want to go over and...
An open letter to Ros Barber on self-publishing
Dear Ros,
First, let me say I understand your decision, as detailed in The Guardian, to embrace poverty through traditional publishing, while refusing to self-publish. After all, publishing multinationals like Penguin Random...
Amazon says only 40 successful self-published authors? I don’t think so
One of the oddest pieces of misreading to come my way arrived earlier with the headline "Only 40 Self-Published Authors are a Success, says Amazon." This was based on a New...
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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...
