Category Archives: business
Three misperceptions about the ebook business
You can pretty much always find outspoken, passionate diatribes about ebooks online. I’ve written several myself, but in my defense I had to, or else the Ebook Bloggers Board would have flogged me and taken away my WordPress dashboard. Even … Continue reading
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Tagged canards, copyright, digital publishing, ebooks, media, misperceptions, myths, publishing, self publishing
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Staples will start selling the Kindle this Sunday
If you still haven’t managed to see a Kindle in person at your nearest Target or Best Buy, you can try Staples starting this Sunday, October 10th. The office supply retailer has made that the official day when the ebook … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, brick and mortar, kindle, locations, retailers, staples, stores, test drive, where to buy
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Free excerpts on the Kindle Store: you're doing it wrong!
“Many free Kindle books are awesome. Not this one… You don’t get 10 stories, you get mediocre previews of 10 books.” – Working Mom “Maybe I missed it in the description but this only had one section. I didn’t enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in books, business, publishing, self publishing
Tagged angry customers, bad reviews, customer service, excerpts, free offers, freebies, kindle, marketing, one star reviews, previews, sample chapters, samples
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Amazon's new Kindle ad makes me feel weird about owning a Kindle
Have you seen the new Kindle spot yet? At first I thought it was made by a fan, or that it was one of the entries submitted for Amazon’s “create a Kindle ad” contest that ran last month. Not because … Continue reading
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Tagged ads, commercials, comparisons, ipad, kindle, outside, pool, responses, screens, television, tv, videos, visibility, youtube
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Andrew Wylie cancels exclusive deal with Amazon, re-partners with Random House
Hey, remember when these books were all released to Amazon directly by the literary agency instead of through the print publisher? No? You don’t care? Yeah, it’s a bit insidery, but the reason it was interesting to consumers is it … Continue reading
How a publisher can get me to buy more books
I’ve spent too many days this summer visiting this page on Amazon’s Kindle store, waiting for the price of the latest book from Charles Stross to drop to $9.99 (as of the date of this post, it’s $11.99). Clearly, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in business, commentary, ebooks, publishing
Tagged agency pricing, ebooks, new releases, prices, publishers, sales
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Why DRM is a distraction
There are bigger problems in the ebook marketplace than individual piracy. You may not feel that way if you’re an author or publisher with a marketable title. And you may not feel that way if you’re a staunch consumer advocate, … Continue reading →