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New website lets you tell publishers why you didn't buy that ebook
One of the more heated discussions about ebook reviews these days is whether it’s appropriate to leave one-star reviews on sites like Amazon if what you’re really reviewing is the price. Although it’s easy to see why people unconcerned with … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, bad reviews, complaining, complaints, customer feedback, ebooks, high prices, lost sales, price fixing, publishers, websites
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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
New source of reviews for Smashwords books
Smashwords is a terrific resource for low cost ebooks to read on your Kindle. Unfortunately, since anyone can publish there, it’s no better than Amazon at protecting you from badly written nonsense, and digging through its collection for the good … Continue reading
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Tagged books, indie, publishers, reviewers, reviews, smashwords, suggestions
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Why your book reviews are important
Have you read an indie or self-published book from the Kindle store recently? You should review it! Other Kindle readers will thank you, you’ll be famous (at least to that author), and you’ll be doing the entire Kindle community a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Amazon, ebooks, gatekeepers, independent, indie, kindle, publishers, reviews, self published, self publishers, shopping
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Penguin and Amazon settle pricing dispute, put books back up for sale on Kindle store
Although the terms haven’t been disclosed, Penguin’s CEO announced yesterday that his company and Amazon have reached an agreement on ebook pricing on the Kindle Store, and that the 150 or so books they’ve kept off the store for the … Continue reading
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Tagged $9.99, Amazon, disputes, ebooks, expensive, kindle, missing books, new releases, penguin, prices, pricing, publishers
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Two of the best explanations of the Amazon/Macmillan book battle
The feud between Amazon and Macmillan (and now Hachette) over how to sell ebooks is a complicated mess. Two of the best analyses I’ve found come from published writers who hold an obvious interest in what Amazon and publishing houses end up doing. Continue reading
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Tagged agency model, Amazon, analysis, book wars, digital, ebooks, explanations, hachette, kindle, macmillan, publishers, publishing, windowing
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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 →