Eisler’s decision is a key benchmark on the road to wherever it is we’re going
I wasn’t planning to write a post this past weekend for Monday morning publication. But then Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler contacted me on Saturday to tell me what Barry is up to. I’ve read their lengthy conversation about Barry’s decision to turn down a $500,000 contract (apparently for two books) and join Joe (and many others, but none who have turned down half-a-million bucks) as a self-published author.... Read more
Leather’s Thrillers Fire Kindle Rivalry With Stieg Larsson
Two names dominate the Kindle U.K. Top 20 for electronic book sales: Stieg Larsson -- the late Swedish author whose “Millennium Trilogy” has sold 53 million copies around the world -- and Stephen Leather.
Stephen who? ... Read more
The missing ingredient: quality control in Indie ebooks
To me, the lack of quality control is a big deterrent to paying
more than a dollar or two for an indie ebook from an author
whose books I have not previously read... Read more
No online community? Then you’ve got no business
In a blog post on TheMediaBriefing earlier this month, Graham Ruddick argued that the traditional siloed split between commercial and editorial staff tended to discourage entrepreneurial thinking in publishing companies; referencing German war structures such as “auftragstaktik” (i.e. what needs to be done to win the mission, rather than an over-reliance on rules or structure). Read more
Why some iPhone games can be dangerous for kids?
Are all iPhone games safe for your kids? If you think so, you are
living under a false illusion. While there's no doubt that the Apple
App Store has several educational and fun games which are
good for kids, unfortunately it also hosts several games with
abusive language, violence and sexual content which are
unsuitable for kids... Read more
Rumour: Amazon App Store to launch tomorrow, sued by Apple already
With Apple’s new strict in-app purchasing policy looming, fresh
rumours of Amazon’s Android App Store are circulating.
It makes
sense – everyone knows that the door to in-app purchasing in
the Kindle app, and all others like it that kick buyers out to
website to take their money – will slam closed on June 30, and
Amazon were hardly going to sit on its hands about that. This
was a no-brainer... Read more
Using Text to “Enhance” E-books and Other Insights from the 2011 Leipzig Book Fair
Students from the HTWK Leipzig emerged before a standing
room only crowd at an event titled “rethinking the book” at the
Leipzig Book Fair on Thursday afternoon, well-prepared to
present the fruits of their labor on a project to transform book
content into innovative, intuitive apps for the iPhone... Read more
Are Cheaper E-book Enhancements Better than Expensive Options?
In today’s feature story about the Leipzig Book Fair, several
publishers reflect on the state of digital publishing and e-books.
Notably, several of them point out that e-books are not all about
bells and whistles... Read more
E-Books Sales Up 115%, But Does It Come At the Expense of Print?
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its
figures from January 2011 book sales, and the news echoes
what we've come to expect: more readers are turning to e-books,
and they're doing so in droves. In face, e-book sales have more
than doubled since the same time last year. According to the
AAP, e-book sales are up 115.8%, from 32.4 Dollers million to 69.9 Dollers
million year-over-year... Read more
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