Category Archives: publishing
"The Onion" releases 5 exclusive Kindle books for $2.99 each
If you enjoy the silly fake news and editorials of The Onion–my favorite thing to see is when really uptight strangers make the mistake of thinking a story is real and go bananas denouncing it–then you’ll be happy to know … Continue reading
Posted in deals, ebooks, funny, publishing
Tagged Amazon, current events, exclusives, fake news, humor, kindle, satire, the onion
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Amazon and Seth Godin partner up to create new worldwide publishing imprint
I’ve long had some precognition that I might be psychic, but now it’s confirmed; just a week after I posted a more or less random item about Seth Godin freebies, Amazon has announced that they’re partnering with him to launch … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, authors, books, business, news, people, publishing
Tagged Amazon Kindle, domino, marketing, partnerships, pod, publishers, publishing, seth godin
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Google Books launches in the U.S., works on Kindle's web browser
This morning, Google launched its heavily anticipated ebook store at books.google.com. Like its competitors, Google’s approach is to store your purchases online so that you can “buy once, read anywhere” (to steal a Kindle marketing phrase), but you can also … Continue reading
Posted in business, ebooks, online, publishing, resources
Tagged drm, ebooks, epub, google books, google ebooks, kindle, kobo, noook
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Give Project a break, it's no worse than any iPad magazine
Oh my dear goat lord, WHAT IS WRONG with people? This week the fairy of stupidity came down and sprayed IdiotGlitter all over a bunch of people who tried out Virgin’s new magazine app, Project. They all hate it. They … Continue reading
Posted in Apple iOS, apps, commentary, publishing, reviews
Tagged Apple iOS, apps, conde nast, criticism, ios, ipad, magazines, project, rants, reviews, virgin
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The public domain hobgoblin and how he steals your gold
Okay, so there’s a little bridge near the edge of the village. It’s not used very often, but it still serves a need for villagers who want to cross the river at that point. It’s nearly a century old now … Continue reading
Posted in books, commentary, ebooks, free, publishing
Tagged classics, copyfraud, copyright, free ebooks, overcharging, parasites, public domain, tricks, trolls
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Amazon and Penguin announce fourth annual novel writing competition
I hesitate to post this now that NaNoWriMo has just wrapped up, but fortunately the submission period doesn’t begin until the end of January, so you’ve got a couple of months to cool down and start rewrites. Anyway: Penguin and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, authors, contests, ebooks, kindle, penguin, publishing, writers, young adult
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Why are big publishers ignoring interactive picture books?
Yesterday Scholastic listed 10 trends in children’s lit for 2010, and #6 is in alignment with an October New York Times article on the decline in picture books. From the Scholastic list: “Publishers are publishing about 25 to 30 percent … Continue reading →