Kindle is getting stricter on scammers
While it’s easy to think most of the people Amazon is ripping off are local retailers, authors, and publishing houses, let us not forget the unassuming consumer who ventures into… Read more »
Serial killer’s book shoots to the top of Amazon charts—then disappears
An author’s fascinating or salacious backstory can be key to a book’s allure (and marketing campaign). But the taste of the reading public isn’t infinitely flexible, and this is nowhere… Read more »
Publish an electronic textbook on literally any subject, no matter how little you know about it, with Kindle’s textbook program
Publish or perish, amiright? Yesterday Amazon introduced a new program that will help academics get around the pesky thought of placing work with a publisher. Get ready for self-published textbooks.… Read more »
A quarter of what? Confusing Amazon ebook sales stat released
The Guardian ran a misleading headline yesterday: “Amazon reveals quarter of ebook sales in US were for indie publishers.” The story was based on a tweet from Writer.ly during a… Read more »
Amazon kills 70% royalties for authors who won’t play ball on pricing
A Daily Telegraph story reports that Amazon is cutting royalties for self-published works priced above $9.99. The current royalty rate is 70% of all sales, so long as the price… Read more »
The mystery of the White Glove: British agency partners with Amazon
White Glove (I know, you couldn’t make this stuff up)… Read more »
What does it cost to deliver an ebook?
In a much-discussed post at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow focuses on author Andrew Hyde, who recently “wrote and self-published a great-looking travel book” via the usual ebook retail channels but… 5 / Read more »