Tuesday evening, I attended a focus group at the Scottsdale Library. Here is the invitation I received from them. The Scottsdale Public Library invites you to participate in a focus group session on public libraries and e-book content. We are interested in getting your view on a variety of topics… Continue reading
Walmart recently announced that it will stop selling the Kindle in its stores. Analysts figure this is partly to prevent what is known as showrooming, where customers look at a product in the physical store and then buy it online. Analysts also believe Walmart is taking Amazon as a serious… Continue reading
Today and tomorrow (May 18 and 19) are the last two days of free promotion before Rigel Kentaurus falls off KDP Select. You can find the book here. Early next week, the novel will be uploaded to Barnes and Noble and to Smashwords, as well as posted here, on my… Continue reading
I woke up to Twitter abuzz about an alliance between Microsoft and Barnes and Noble in an effort to take on the Kindle Fire. Tobias Buckell has already blogged about this, and I’m sure John Scalzi and Mike Stackpole won’t be far behind. Regardless of opinion on Microsoft, this generates… Continue reading
Thanks to my friend Luc Ried, I viewed this slideshow wednesday evening, and I thought it good enough to share. How Data-Driven Decisions *Might* Help Indie Ebook Authors Reach More Readers View more PowerPoint from Smashwords, Inc.
Much has already been said about this topic by others, including John Scalzi, Tobias Buckell, and Harry Connolly. Being a fully independent author, I’m not really impacted directly by this. That said, this is a good decision for this publishing house. DRM doesn’t deter piracy, but it does prevent legitimate… Continue reading
This is the eighth essay in a series on electronic publishing. The other essays can be found at the links below: Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 Essay 6 Essay 7 One of the biggest controversies in digital publishing revolves around digital rights management (DRM). This… Continue reading
This is the seventh in a series of essays on electronic publishing. You can see the previous entries by following these links: Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 Essay 6 Over the course of this series of essays, I have discussed a number of different ways… Continue reading
This is essay number 6 in a series of essays on electronic publishing. Links to the previous essays appear below. Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 If an author chooses to go the electronic route, it makes sense that the author would lean on social media… Continue reading
This is the fifth in a series of essays on electronic publishing. The others can be found here: Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Back in the first essay, when I defined the way I am using the term electronic publishing, I left the definition open wide enough… Continue reading
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