Data Guy of Author Earnings: A TeleRead Q. & A.
NEW YORK CITY -- So what's "Data Guy" like on stage in person at Digital Book World March 9? And can he win over at least some of the skeptics?
First, a little catch-up...
Want to write comics? DC Talent Development course is for you
Tired of the terrible reviews for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Think you can do better? Feel like Frank Miller's attitudes need a refresh? DC is offering you the chance to...
Financial havoc in the used book market: Good news for e-book publishers?
I've just made my yearly pilgrimage to my city's largest used bookstore.
For years I have been both buying and selling there, and the latest result suggests this may be my last trip there...
Why e-books should always be cheaper than paper books
A blogger named Max Florschutz ponders "the idea that customers aren’t holding an e-book to be of similar value" and wondering why that was. Chris Meadows ably summarizes a few of Mr. Florshutz's...
Guest post: Alan Gilliland on Umberto Eco, complexity and the mindset of modern publishers
Reading of the death of Umberto Eco, I came across this quote that resonates with me: “It’s only publishers and some journalists who believe that people want simple things. People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.” (To the former group I might add ‘some agents’?)
How do we value e-books?
We know how much e-books cost. But what is their actual value? This is a question pondered in this post by writer and blogger Max Florschutz.
Florschutz is puzzled by the way...
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...
Guest post: Alan Gilliland on Kelly’s Efficiency Index
Here is a small observation on Kelly’s Efficiency Index, which some publishers are using to evaluate the potential of authors. [(number of units sold ÷ number of titles published) x .001 = Efficiency Index]
Amazon pulls e-books over table of contents placement
One of the problems Amazon has as a major self-publishing market is that, every so often, it’s prone to making odd decisions. Sometimes those decisions are at least understandable in a...
Writing for the underclass: Is Amazon the great enabler?
Writer and writing teacher Lorraine Berry has shared an article on LitHub with the telling title "How the Literary Class System is Impoverishing Literature." She details the financial and other barriers that...