September 29, 2014
by Jaya
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TL; DR: It’s not the book, silly. It’s the ecosystem. Each physical book is a different product, unconnected to each other. I might have been buying books from a store twenty miles from home for the last twenty years but … Continue reading
September 23, 2014
by punjacked
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1. Sale of Joan Rivers’ book sky rocketed following her death on 4th September. It saw a 570% increase in sales in 1 week. 2. HarperCollins will add new invisible watermarks to its ebooks to battle piracy. The watermark will be … Continue reading
September 16, 2014
by punjacked
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1. One of Maya Angelou’s last projects, a hip-hop album based on her poetry, is set to release in November. The album mixes her poetry and vocal with hip hop. 2. Amazon is all set to launch it’s Fire Phone in … Continue reading
September 2, 2014
by punjacked
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1. Kobo‘s Aura H20, the new waterproof e-book reader will be available for sale from October 1, 2014. According to Kobo’s president, more 60% of the users wanted to be able to use e-book readers by water without worrying. (http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/devices/article/63797-kobo-debuts-waterproof-e-reader.html) … Continue reading
August 26, 2014
by punjacked
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1. Amazon will be selling physical books for the first time in the Amazon. Amazon opened a
August 25, 2014
by Jaya
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Once publishing was inherently tied to printing. Those who owned presses published books. “Printers & Publishers” went in the name of many companies. Later on, technology advanced, printing became more accessible, and one printer became easily substitutable with another. Publishing … Continue reading
August 22, 2014
by InstaScribe
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Once upon a time self publishers were looked at with condescending eyes. Now they’re raking up sales and occupying so much space in social media that traditional publishers need to take stock of where their business is headed and where writing … Continue reading
July 15, 2014
by Jaya
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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
June 6, 2014
by Jaya
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The recent Hachette-Amazon standstill isn’t the first time when accusations have been hurled at Amazon for acting against the publishing industry. But these voices were never this loud earlier. So, what is happening? Is Amazon hurting the publishing industry? Let’s … Continue reading
May 20, 2014
by InstaScribe
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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