One of the major issues in the traditional publishing industry that is driving more and more authors to pursue independent and digital self-publishing is the dreaded slush pile, the much-abhorred gateway to a traditional publishing contract that all begins with getting an agent to even look at an author’s manuscript. The process of heading towards publication begins with the … [Read more...] about Inkubate Seeks to Fill A Niche That is Already Overrun
Digital Publishing News
Perseus Book Group Offering Astounding Royalties on Ebook-Only
GoodEReader.com has covered a significant number of literary agencies that are exploring the option of representing authors whose intent is to digitally publish their works. Publishers, such as Bloomsbury Publishing of the Harry Potter series fame, have also come on board with different footsteps into the world of digital publishing.Now, Perseus Book Group has launched … [Read more...] about Perseus Book Group Offering Astounding Royalties on Ebook-Only
Amazon and Its Affiliates Triumph in California
Many small business owners, especially those who operate primarily or exclusively via internet retail business, have been keeping a watchful eye on how the raging nationwide sales tax debate was going to play out for Amazon.com. As more and more states attempted to make up for massive budgetary losses by insisting that the online retailer begin charging sales tax, the online … [Read more...] about Amazon and Its Affiliates Triumph in California
Ebook of the Week feature: Maxwell Cynn
This week’s GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week offers readers a more adult-themed world of erotic science fiction with Maxwell Cynn’s work, CybrGrrl, a twisted tightly-woven tale of a downloadable program who gains self-awareness and begins to interfere in the lives of the program users.“The main character in CybrGrrl is a computer programmer who downloads a desktop … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week feature: Maxwell Cynn
Apple Newsstand to be released this week
Apple is getting into the magazine game by opening its very own Newsstand. This is a new way for publishers to deliver magazine content via Apples extensive distribution platform. The new service is set to be unveiled this week and will more then likely be apart of the Apple Press conference.Apple newsstand is apart of the new iOS 5 update and will be on your devices main … [Read more...] about Apple Newsstand to be released this week
Kindle Fire Boasts Exclusive Content
A sleek new design and a cheaper price point aren’t the only thing that Amazon fans are anticipating for November. Besides the obvious features of the Kindle Fire tablet PC and the Amazon name to back it up, comics and graphic novel fans are going to love the included content.One hundred titles of content, to be exact.The Kindle Fire tablet will come with 100 DC Comics’ … [Read more...] about Kindle Fire Boasts Exclusive Content
Fans Will Have to Wait a Little Longer for Harry Potter Ebooks
The Harry Potter books have been unreleased in ebook form—legal copies, anyway—but were slated to be released one at a time via the Pottermore.com website. Unfortunately, e-reader fans are now going to have to wait a little longer for access to those titles.According to the Pottermore.com blog, Insider.Pottermore.com, the site crew has been so busy with the beta launch of … [Read more...] about Fans Will Have to Wait a Little Longer for Harry Potter Ebooks
Zinio talks future of digital Magazine Publishing and relationship with Apple
Zinio is one of the most successful online digital magazine companies in the world! We caught up with Matthew Davis the VP of User Experience at the recent E-Reader Conference in San Francisco! At Zinio Matthew is principally charged with evolving the utility, form and beauty of Zinio's international newsstand and bookstore. Matthew served at Zinio from almost the very … [Read more...] about Zinio talks future of digital Magazine Publishing and relationship with Apple
Qualcomm talks about future of Mirasol based screen technology
During the e-Readers 20111 Conference in San Francisco we met with Cheryl Goodman, a self-proclaimed surfer girl from San Jose! Cheryl is the Senior Director of Publisher Relations at Qualcomm. In this role she is responsible for forging connections in the publishing industry. Primarily she is trying to secure content for a new breed of Mirasol based technologies.She gave … [Read more...] about Qualcomm talks about future of Mirasol based screen technology
Publishers Joining the Ebook-Only Venture
With all of the buzz—both positive and extremely negative—surrounding the large number of literary agents now exploring ebook-only titles for their author clients, a new level of credibility and respectability has come out in the form of a major publishing house expanding to release the digital rights to out-of-print and author-held rights’ books.Bloomsbury Publishing, an … [Read more...] about Publishers Joining the Ebook-Only Venture
Round Table discussion on eBooks with Harvard Business Review and Oxford Press
We are at the first annual e-reader conference in San Francisco and we were privy to a round table discussion on eBooks with three stalwart gentlemen. Joining us is executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, Paul Michaelman. Also Mike Robinson the eBook Sales and Marketing Manager of Oxford University Press and finally Rob Burns Sr. Director Software Manager of Ebsco … [Read more...] about Round Table discussion on eBooks with Harvard Business Review and Oxford Press
Long-Lost Dr. Seuss Titles Appear in Digital
Dr. Seuss is perhaps one of the best known "subversive" writers, instilling his own marvelous brand of educational propaganda into children's literature. Until Seuss came along, most children's books were meant only to instruct and inform, not to entertain. Stories of uniform, good little boys and girls were the hallmarks of juvenile reading. When Seuss introduced his own … [Read more...] about Long-Lost Dr. Seuss Titles Appear in Digital
Literary Agents In the Storm of Digital Clients
GoodEReader.com has profiled several major literary agencies that are branching out in what services they can offer their author clients, mainly by agreeing to represent the interests of authors who are willing to publish their works strictly in digital formats. This week, Trident Media Group joined the ranks of respected agencies like Dystel&Goderich, Knight Agency, and … [Read more...] about Literary Agents In the Storm of Digital Clients
Ebook of the Week Feature: Steve Umstead
GoodEReader.com’s Indie Author Initiative profiled self-published author Steve Umstead earlier this year with his first title, Gabriel's Redemption, in which Commander Gabriel found himself on a perilous space mission made all the more dangerous by inside politics and a serious case of “don’t-trust-anybody.”For this week’s Ebook of the Week feature, Umstead is giving away … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week Feature: Steve Umstead