Being broke is no excuse for piracy
Entitlement seems to run rampant in fandom these days. One post making the rounds calls fandom “broken” because fans are now in the habit of throwing public tantrums any time a...
Is the typewriter the ‘smell of books’ for writers?
Is the recent mania for typewriters and typewriter-like writing tools writing's equivalent to the "smell of books" preference for paper over e-books? It seems like a reasonable theory to me.
Tor.com has...
Needed: Better book searching from Amazon, Google and others
Do you remember when Amazon introduced both “Look Inside” and “Search Inside” functionality for books?
They were such simple yet revolutionary features at the time. Before Look/Search Inside, it was impossible to...
Why aren’t digital comics harming print comic sales?
E-books are seen to be contributing to a decline in printed book revenue—but something interesting is happening in the world of comic books. CNBC reports that print comic sales are actually...
Bucharest loves books: Bookfest 2016
You know, for a nation that supposedly doesn't read anymore, Romanians are ever-present in bookstores, libraries and other similar venues. Or at least in Bucharest we are: both yearly book...
E-book loving heroine in Nora Roberts’ new romance—but it’s still a letdown
I love an author who can roll with the times.
The heroine of The Obsession, by Nora Roberts (photo), is a tech-savvy, e-book reading photographer. Naomi Carson is delightful and made this otherwise...
Read science fiction – Our global crisis simulator
At the Brain Bar Budapest futurological congress in Budapest, Etienne Augé, Senior Lecturer at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication at the University of Rotterdam, and Founder Director of CHIFT (Community for Histories of...
May 2016 Author Earnings report paints more complete picture of self-publishing success
The latest Author Earnings report hit a few days ago, and it told some interesting tales—largely, the same tale over and over again. This time, recognizing some valid criticisms of prior...
The Adamos: UK’s stylish poster family for Amazon’s Audible audiobooks
Courtney Adamo, parenting blogger and mother of what's been dubbed "Britain's most stylish brood," has put up a new blog post announcing a family partnership with Amazon's Audible, and speaking about...
As e-reading moves to mobile, how will news publishers make money?
Other than e-books, one thing people read a lot—especially on mobile devices—is news. However, newspapers are still having a hard time monetizing their online portals, and some interesting statistics suggest a...
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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...
