Authors often fail at crowdfunding because it requires preparation
Jane Friedman has an excerpt from an upcoming book, Crowdfunding for Authors by Bethany Joy Carlson, posted to her blog, and it brings up some interesting issues having to do with...
Guest post: Alan Gilliland on Kelly’s Efficiency Index
Here is a small observation on Kelly’s Efficiency Index, which some publishers are using to evaluate the potential of authors. [(number of units sold ÷ number of titles published) x .001 = Efficiency Index]
Men’s erotica finds a home on the Kindle
It was only a matter of time until mainstream journalists noticed.
Slate has a probably-not-completely-safe-for-work piece that looks at the rise in popularity of erotica and pornography delivered by e-book reader. Although...
Bookstores! Here’s how to both compete with Amazon and tap e-book synergies
Digital Book World has carried a long piece on Hummingbird Digital Media, a subsidiary of American West Books previously covered by Chris Meadows which hopes to ensure that "anyone can sell ebooks...
Amazon removes incest-related erotica titles from store, Kindle archive
A discussion thread on Amazon’s Kindle Community forum notes that Amazon has begun removing some previously-published books or stories from its store, and from the Kindle archives. Readers who have previously...
Data Guy of Author Earnings: A TeleRead Q. & A.
NEW YORK CITY -- So what's "Data Guy" like on stage in person at Digital Book World March 9? And can he win over at least some of the skeptics?
First, a little catch-up...
E-book self-publishers, don’t neglect nontraditional markets: Look beyond Amazon
I just got my first sales payment of 2016, and it wasn't from Amazon. I have a few offerings available on a niche website for teachers, which just sent me $1.74...
Latest OverDrive Digital Library Trends report cites 30-40 percent library ebook boost
America's favorite ebook and audiobook distributor OverDrive has announced its 2016 Digital Library Trends report ahead of its airing at the 2016 Public Library Association (PLA) Conference. And OverDrive predicts that: "public libraries'...
Codex Group ‘tablets killing e-books’ report revisited
Last month, I covered Codex Group President Peter Hildick-Smith’s presentation at BookExpo America on the impact decreasing e-ink reader use is having on e-book purchasing. Now Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly...
Porter Anderson vs. J.A. Konrath on e-book pricing
It can be entertaining to watch a good fight sometimes. That’s the case concerning a recent post by Porter Anderson discussing the question of publisher pricing on e-books, and a response...
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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...
