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Kris Kathryn Rusch’s blog was hacked about 12 hours after she posted an update to the infamous Royalty Statement. For anyone who didn’t read it, it was reporting ebook sale underreporting by many major book publishers. It’s gone on to be one of her most famous posts, and people still talk about it. Not only [...] I thought I posted about this, but a look through the archive shows I didn’t. Oops! Smashwords today announced a distribution agreement with Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest distributors of physical and digital books. The agreement will expand distribution for nearly 100,000 Smashwords books to new devices and markets. There are two [...] Yep, there is a new story in the Salmon Run series! In the aftermath of the earthquake Hawk and Zach Callahan get a surprise: their lodge has been appointed a long-term shelter for those who’s homes were destroyed. In the midst of it all, the aliens reveal themselves to Zach and Sasha’s families, but for [...] With ebooks we run into one very big difficulty: reader understanding how long or short a story is. Some retailers understand this dilemma. On Omnilit and All Romance eBooks, there is a field in which to put the the word count of the work. Smashwords estimates the word count of the entire ebook when it [...] Amazon has announced a special ebook lending library for Prime subscribers. In the past several days they have sent emails out to the authors and publishers who use their KDP platform inviting them to join. “We’re excited to introduce KDP Select – a new option dedicated to KDP authors and publishers worldwide, featuring a fund [...] The science fiction and fantasy world was lost something wonderful. Anne McCaffrey, the author who brought us the Pern, Rowen, Crystal Singer, and so many other series and stories has passed away. Anne was a wonderful writer who inspired me as a teen for her wonderful worlds, character development, fight sequences (learned SO much), and [...] Ah, August. Heat-wave, sick, and add on top of it the traditional book-publishing summer slump. I went into August figuring that any sales would be a wonderful surprise. Don’t expect anything. Just be happy with anything you get. And I was very surprised. July is technically a part of the publishing summer slump, but for [...] There are a lot of ebook formats out there. Epub, Mobi, Lrf, and so on. Epub and Mobi are the big ones, backed by Barnes & Noble and Amazon respectively. Not all of them can stand forever. And now one has fallen. Yes, this reminds me of the VHS/Betamax, Blue-Ray/HD DVD wars. The .Lit format was [...] |
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