Kindle Spam Highlights the Worst Side of Easy Self-Publishing
The Kindle has done a lot to bring publishing from fantasy to reality for new authors everywhere. In an industry previously dominated by publishing houses that have a track record of refusing to take...
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Nook Kids Out of Luck On iPad
In recent news, Apple has decided to start thoroughly enforcing their in-app purchasing rules after a bit of a delay. While this is inconvenient for Kindle users, Nook users, and pretty much everybody...
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Pottermore Brings Books To Kindle, But Leaves Fans Open To Scams
As most of you will almost certainly be aware by now, the ever popular Harry Potter series is on its way to the Kindle. The author, J.K. Rowling, is keeping control over the distribution of the books...
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Seeks To Bring Value Back To Kindle eBooks
For those who have been paying attention, it doesn’t come as much of a shock to hear that people are unhappy about the rise in price of Kindle eBooks caused by the Agency Model pricing forced on Amazon...
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A Kindle Conversion: Why The EPUB Argument Stopped Mattering
Amazon made what appeared to be some fairly big opponents in the earliest days of the Kindle. All they had to do was decide to go with a closed format. Unlike some companies who might have decided...
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Penguin, Overdrive, and Amazon: Kindle Library Lending Gets Complicated
Kindle owners found themselves targeted recently in a fairly unpleasant way. Penguin USA, one of the largest publishers in the world, decided that it would be a smart business move to pull their...
View ArticleKindle Success Spurs Apple To New eBook Moves
Recent reports indicate that later this month we can expect to see Apple host a press conference related to, of all things, eBooks. After news that the Kindle Fire has had a noticeable impact on iPad...
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Apple Attacks Kindle Publishing With iBooks Author, Drama Ensues
We are well aware now what the big Apple announcement for January was: their new iBooks Author program. It is a program that allows for easy creation of books, most notably textbooks, for free....
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Thoughts on Kindle Publishing
When it comes to publishing an indie book, the Kindle Direct Publishing program has done wonders for new authors all over the place. Some, like John Locke and Amanda Hocking, have manages to hit it...
View ArticleAmazon vs B&N Conflict May Mean More Kindle Exclusives
In what is just the latest point of conflict between Amazon and Barnes & Noble over their relative positions in book sales, B&N has announced that they are unwilling to stock any Amazon...
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Franzen Dislikes Kindle, Gives Voice To Misconceptions About eBooks
Jonathan Franzen, author of such wildly popular titles as The Corrections and Freedom has recently made a bit of an impact on the eReading community by coming out against electronic media. Apparently...
View ArticleThe Amazon Kindle, eBooks, and Piracy
While it is hardly the only place that media piracy is coming up these days, eBook piracy is very much on the minds of publishers and booksellers. There has been some informed speculation made that...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Borrowing Scares Penguin Away From Helping Libraries
Obviously there has often been a bit of strain in the relationship between publishers and libraries, much of the time with arguments along the same lines as those currently used against media piracy,...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Loses Access to 5,000 Titles in IPG Dispute
In response to some arm twisting by Amazon, the Independent Publishers Group has decided to take a stand and pull all of their titles from the Kindle Store. While the Kindle is a great device and the...
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Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Hits 100K Milestone; Can It Continue?
Amazon’s controversial Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has proven to be a hit among readers and an appealing option for many self-publishers, but there still remains some question as to how successful...
View ArticleArguing that Amazon’s Behavior Justifies Agency Model Price Fixing is Idiotic
Since the rise of the Agency Model that Apple made possible for publishers in a partnership surrounding the release of the iBooks application and store for the original iPad (a partnership now awaiting...
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Will Amazon Unwittingly Destroy the Kindle?
Kindle Touch It’s been clear since early this year that as the Kindle Fire was taking off so impressively, Amazon was experiencing some amount of decreased Kindle eReader interest among its customers....
View ArticleAgency Model Set To Fall! Kindle Book Prices Will Follow Suit
Not much is known at this time about what options are being discussed by the publishers under attack by the Justice Department. We do have good information that there are settlement options on the...
View ArticleAmazon Suspends Adding New Kindle Newspapers Due To Overwhelming Demand?
The new rule for making a newspaper work seems to be maximizing its availability. This means that not only does it need to be at the local supermarket and gas stations, you also need to have editions...
View ArticleKindle Owners Win Big With First DOJ Publisher Settlement
The first major change in eBook pricing to come about since the launch of the iPad is at hand. The U.S. Department of Justice has already negotiated settlements with three of the six major publishing...
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Amazon Studios vs Netflix: Building Exclusive Content for Instant Video and...
Remember when I was doubtful that Amazon would feel like it was worth taking on Netflix over the video streaming market, no matter how important video was to the Kindle Fire? They still aren’t quite...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Kindle Book Successful
I am not a bestselling author, nor do I play one on television. I do, however, take a great deal of interest in how those who have managed to make it big with their self-published Kindle books have...
View ArticleIPG Titles Return to the Kindle After 3 Months
It has been an interesting few months of discussion, debate, argument, and drama, but The Independent Publishers Group has finally arrived at terms with Amazon that will allow their titles to return to...
View ArticleHow Publishers Can Kill the Kindle by Trusting Customers
There is no avoiding the fact that the Big 6 publishers created their own problem in the Kindle. Amazon provided them with an easy way to start making a move into digital publishing when it was just...
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Did the Kindle Start a Trend Toward Paperless Living?
A recent survey put out by Gartner looked at portable device usage among five hundred or so participants to see how things like tablet computing were changing the way we live. One of the more notable...
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