The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying the book industry has taken a new turn with some new arguments, all of which--yet again--have nothing more behind them than the insistence that Amazon hates books, hates authors, hates readers, and basically...hates everyone. In a brilliant post with some actual explanation behind it, bestselling … [Read more...] about What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down?
Archives for 2013
Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013
With the advent of digital reading, digital publishing, and self-publishing in their current forms, it seems that a resurgence in bibliophilia may be sweeping the planet. But at a time when access to books is being made possible literally anywhere and efforts to further reading through instant digital downloads continues to grow, a sad and shocking fact has come to light: more … [Read more...] about Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013
Podcast: KDP Authors May see Royalties Decreased to 35%
Today on the show I talk about all of the latest rumors about Amazon potentially lowering self-published authors royalty rates from 70% to 30%. Funny enough, Amazon offers 30% royalties to a number of new markets it has entered recently, such as India. This had zero backlash at all, since it was a new service. Can Amazon get away with this? Yes they can. Big Foot and … [Read more...] about Podcast: KDP Authors May see Royalties Decreased to 35%
Free Children’s Enhanced Shrek Forever After eBook from iStoryTime
As part of the holiday recognition of their customers, a number of companies are offering their users free content in this post-holiday period when many users may have received new devices. Apps likes Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offer everything from free songs to free ebooks via the iTunes store. One company that has extended the free gift period is children's ebook app … [Read more...] about Free Children’s Enhanced Shrek Forever After eBook from iStoryTime
Experts Warn Strict Parental Control Needed for Kids Tablet Usage
One of the reasons that have contributed to the stellar growth of tablet devices has been their ease of use, something exemplified no better than the way kids aged even three year olds have taken to using them with élan. However, notwithstanding the great publicity that this would make for technology or the way it can help improve our lives, experts are wary of the negative … [Read more...] about Experts Warn Strict Parental Control Needed for Kids Tablet Usage
New Startups Focus on Tracking eBook Reading Data
How long does it take for someone to complete a book? When reading a steamy erotica, are you lingering over the sex scenes? Do readers ever finish the books they start, or skip right to the end? New startups are seeking to address these questions with new software and they intend on opening it up to writers, indie authors and publishers. New startups such as Oyster are … [Read more...] about New Startups Focus on Tracking eBook Reading Data
Samsung Plans New PRO Line of Tablets
Samsung has made in known in no uncertain terms of the huge ambitions they harbor of making it big in the tablet sphere. Not content with playing second fiddle to Apple and its iPad range, Samsung has lined up a slew of tablet launches for 2014 across several segments. Among the tablet devices being readied for launch include Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1, and the … [Read more...] about Samsung Plans New PRO Line of Tablets
Instapaper Daily Launches – Top Daily Stories
Instapaper Daily has made a soft landing. So if you have missed it coming, that’s understandable considering it made the least noise doing so. Instapaper Daily can best be described as a ‘sparse news site’ that provides its user with the most read news stories. Of course there is the ‘Instapaper’ feature that categorizes the news stories according to the topic, which means … [Read more...] about Instapaper Daily Launches – Top Daily Stories
Image Comics and Dropbox Reach Landmark Distribution Agrement
Image Comics has just become the first company to reach an official agreement with cloud storage service Dropbox. Customers as of today, are able to download their DRM-free Image digital titles directly into their Dropbox accounts, for easy viewing on devices and computers. Image announced "Now, when viewing your comics collection on the Image Website, you'll see a “Save to … [Read more...] about Image Comics and Dropbox Reach Landmark Distribution Agrement
YotaPhone Adds FBReader to Allow For Better eBooks Reading Choice
One of the biggest grouses with the dual screened YotaPhone was its lack of support for popular ebook reading apps. This can be considered a criminal waste considering the secondary e-ink display the smartphone incorporates which otherwise would have made for an excellent ebook reading device while on the go if not the primary device to read ebooks. However, things have … [Read more...] about YotaPhone Adds FBReader to Allow For Better eBooks Reading Choice