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...
Update: You so should self-publish
This is an update to an earlier piece I wrote on the conclusions of the latest AuthorEarnings report. And as I wrote elsewhere, the report is so full of juice that it...
Data Guy, Joe Konrath, whip up a storm round Porter Anderson’s AuthorEarnings pushback
A response on Publishing Perspectives by Porter Anderson to the latest AuthorEarnings report looks to have called out all the big names in self-publishing and e-publishing analysis and advocacy: Joe Konrath,...
Author Nick Cole praises Amazon for enabling freedom of expression
HarperVoyager author Nick Cole had been writing a new dystopian SF book, Ctrl-Alt-Revolt, and one of the character motivations he had to come up with was a remotely original reason that AIs might...
Hugh Howey can’t get Amazon bookstores quickly enough
Despite the fear and loathing reported in TeleRead at the prospect of Amazon bookstores, not everyone feels the same way. At the opposite extreme, we have Hugh Howey, self-publishing success story...
How to give an e-book away for free on Amazon
Some authors like to offer free e-books to build exposure. For example, offering the first book in a series for free could hook readers and entice them to pay money for...
Latest AuthorEarnings report: Amazon sells 1 million ebooks per day, indies trash Big Five...
AuthorEarnings is out there again with their latest report, which they claim - on good evidence - to be the most accurate ever. And just one of the many, many juicy...
FlightDeck: A (potentially) very useful service for indies, self-publishing
I was first turned on to FlightDeck by their very helpful - and free - guide to the differences between EPUB and Amazon's KF8 standard, and the formatting choices that can...
The Fifty Shades damages award: Indie authors and publishers beware
According to a report in the Fort Worth, TX, Star-Telegram, a Texas judge has awarded an Arlington woman up to $11.5 million in unpaid royalties for the international hit Fifty Shades of Grey,...
Whine not, writers! Don’t let ‘Poor me’ be your business model
The fantastic Kristine Kathryn Rusch has a great response to Authors Unlimited's call-to-arms to its publishing overlords. The group recently wrote a letter directed at Big Pub, which called for fairer...
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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...
