Back in the old days before I was an author, I used to work on computer games, doing art and such. Someone I knew at the time wrote a great article called ‘right sizing your life’. A few of the discussions I’ve seen over the past few days brought the old essay to mind, so …
Hey folks! Tara Maya\’s a fantasy novelist who belongs to the same online team/collective of writers that I do. She\’s just released the sixth book in her ongoing series – an interesting epic fantasy with some remarkable twists. To celebrate the new book coming out, she\’s taking the spotlight in here today. You can buy …
Guest Post: Tara Maya with "Five Signs You Might Be A Writer" Read More »
There\’s 1,410,714 ebooks on Amazon as of this writing. By this time next year, that will have gone up to over 2 million. By this time in five years, I expect it to be over five million. By this time in twenty years, I expect it to be…well, really, really, REALLY doggone high. 😉 …
Someone recently commented to me that publishing is in a state of crisis, and gave a list of various problems facing the industry. I looked at his list, and realized two things. First, he was right – publishing is facing a lot of problems. Second, that digital technology and distribution were on their way to …
This year at BEA (Book Expo America), a number of sponsors are working together to bring a special all-Sunday set of workshops and seminars. They\’ve named the experience \”UPublishU\”, and it\’s ALL about self publishing. For $99, it looks to me like it could be a fun and interesting experience. Here\’s a link to the …
At the London Book Fair, one of the major topics of discussion was publishers discussing cessation of DRM use on their ebooks. DRM – digital rights management – is the encryption added to digital media which prevents copying, conversion, and some other sorts of uses of the media. In some cases, it might force the …
Publishers begin removing DRM from ebooks, smashing walls on Amazon "walled garden" Read More »
I am forced to wonder, after reading this latest interview with the noted president of the Author\’s Guild, if the man has actually a) bought any books in the last decade, b) listened to any of the writers he is supposed to be supporting about what they\’d actually like, or c) thought for fifteen seconds …
The Author\’s Guild blog has just posted a letter from Scott Turow titled \”Grim News\”. The post expounds upon how the DOJ\’s recent announcement it intends to file suit against major publishers for conspiring to fix prices on books is a terrible thing for everyone, and basically defends the assorted publishers\’ actions. Leaving aside the …
Author's Guild: latest evidence of loss of a clue? Read More »
Wow. It\’s been two months since I checked in with Amazon rankings, and saw how indies were doing. In October, my survey showed that while traditional presses still dominated the top 10 in most genres, indie published books owned over 50% of the top 200 Amazon ebooks in romance, fantasy, mystery, thriller, science fiction, and …
Mike Shatzkin has just posted an excellent new article: \”Will book publishers be able to retain primacy as ebook publishers?\” Some snippets: \”… I think we’re going to see a US market that is 80% digital for narrative text reading in the pretty near future: could be as soon as two years from now …
Mike Shatzkin asks: what can publishers offer in digital publishing? A response. Read More »
