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Aug.06.2010
Thought I'd give this Kindle thing a whirl. Personally, I prefer reading books the old fashioned way but maybe it's time to try something new and make a concession to "progress." Two of my fiction titles, Anxious Love (short stories), and Dear Dante (a novel) are now available in less...
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Aug.03.2010
by Joe Konrath
Eight months ago, I made some predictions about the future of ebooks. Let's see how I'm doing.
1. Ebook readers will be available in stores for less than $99. Probably. We're on track for this. Kindle just went down to $139. By the holidays, I'm still confident we'll hit $99. I...
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Jul.31.2010
Are ebook readers for book-lovers?
As Amazon unveils two lighter, more advanced versions of the Kindle e-reader, we ask: can they ever replace books?
The latest version of Amazon's Kindle e-reader. But are they right for book-lovers?
Yes - of course, and they save a lot of space in the...
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Jul.29.2010
E-books of the latest generation are so brand new that publishers can’t agree on what to call them.
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An “enhanced” “Nixonland” arrives Thursday.
Multimedia Video Preview: ‘Nixonland’ Video Preview: ‘The Pillars of the Earth’
In the spring Hachette Book Group called its...
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Jul.27.2010
When Assholes Collide
by Matt Stewart
Two publishing industry titans smashed into each other last week, and it couldn't have come sooner.
Basically, Random House has been screwing authors by assuming ebook rights they were never contractually awarded--because ebooks hadn't...
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Jul.27.2010
Naomi sent me a message. She asked:
“What I would like to know, is when you are trying to get a paid gig online, how do you find out if it is legitimate? And if they refuse to pay you at some point, what can be done about that. Most of us cannot afford a literary lawyer, since they are so expensive...
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Jul.25.2010
Bret Easton Ellis on eBooks: "The Royalty Rate Is Actually Going to Be the Same, If Not More"By Jason Boog on Jul 22, 2010 02:23 PMhttp://dsimple.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/royalties_full1.jpg
Via the video magic of Big Think, we asked novelist Bret Easton Ellis about digital...
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Jul.19.2010
It's been a doozy of a month so far. My editor and close family friend was just released from the hospital yesterday after having a double mastectomy. She's doing remarkably well! :) Before she went into the hospital, she managed to finish editing the second book in my Black Earth series, The...
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Jul.16.2010
Today I heard a story on the radio that caught my attention. It began with a story not unlike my own. A writer discussed how she’d received complementary letters from publishers and editors in response to her manuscript submissions. Although they liked her work respondents didn’t think they’d be...
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Jul.16.2010
This year is turning out to be an interesting one for me as a writer and in the writing industry. The great debate about e-books and pricing is heating up. More and more authors are joining in the e-book explosion and self-published authors are on the rise.
As an indie author (trendy term for...
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