Indie Author Market Share Increases

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GeekWire shines a light on the scam that traditional publishers continue to force on eBook consumers. Unfortunately, for them, they’ve only managed to manipulate their own digital decline.

The Indie author share of the eBook market continues to grow.

Marketing Tips from Author of the Renegade Queen

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Publishers Weekly offers marketing tips from popular Indie Author Eva Flynn.

Author and Narrator Denise Kahn Interviewed at FanGirlNation

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FanGirlNation interviews author and narrator Denise Kahn.

Word Trademarked in Effort to Scam Publishing Industry

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Vox fills us in on Cockygate. Or how to trademark a word to scam an industry and become the world’s most hated author in the process.

The Kobo Clara HD eReader Coming Soon

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Liliputing talks about the impending release of the Kobo Clara HD eReader as part of the coming lead-up to the Kobo/Rakuten/Walmart alliance that is bound to set the eBook Revolution on its ear.

Watch for the Kobo Clara HD eReader in late May or June.

Charles Darwin’s Favorite Book (Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne) Soon Available Online

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The Guardian reports that the fourth most-published book in the English language, Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789) by Rev Gilbert White, is about to be made available online.

Top Eight eBook Readers on the Market

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The Independent lists the Top Eight eBook Readers on the market.

Narrator Barbara Rosenblat Interviewed at FangirlNation

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FangirlNation interviewed audiobook narrator Barbara Rosenblat.

Kobo eReaders coming to Walmart this Summer

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A GoodeReader post wonders when Kobo eReaders will be available at Walmart.

Legacy Publisher Scam eBook Readers

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In a Bookseller article I missed (shame on me), Amy Durant shines some light on the scam being perpetrated by the legacy publishers on the reading public. By inflating eBook prices and fudging the data they’re reporting a drop in eBook sales when in fact, only legacy publisher eBooks are failing to sell.

The Indie authors and publishers continue to grab up market share.