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Jun 11
Volume 1, Issue 1 of Dark Valentine Magazine, a new on-line quarterly devoted to dark fiction, is now available for free download at DarkValentine.net The joint venture of Katherine Tomlinson (publisher), Joy Sillesen (Editor/Design Director); and Joanne Renaud (art director), the collaboration was born when the three women met while working on John Donald Carlucci’s …
May 29
Take this link over to ZDNet if you’re interested in Mobile Gadgeteer reporter Matthew Miller’s first look at Barnes and Noble’s eReader App for iPad. Again, I want to take my hat off to B&N for embracing the eBook Revolution, and to Apple too, for allowing this feature and the broader selection of titles it …
May 24
I’ve been enjoying this chap’s writing and promotions. Now that he’s got the entire Variant Effect eBook finished (he wrote it in serial installments) I’ll post this from his press release. The whole eBook’s available at the address. Enjoy! The final installment of THE VARIANT EFFECT – Part Seven: ALPHA is now available in FREE …
May 14
Or should I say “eTempest in an eTeapot.” Okay, DailyFinance posted an article about Amazon’s decision to take Free eBooks off their best-seller list. It seems that free eBooks have been crowding up the top spots that would otherwise be occupied by paid titles. They will now have two separate lists: Best Selling Paid eBooks versus …
Apr 24
Our friend Jorgen commented on yesterday’s post with a link to an article at EbookWeek.com that delves into the environmental impact of eBooks and compares it to ‘paper’ book greenness with much more depth than The Washington Post story. It seems that there is a clear environmental benefit to going digital.
Apr 17
Starting to see these popping up all over the net, and I expect it’s just the beginning. People have had their iPads long enough to start making some knowledgeable comments. Here’s a link to an iPad Review at Tech with Tom at The City Wire. Pretty thorough. Well worth the read. (I’m still not sure …
Apr 04
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an article at the Arizona Republic that outlines some of the changes and challenges facing publishers and authors in the eBook Revolution. An informative read on this Easter Sunday.
Apr 01
We found an excellent article at The Economist describing the perilous questions that digital publishing poses for the traditional publishing world. It’s a very detailed discussion of the difficulties awaiting traditional publishers as they are forced by market and technological advances to adapt their business models to the eBook Revolution. The problem these corporate giants face is …
Mar 07
Thanks Jorgen for this link to a story at Publishers Weekly about Barnes and Noble’s test marketing print books bundled with eBooks. The deal should start sometime in the next 60 to 90 days and involves selling eBook editions of titles at serious discounts when customers buy regularly priced print books. They’re experimenting with the …
Jan 11
Thanks Jorgen for this link to a story at boingboing.net about author David Pogue’s experiment where he released a DRM-free eBook to see if the unlocked eBook would have an impact on overall sales of that title. The results were what we’ve been saying all along. A locked eBook only punishes paying customers, yah?
