This morning, Amazon and author Warren Adler co-announced the release of five previously unpublished novels as Kindle exclusives. Adler is probably most famous for “The War of the Roses”, which was made into a moderately successful Hollywood film in 1989. The new books are exclusive to Amazon but available in paperback as well as Kindle [...]
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Today's bargain book: "A Scattered Life" by Karen McQuestion
“A Scattered Life” by Karen McQuestion Price: $2.99 Read “Carolyn Parkhurst Reviews ‘A Scattered Life’ on Amazon’s official Kindle blog, Kindlepost.com. Summary: Free-spirit Skyla Plinka has found the love and stability she always wanted in her reliable husband Thomas. Settling into her new family and roles as wife and mother, life in rural Wisconsin is [...]
Don't pay for Bree Tanner! Stephenie Meyer makes her latest Twilight book free for everyone
If you’re a fan of the Twilight teen vampire series, you already know that today a novella went on sale called The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. It’s available on Amazon for about $7 if you buy the hardcover, and for $10 if you buy the Kindle version. (Blame that absurdly high price on [...]
Hardcover vs ebook: why staggered release dates are a bad idea
By choosing to stagger release dates for Stephen King’s new novel Under the Dome, Scribner wasted an opportunity to reset ebook pricing expectations with consumers, and they’re wasting marketing dollars too.