Some advice for authors on self-publishing and ebooks
Author Scott Nicholson has a guest post over at the Ask the Publishing Guru blog in which he discusses self-publishing and how the game has changed for authors. Here's a...
Amazon introduces 70% e-book royalty rate for small publishers
TechCrunch reports that Amazon has launched a 70% royalty option for Kindle e-books (sold to US customers), as a complement to its existing 35% Digital Text Platform royalty. ...
How to cope with an Internet ‘slushpile’?
In Salon Magazine, Laura Miller brings up the conundrum of self- and e-self-publishing turning the Internet into one huge slushpile. (The slushpile, for those who don’t know, is the publishing term...
Notes from a family reunion: iPad, vanity publishing
I attended my grandmother’s 95th-birthday-party-cum-family-reunion over the weekend, and took the iPad with me. Consequently, I spent a lot of time demonstrating it to family members and friends, and explaining...
Amazon Encore: Amazon’s gradual change, Konrath’s publishing decision
A pair of recent articles from the Bookseller’s FuturEBook blog concerning Amazon’s Encore publishing program come at it from quite different directions. Eoin Purcell compares Amazon’s e-book selling model...
Henry Melton on self-publishing to iBooks
Self-publishing author Henry Melton has posted to his blog about the process of uploading EPUB books into the iBookstore. He notes that the terms of the contract apparently prevent him...
Wall Street Journal: Self-publishing becoming more prevalent
The Wall Street Journal has a fairly lengthy article looking at the current state of self-publishing (both print and digital) and the threat it may or may not pose to traditional...
Teen social networking provides model for on-line publishing community
Publishing Perspectives has an interesting piece from young-adult publisher Jacob Lewis on why he has decided to create an on-line community called Figment where teens can write and share stories....
iBooks now allows self-publishing – but you need a Mac
IReader review has a good article on the ins and outs of iBooks new self-publishing option. The "kicker" is that in order to do it you have to have a...
Konrath’s Amazon Encore book deal points toward new level of publishing
Publishers Weekly has a piece looking at literary agents’ thoughts on J.A. Konrath’s decision to publish his next book through Amazon Encore. (We mentioned Konrath’s decision here.) Under the deal,...
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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...
