Bravo to historical romance author Courtney Milan, who walked away from a book deal with publisher, Harlequin in February over it’s royalty offer of 8 percent of the cover price for digital sales. Eight percent is damned insulting to authors in this day where eBook sales are stronger than ever and other publishers are offering [...] Read more »
Tough Love For The Self Published
Author M.J. Rose of Author Buzz and Amy Edelman of Indiereader have written two pieces at The Huffington Post with advice that “no one is brave enough to tell” authors. While writers are thrilled that they can finally get their work into the hands of readers, the authors argue that writers need to wake up [...] Read more »
Beyond eBooks: The Active eBook?
J.A. Konrath has a great post up about the future of eBook technology. Tech always changes and with those changes comes price drops and new features. While eBooks are a new delivery system, they aren’t yet bringing much new to the table. Konrath suggests a way in which that could soon change. Most of the [...] Read more »
Kindle eBooks Now Outselling All Print Books Combined At Amazon
Are you still not sure about self publishing? If you’re still sitting on the sidelines, maybe today’s news from Amazon will finally change your mind. The company announced today that customers are now buying more eBooks via the Kindle and its app than BOTH hardcover and paperback books combined. Additionally, year-over-year sales show that Amazon [...] Read more »
The Secret To Publishing Success – Piracy?
Fast Company has an excellent post pointing out that piracy has actually vaulted a book to Number One on Amazon’s bestseller list. The book, Go The Fuck To Sleep, by Adam Mansbach started out as a Facebook post in June, which detailed a rather frustrating bedtime routine with his two year old daughter. In the [...] Read more »
Creating A Paranormal World: Tips
Cynthia Hand, first-time author of Unearthly, posted some tips over at Inkpop for authors looking to create their own paranormal worlds. 1.Do the research. For most paranormal worlds there is some sort of mythology and history out there. Most of the big best-selling books like The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, etc, that have fantastic, creative [...] Read more »
A Book About Life… Coming Soon
Sean and I have been posting lots of self publishing news on the site (rather than feature posts) as we’ve been finishing up two books. The first is Four Seasons, a book about life and experiment Sean wrote over the course of the year and sent out to his mailing list at WriterDad. We just [...] Read more »
Is New Harper Collins Romance eBook Line A Bad Deal For Authors?
Harper Collins launched a digital eBook line called Avon Impulse Monday, which will publish one romance title per week. The company said it is rolling the site out now as traditional channels for genre fiction books are shrinking and romance is experiencing growth in digital publishing. Readers will benefit from books which are vetted for [...] Read more »
Self Published Writer Amanda Hocking’s Meteoric Climb Continues
Huffington Post is the latest website to report on Amanda Hocking’s rise to fame, saying the writer is a millionaire from her self-published e-books. In one year, Huffpo reports, Amanda has sold more than 900,000 copies of her eBooks. Check out the full story at Huffpo. Also, here’s a video report on Amanda’s success. Read more »
Advice To Publishers: This Is How You Can Thrive In The Age Of EBooks
We’ve all heard the news – publishers are running scared from the success that self-publishers are finding with Kindle and other e-readers. But perhaps they shouldn’t be scared. Maybe publishers can learn and adapt to the changing industry. Business Insider recently posted some advice to traditional publishers. The bad news is: you’re now competing with [...] Read more »
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