Shrewd Tips for Book Publicity (Digital Book World)
Ebooks are available up to four months earlier than their print counterparts. Those digital editions can be delivered to the media for review or story research very swiftly and without the delays of printing and shipping.
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New Spotify for Books to Launch Soon in Netherlands (The Digital Reader)
The Dutch publishing group WPG Uitgevers is reportedly looking into launching an ebook subscription service in that country. Details are still scarce, but this service is said to be under development in partnership with the Flemish publisher Lannoo.
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What Does Amazon Owe The World? (GoodeReader)
Amazon, the world’s largest online retail bookseller, has long enjoyed the status as the company that everyone loves to hate. Its nickname among some in the publishing industry as the “Evil Empire” might even seem well-earned considering its exponential growth over a short period of time and its ability to dominate in a wide variety of publishing and consumer service industries.
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Longtime Wichita Writer Investigates ePublishing (The Wichita Eagle)
Is there a touch of irony that longtime Wichita novelist Gaylord Dold’s newest three books are being published as e-books but that he doesn’t maintain a home computer?
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Kindle Daily Deals: Circle of Bones by Christine Kling, Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic by David J. Schwartz, two others.
Amazon is also running a special deal until September 9th in which purchasing one of a number of Kindle books at regular or sale price entitles you to buy any or all of nine other books (including The Mongoliad: Book One by Greg Bear, and Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro) for $1 each.
You might want to double check that second link.