We know that Amazon likes to be first. First in everything but, especially being first. Surprisingly enough there,
September 15, 2014
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August 29, 2014
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To dethrone a good king, you need to change the game
The more things change, the more they remain the same. I had written about it on my blog a long time ago. The news of Google and Barnes & Noble tie-up to take on Amazon is making me write it … Continue reading
July 15, 2014
by Jaya
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Amazon’s Monopoly? Publishers’ Doing.
Dear Publishers, I abso-bloody-lutely hate monopolies. Have a look at the term monopoly on Wikipedia. You will read how monopolies have screwed humanity through the ages! Take the salt monopoly in China that dates back to the year 758. Okay, … Continue reading
May 30, 2014
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A Brief History of E-books
These days e-books are not considered a novelty at all. Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and the Sony Reader are but a few of the dedicated readers available on the market. Kindle has almost become a household name. Then you have apps … Continue reading
May 20, 2014
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Smashwords for Independent Authors and Publishers (Part 2)
In the previous post in the series, we had discussed what file formats are accepted on Smashwords and how their distribution works. Let’s look at pricing, royalty and marketing now. Who sets the price? As author or publisher, you set … Continue reading
May 16, 2014
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Smashwords for Independent Authors and Publishers (Part 1)
Smashwords is the largest distributor of self-published e-books in the world. They have more than 290,000 titles published by 80,000+ authors and publishers around the world. As an author what will interest you the most is that when you publish … Continue reading
May 9, 2014
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e-books and DRM
What is DRM? Digital Rights Management, or DRM, is, theoretically, a way to protect the creator of digital content, like music, documents, films and e-books, against piracy and illegal copying. We are all aware that piracy is a big problem. … Continue reading
May 2, 2014
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How to Sell Your E-book on Amazon Kindle? (Part 1)
Given its huge customer base, authors, established or new, all covet the idea of their books being listed on Amazon. Besides Kindle is the most popular e-reader in the market. Amazon is a big company and it is still growing. So, … Continue reading
April 22, 2014
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Samsung Galaxy, Kindle and Free E-books
InstaScribe’s co-creator Jaya Jha tried Kindle for Samsung. — Samsung and Amazon have released a galaxy-only
February 20, 2014
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Resolved KDP’s “Look Inside” Feature Issue
We had written about an issue we were facing while uploading our files to Kindle through KDP. We have been able to resolve that now. The older renderers for Kindle had weak support for some CSS features. The “Look Inside” … Continue reading