Where to buy HILD
Hild is available all over the English-speaking world. If you’d like the physical book from a physical store there’s a lot of choice. If…
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The business of writing: a one-day workshop December 2
Publishing is in the throes of huge change and it’s hard to keep up with the choices available for writers–of any level…
Read morePublishing-related tidbits and some wild guesses
I’m still catching up on news that might be of interest from the last ten days or so. Today: publishing. Last week,…
Read moreWaterstones showrooming for Amazon
A few months ago I talked about the notion of showrooming, in which customers walk into a bricks-and-mortar retailer establishment, play with/read the…
Read moreNew Ammonite cover
Coming from Gollancz in September as part of the SF Masterworks series: You can pre-order in the UK here. Slow River will…
Read moreAmazon’s showroom coming soon?
It looks as though my prediction of Amazon’s showroom is about to come true. Michael Kozlowski at Good-E-Reader has the skinny: Amazon…
Read moreGAFA fight!
Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (GAFA) between them pretty much rule consumer tech world. (You can find a good analysis of the…
Read morePublishers: pay writers more, it’s good for you
Mike Shatzkin has written another thought-provoking post about the publishing industry. (If the business interests you, subscribe to his feed; his perspective…
Read moreBookselling: We are showroom dummies
Yesterday, AllThingsD discussed Amazon’s latest move: Amazon is offering consumers up to $5 off on purchases if they compare prices using the…
Read moreAmazon are serious
Yesterday, Richard Curtis broke the news that Amazon have hired Larry Kirshbaum, ex-CEO of Time Warner Publishing, and now (soon to be…
Read moreSlow River reprint
For those of you who have been waiting a week or so for Slow River to ship from Amazon, I’ve been assured…
Read moreGo listen: a good primer on current change in publishing
I don’t listen to podcasts much because almost everything I do is writing- or reading-related and listening interferes with that. But yesterday,…
Read moreWhat’s going on in St. Louis, MO?
I finally got around to looking at Author Central today. It turns out that in the week of January 17-23, I sold…
Read moreReaders are customers, not the enemy
From Pat Holt, on Holt Uncensored, comes a blog post which begins with the tale of a rather boorish couple who act…
Read moreUpdating science fiction for republication
I read something over at Dear Author that got me thinking: I was reading the Jennifer Greene books which are being re-released…
Read moreiPad guided tours–check out iBooks
Some links relating to Apple’s book plans. Start with this nifty wee guided tour of iBooks (you’ll have to pick iBooks out…
Read moreIf I were a publisher
If I were a publisher, I think I would be taking the same non-committal approach to ebook pricing as Random House. According…
Read moreguess who gets crushed in Wal-Mart vs. Amazon?
Amazon and Wal-Mart are fighting a book-price war. Walmart cut the price of their new hardcovers (blockbusters by Stephen King, John Grisham…
Read moreBarnes & Noble, ebooks competitor–not
For those who don’t follow publishing industry news, there’s been a lot of noise recently about Barnes & Noble’s new ebook store….
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