Category Archives: self publishing
Publetariat asking for dollar donations to stay afloat
If you write with the intention of publishing, and if you’re online much at all, you’ve probably come across Publetariat, a popular online community serving authors and publishers. Today the editor posted a public request for donations to keep the … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, news, online, people, publishing, self publishing
Tagged donations, financial crisis, online resources, publishing, self publishing, websites, writers
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Amazon thinning out the public domain herds on Kindle store?
Morris Rosenthal, the man who posted a helpful list of free classics on the Kindle store last month to help readers bypass unnecessary fees, just announced that Amazon pulled his test version of a Dickens classic and told him that … Continue reading
Posted in books, business, ebooks, self publishing
Tagged added fees, free ebooks, kindle, piggyback publishing, public domain
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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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Harkaway's four strategies for digital publishing
On Futurebook.net, the digital blog launched by UK magazine Bookseller, Nick Harkaway just published two insightful pieces on digital publishing. Maybe I think they’re insightful because they speak to my own prejudices, but I do think he makes clear, logical … Continue reading
Posted in business, publishing, self publishing
Tagged apps, business plans, digital publishing, drm, ebooks, ideas, windowing
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Writers, readers, publishers, and the desire to know everything at once
I like infoporn. I love to pore over traffic charts for websites, or look at survey numbers from opinion polls, or sit back and marvel at a really good graph, which is infoporn’s centerfold. One area where the data-crunching promise … Continue reading
Posted in authors, business, commentary, DIY, publishing, self publishing
Tagged analytics, booksellers, business data, charts, crunching, data, digital publishing, disruptive, DIY, fanbases, fans, future, indie publishing, inforporn, publishing, readers, sales data, sales ranks, self publishing, social networking, social networks, transparency, trends
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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 →