Tag Archives: ebook
Kindle Singles: Is Amazon Becoming the New Gatekeeper?
I originally wasn’t going to mention Kindle Singles here, as it seemed pretty well covered just about everywhere else. For those not in the know, Amazon announced a new format last week for shorter works. In their words: Today, Amazon … Continue reading
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More Seats at the Writer Table, Less Pie for All
Mike Shatzkin maintains one of the best blogs I’ve found yet on the changes happening in publishing. If you care about this subject, follow his blog. He posts about once per week, so it’s not a huge time hit. His … Continue reading
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PW Select: Who Really Benefits?
Publishers Weekly received tons of flack this week when they announced the launch of PW Select. In short, they’re adding a quarterly supplement that will list self-published titles from the preceding period. They’ll also review at least 25 of these … Continue reading
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Limited-Edition Bloody Cricket Book for $75,000
It’s often said that a writer’s job is to bleed on the page, but so-called luxury publisher Kraken Opus seems to have taken that mantra a bit too seriously. As reported in The Wall Street Journal last week, a pint … Continue reading
More Doom & Gloom for Bookstores
Can ebooks grow from their current share of roughly 10% to a full 50% of the book market by 2015? As Mike Shatzkin points out in a brilliant post, everyone seems to agree that this is inevitable, yet few seem … Continue reading
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eReader Price Wars, First Round
The long anticipated ereader price wars began this week. Apple has cornered the market for the multi-purpose device and can demand a premium for the iPad, but how the dedicated-ereader market plays out will come down in no small part … Continue reading
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AmazonEncore, J.A. Konrath, and the $2.99 eBook
AmazonEncore announced this week that they’ll be releasing Shaken by J.A. Konrath. The ebook will come out in October, and in an interesting twist the paperback will follow four months later. According to Konrath: “It’s easier to release an ebook … Continue reading
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Henry VIII and His eBook Psalter
We’ve all heard the argument that ebooks are nothing like the real thing. They don’t have the same weight to them. They don’t smell like books. Turning virtual pages isn’t nearly as enjoyable as the paper variety. You can’t take … Continue reading
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