German publishers are still figuring out how to deal with ebooks
Max Franke of the German print-on-demand company epubli says that many German publishers are too risk averse and controlling when it comes to ebooks, and as a result they miss out...
Has the public perception of self-publishing finally changed?
Self-publishing a book can come with pre-conceived notions from readers, other writers and even publishers. People used to think self-publishing a book meant it wasn’t good enough to get picked up...
The SFWA might just stay relevant after all
Here’s an epilogue to the SFWA kerfuffle I posted about a couple of days ago: the central figure in the article, Sean Fodera, has posted a public apology to Mary Robinette...
The writer as entrepreneur: Old news?
In the UK Bookseller's Futurebook section, Tom Chalmers asks: "Where to put the entrepreneur in publishing?" with particular emphasis on the more entrepreneurial aspects of self-publishing. In these digitally disrupted times,...
“How I sold 10,000 copies of my self-published book” – a self-publishing success
<img src="http://www.teleread.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Screen-shot-2010-01-04-at-10.05.13-AM.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-01-04 at 10.05.13 AM.png" border="0" width="78" height="95" img style="padding-right: 4px; margin: 5px 5px 0px 0px" align="left"The litany of failure with self-publication certainly outweighs the litany of success....
E-books and the economics of writing
Karen Dionne, a novelist herself, has an article on Daily Finance looking at the new economics of e-book publishing in light of recent changes in the industry. She looks at J.A....
Scribd introduces send-to-device button; device-specific apps on the horizon
A couple of weeks ago, Paul reported on self-e-publishing site Scribd’s plans to add direct mobile download capability. CNet reports that Scribd has now done so: Scribd-hosted documents can...
Children’s book writers striking out on their own
The Bookseller has a post looking at decisions by a number of “stranded” established children’s authors to follow in the footsteps of writers like J.A. Konrath and Seth Godin to...
Amazon self-publishing platform becoming a spam haven
From Reuters:
Thousands of digital books, called ebooks, are being published through Amazon's self-publishing system each month. Many are not written in the traditional sense.
Instead, they are built using something known as...
ALLi petitions book world to ‘Open Up to Indie Authors’
Following Susan Lulgjuraj's earlier coverage of the work of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), the prominent London-headquartered "nonprofit, professional association for self-publishing writers" is now taking an even more active role on behalf...
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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...
