Amid all the excitement about ebooks comes the news that the vast majority of readers still are not interested in anything other than chunks of dead trees. The Bookseller.com reports.
Barnes and Noble now has a self-publishing program, designed to garner content for their Nook. Although it is purportedly easy to do, it's not clear that it offers publicity to an aspiring author. It's not enough to publish, long tail or no, writers must also find audiences. Fast Company reports.
As ebooks become more important as income sources to writers and publishers, so does the concern about their being shared by people other than the purchaser. TeleRead looks at what's going on.
A not-unusual problem for writers with a successful series that doesn't make big numbers is their publisher's decision to drop either the next book or let the series go out of print. In the era of epublishing, there is a possible solution. J. A. Konrath loves Kindle, and is doing very well.
And the rest of the film, which was developed from the comic book series, but does not follow the same plot line. NB: This is very violent. There is also an English dub.
Publishers Weekly points to a clue that, despite Judge Chin's new appointment, the Google Book Setlement might stay in his hands. It's a straw in the wind that might be completely meaningless, but so much effort has been expended by so many that any hint of how things might go inspires intense interest.
Amazon is removing free titles from its Kindle bestseller list. Publishers Weekly reports. This is a less obvious move than one might think since some publishers having been using free giveaways to drive interest in new books. No doubt some new strategy will occur to them.
An old wrinkle revisited: the Google Book Settlement may not be compatible with existing treaties and several countries have already objected on behalf of their authors. Publishers Weekly reports.
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Many Readers Uninterested in Ereaders
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