On Smashwords
Mark Coker’s Smashwords seems, ostensibly, a rather brilliant idea. It’s sort of the ebook equivalent of Amazon’s Author page; whereas Amazon’s page lists all the work an author has available on Amazon...
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A Post-Bookstore World
So, Borders is closing. Gone. Kaputsky. 399 stores. 10,000 employees. I feel bad for those employees. I don’t, in general, feel bad about Borders. I wish I did. I grew up with books. My parents read...
View ArticleThoughts on the New Kindle & Publishing
My first was: shiny! My second was: wow. I was so right. I’m really pleased I nailed the pricing ($79 and $199, specifically). I had the feeling we’d see sub-$100 by year’s end, and I’d hoped it’d be...
View ArticleThe Big Life Changes
Tying the knot isn’t the only big change I’m making in my life. But, then, my life has been one enormous change after another for the past five or so years, so I guess it’s not really altogether new....
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How Reading Stores Might Survive If Book Stores Can’t
As Amazon takes on more roles and responsibilities in the book world, many wonder if that’s a great thing. I remember back when Amazon sold only books, before it was the retail powerhouse it has...
View ArticleOh, the New Vanity (of Penguin & Book Country)
Interesting: as I discussed words and their meanings and how the ways they influence ideas (good and bad), a development: Giant corporate publisher Penguin announced “self-publishing services” through...
View ArticleJamais Plus Free! or: Wait, Am I Going Steady With Amazon?
Just received an email that Amazon has made a special KDP Select option available on its Kindle Direct Publishing platform, which what many authors–including me–use to publish our work for Kindle....
View ArticleWhy I’m Going Amazon Exclusive (For Now)
After careful consideration, I’ve removed my collection from Smashwords and enrolled all my books in Amazon’s new KDP Select program. I did it for both professional and moral reasons that disagree with...
View ArticleApple’s iBooks Author EULA: Actually Evil, or Just Misunderstood?
Last week, in an event specified as education-related, Apple announced new software that enables authors to more easily create and publish media-rich digital content. They’re calling the sales app...
View ArticleFurther on Kindle Select and the Amazon Lending Library
The other day, Inside the Outside author Martin Lastrapes asked me about Kindle Select (or Kindle Direct Publishing Select, or KDP Select, depending on the day and who’s typing, it seems). I’m now...
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