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...
What’s the future for print books?
I’ve participated in a number of interesting discussions on LinkedIn of late. One which stood out was a group of people chatting about the future of the print book in an increasingly ebook world. Click to read more...
By Darkness Revealed – Chapter One
I’m a huge Jim Butcher fan. When I first ran across his Dreden Files novels, I tried one out. Read it in about a day. Went out and bought a few more. Click to read more...
Font of Forgiveness – A Short Story
Now available on Kindle. Coming soon on Nook, Apple, Smashwords, and other venues!
So! I took the plunge and now have my first totally independently published short story up. I figured I’d practice and get the kinks out with a couple of shorts before moving on to longer works, but honestly I was very pleased with the results. Click to read more...
New Nook – Looking good.
OK, I haven’t even seen this gadget, but if I didn’t already own a Kindle, I’d be sold.
First, appearances. OK, we’re working from photos and videos right now, unless you happened to be at BEA this week where they announced the device. Click to read more...
Ebook Shift Accelerating
Late last year, I predicted we would absolutely see ebook sales hit 25% of the book market in 2011, and possibly even break the 50% barrier this year as well, but absolutely do it in 2012 at the latest. Click to read more...
Short Story to Appear in “Twelve Worlds” Charity Anthology
Yup – a brand new Ryan Blackwell story will be in the upcoming Twelve Worlds anthology, due out next month. I was also honored to have my story chosen to be the first in order, which puts it up in its entirety in the ebook sample. Click to read more...
Just in – Ebooks now outselling paper on B&N.com
According to a Huffington Post article, Barnes & Nobles has just announced that they are now selling more ebooks than print books from their website. B&N apparently sold over one million ebooks on Christmas day alone. Click to read more...
Google eBooks is out! (now, what does that mean for readers, authors, and publishers?)
Google has announced today the launch of their long-awaited ebook selling service. With some fanfare, spreading across the internet, the news is growing. There are big expectations for this venture. After all, this is Google, right? Click to read more...
Major update for Smashword’s author controls and pricing
Smashwords is arguably one of the most important ebook retailers out there. It’s not important for its market share. It’s not important because it sells the best ereader (in fact, it doesn’t advertise any ereader in particular, unlike most of the bigger ebookstores). Click to read more...
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