Accounting for Authors, Publishing’s Forgotten Customers (Digital Book World)
One issue I hear talked about a lot lately among publishers is the need to figure out who their customers are.
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Apple Must Pay Patent Troll $532M, Texas Jury Rules (GigaOM)
Apple must pay a shell company $532.9 million because iTunes infringes upon three patents related to online patents, a jury in East Texas ruled on Tuesday.
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7 TV Series That Take Place in Bookstores (Book Riot)
Now it’s time for 7 TV series that take place in bookstores.
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Amazon to Publish eBooks Chosen by Kindle Scout, its Reader-Powered Publishing Platform (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
It’s been some 3 months since Amazon choose the first titles from its crowd-sourced publishing program, Kindle Scout, and today Amazon announced that the first crop of titles are now up for pre-order.
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Kindle Daily Deal: Rogue River Novella Series (and others)