Writing in Public, Too: NaNoWriMo Day 16
Up at a decent hour this morning. Made some coffee, and hit my email, which had been somewhat ignored the day prior. After catching up a bit, and continuing to comment on a couple of interesting industry threads I’ve been participating in (one on ethics, another on productivity), I started in on publishing business stuff. Click to read more...
Update to the Fantasy Bestseller Breakdown
Back in February, I posted the results of some data mining, specifically about the bestseller lists for fantasy and science fiction. You can see the old article here.
It seemed like now might be a good time for an update. Click to read more...
Publishers begin removing DRM from ebooks, smashing walls on Amazon “walled garden”
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. Click to read more...
Amazon Updates KDP eBook Cover Recommendations
This change IS a pretty big deal for indie writers.
Amazon announced today in their KDP newsletter that they have updated their recommendations for cover sizes for Kindle ebooks.
The new guidelines are a minimum of 1000 pixels on the long side – although they “recommend 2,500 pixels on the longest side to ensure better quality, and an ideal height/width ratio of 1.6.” Click to read more...
Author’s Guild: latest evidence of loss of a clue?
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. Click to read more...
Survey of a Genre: Science Fiction eBook Market Under the Microscope
So there’s two big questions on everyone’s minds about ebooks these days, right?
1) How much of the market do indies (self publishers) really have?
2) What price is working for folks? Click to read more...
Update to Indie Bestsellers and KDP Select
The holidays are over. All those millions of new Kindles are unwrapped and in use. So I thought it might be a good time to take another peek at those bestseller lists, and see how the indies are faring in a market which some analysts believe has doubled since this time last year. Click to read more...
New Things and Giveaways!
So, a few new changes to the blog over the last 24 hours!
First, I added a new column. The new column has links to my books and short stories on various vendors (just Amazon and Smashwords for now, but I’ll be adding B&N soon as well). Click to read more...
Star Trek FREE for Amazon Prime members (Amazon Tablet thoughts)
I’ve been an Amazon Prime subscriber for a couple of years now. It’s been a huge money saver for the family. Free two day shipping on books and many other items is an absolute life-saver sometimes. Click to read more...
Star Trek FREE for Amazon Prime members (Amazon Tablet thoughts)
I’ve been an Amazon Prime subscriber for a couple of years now. It’s been a huge money saver for the family. Free two day shipping on books and many other items is an absolute life-saver sometimes. Click to read more...
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