DoJ settlement probably bad for midlist writers
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with three of the Big Six publishers to refrain from agency pricing for two…
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Figuring it out
Continuing yesterday’s saga* about turning the manuscript of my latest novel into an ereader-ready file for advance readers… I was having a…
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I am currently having fun trying to turn my Hild ms. into something pretty which early readers can read on their Kindle….
Read moreThis, right here, is what publishing needs to fix
(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…
Read moreEbook pricing
Two different publishers lost sales to me last night because of price. I had happily read on my Kindle long and juicy…
Read moreBooks are journeys
I love books. I love my Kindle–I’ve read more novels per month in the last two years than I did before I…
Read moreBig news for ebook royalties
Via Richard Curtis at e-reads, news of a 9th Circuit decision that could very well have a huge impact on ebook royalties….
Read moreMaintaining my interesting status
From: Pia I have read some of your recent Ask Nicola blog entries which support epublishing. I have become inseparable from my…
Read moreWhy self-publishing looks more and more attractive
Mike Shatzkin lays out the ebook royalty arithmetic again, this time for self-published titles. (See this post for his sums on trade…
Read moreWow: The Elements–what an iPad textbook can look like
(via eBookNewser) The 3-D option is particularly nifty. I’m thinking what an amazing iPad version I could make of And Now We…
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 moreChange: royalties and momentous events
Yesterday, GalleyCat had a story that caught my eye: In a series of memos today, Random House, Inc. announced some wide-ranging changes…
Read morethis and that
I’m still busy building the new LambdaLiterary.org (it’s coming soon, really–go help us by completing the survey). Meanwhile, please enjoy these links…
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…
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The Apple tablet is called…iPad. It’s a giant iPhone. It looks good. 10 hrs battery use, a month standby. (Not sure I…
Read morecustomisable books
Very interesting blog post over at Dear Author about customising car dashboards, and smart phone displays, and, eventually, ebooks. I agree with…
Read moreBook Industry Study Group e-book survey
There’s a new study out in publishing town, the BISG survey on e-book consumerism. (Via Richard Curtis.) New York, NY (January 15,…
Read moreWolf Hall wins the Booker
Hilary Mantel wins the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, a novel about Thomas Cromwell. It’s a long meaty historical, apparently; the first…
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….
Read moreiPhone is a Kindle killer?
Ann Kirschner, university dean of William E. Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York and the author of Sala’s…
Read moreplastic logic
Now this looks more like it. (The article is somewhat oddly and sketchily written but it has an image gallery that’s worth…
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