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When you see Snooki's book on the New York Times Best Seller List, you know publishing is in trouble.
You can blame readers and say publishing is just giving the public what they want. But that'...
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ebook experiment
An independent author considering selling their e-books on-line is faced with a difficult question, “How much do I charge for this book?” What will people pay for an e-book anyway? 
A blog for independent authors and independent readers. Content includes interviews, articles, links, excerpts, quips, quotes, caption contests, reviews and recommendations. But my secret shame is that my agent has been consistently submitting my novels to them, which I only self-publish after they get rejected for being poorly written crap. Then, to mask my pain, I self-publish that garbage and ... 
It's also fittingly an instance of Bloomsbury Academic's particular approach to digitally enhanced publishing. The digitally enhanced book is accessible through a webpage with four tabs, each with distinct functionality: ... 
That's what the CBC is reporting. Canadian-based e-book seller Kobo is following in Amazon's footsteps and creating a publishing arm that will deal directly... 
Independent OnlineApple, Publishers Must Address All Allegations Before E-book Case Can Be ...PCWorld"Because the ebooks market is growing very fast, we are worried about the development of practices that do not exist for physical books, such as... BetaNewsEU ready to settle with publishers over ebook price-fixing, but no talks yetBetaNewsBy Ed Oswald European Union antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia says that the Competition Commission is open to a settlement with publishers in the increasingly... 
How do you see your website? Is it a broadcast tool or a way of engaging with your community? 
Anyone can be an Amazon Kindle bestseller by playing the numbers, and I'll tell you how in a moment.
First I want to explain why I would never do it. 
Having a hardcover means your book will be shelved on a shelf and not jammed into a carousel. (We learned this the hard way with our Dan Quixote paperback. After seeing how mangled it got, we... 
Book Publishing Industry News. Regular news updates from The Bookseller's news desk. 
As the nation's preeminent bookseller undergoes its own digital transition, it needs to figure out how to keep hundreds of brick-and-mortar locations relevant. Read this blog post by Harry McCracken on Challengers. 
Carolyn McCray, one of Kindle Selects' top selling authors, demonstrates how to take best advantage of this marketing opportunity for self-publishers. |
A look at KDP Select and alternatives to Amazon 
Young Adult eBook Sales on the RiseGood E-Reader (blog)By Mercy Pilkington Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent.org posted an article this morning that shows a strong surge in ebook sales in what has previously been an under-represented market: teen... 
TorrentFreakHow Adobe DRM Requires People to Pirate Library BooksTorrentFreakCurrently, ebooks are often protected with DRM, which has become famous for causing problems for the customers who pay for those ebooks. 
There are a lot of mistaken assumptions about how book covers are supposed to look, and that has led to thousands of badly designed indie published books. It’s time to break down the assumptions so that you can have a better understanding of what will or won’t help you sell your book. Self-publishing allows college students like us to chase our dreams much sooner than members of older generations could. It is slowly tearing down traditional walls that have long been a part of many professional worlds ... 
As a journalist for over 12 years, I can attest to this: If you want a job in journalism, look online. Read @ScottTurow, president of @AuthorsGuild, post defending Big Publishing here: http://t.co/d8edO4Cv #litchat... 
He is arguably one of the most successful bloggers and thought-leaders of our time.
When you see Snooki's book on the New York Times Best Seller List, you know publishing is in trouble. 
Very interesting article.
Do you suppose this is why Amazon is talking about creating brick-and-mortar stores? I don't think they'll sell physical books. My suspicion is that they will be designed to sell Kindles and Amazon's phones (perhaps TVs) in an effort to get consumers to sign up for Amazon Prime. That buys customer loyalty, but it would be a thorn in BN's side, if the Amazon store also sold Amazon titles--and only Amazon titles. Instead of writers who signed with Amazon feeling left out because their books weren't on display in a brick-and-mortar store, writers who didn't sign with Amazon could be annoyed that their books weren't on display in the fancier Amazon stores, which I suspect would mimic Apple stores.
Things are about to get very interesting, very fast. 
Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider—until Amazon called... 
The publishing industry is in the midst of a massive decline, with sales of physical books dropping year after year, and Borders, the second-largest bookstore chain in the US, closing its doors last... |
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