Amazon Kindle International – publishers screw readers again
According to the Bookseller publishers are insisting on territorial rights with the issue of the new international Kindle. UK publishers are insisting that these rights be observed if they are...
Pirated copies of Lost Symbol appear; Publishers surprised
Articles in the New York Times and the Bookseller are reporting that pirated copies of Dan Brown's Lost Symbol are appearing on the net. The interesting thing about the articles...
Misreading the consumer – publishers, ebooks and Gandhi
Bookofjoe has reported on a story coming out of India. Mountblanc issues limited edition fountain pens on a regular basis. Some of them are quite beautiful, and some are...
Jason Pinter on Why the Digital Revolution is Missing the Big Picture
Here's just a snippet from an excellent article in The Huffington Post by bestselling author Jason Pinter who is the author of the Henry Parker novels. Ebooks...
Dear publishers – We don’t believe you
Editor's Note: This is reprinted, with permission, from L'Ombre del l'Olivier, The Shadow of the Olive Tree, being the maunderings of an Englishman on the Cote d'Azur. Paul Biba
Dear Publishers
Other than...
Digital publishing and the editorial process
The author of the Survival of the Book blog, who is evidently an editor, raises an interesting point about the lack of the editorial process in with operations such as Smashwords....
Self-publishing, E-books, and Legitimacy: Part 1
Editor's Note: Luke Bergeron is a contributor to TeleRead and has given me permission to reprint his 5-part series which is currently appearing on his blog mispeled. Future installments...
Is it worth it? Ruminations of an e-book self-publisher by Steve Jordan
Editor’s note: I received an essay by e-mail from Steve Jordan, author and TeleRead contributor, who, by the way, will be posting it eventually in a different form on his Web...
Old Man’s War: Not the only freebie available from John Scalzi
If you enjoyed the Old Man's War freebie, courtesy of TOR, with the approval of author John Scalzi, you might want to check out his other books free online, especially Agent...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
