Video game developer prompts Amazon review retaliation against one-star game reviewer
I ran across a story the other day that made me think about the way that parts of our online activities can affect other parts, and the risk that you take...
Book Review: Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
I stumbled across Blood Song by Anthony Ryan from a Books on The Knob post. She said it was at the upper end of her "bargain" category, and at $4.99 I...
New site reviews Smashwords books
Neil Crab has started a Smashwords book review site called, appropriately, Smashwords Books Reviewed. Neil is a Smashwords author himself, with a book of short stories, Believable Lies, and is...
Review: Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover
Are you envying the light on the Kindle Paperwhite, but you're not quite ready to give up your Kindle Touch or basic Kindle? Consider the Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover. I have...
Engadget, CNet give JooJoo lackluster reviews
We’ve given a great deal of coverage to the iPad lately, but another tablet device has come out at about the same time. How does the much-anticipated Fusion Garage JooJoo,...
Book review: The Imago Sequence and Other Stories, by Laird Barron, Night Shade Books
Public health warning: This book has been known to induce anomie, despair, alienation, disenchantment, toxic doubt, and pervasive crawling fear. It has also been known to make people write about it...
Tips for self-published authors to ensure a smooth review
I have been fielding a lot of author queries lately, and I have some suggestions for all you authors who want to ensure a smooth review. I'm going to...
Bookish Now Has E-Reading Apps. Hooray?
Earlier this month, I wrote about the launch of Bookish. At the time, their e-reading apps were "coming soon." And now they are here. Are we impressed?
Not really. It's a bare...
Consumer Reports calls Nook very slightly better than Kindle
Which is the better e-reader, Nook or Kindle? If you listen to Consumer Reports, the answer is the Nook—by a nose. Book eReader reports that CR’s latest review, comparing the Kindle...
E-book review: Young Honor and Elizabeth (Honor Harrington prequels)
Previously: Introduction Treecat Trilogy The next three prequel stories move into the “present-day” era of the Honor Harrington setting. In...
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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...
