Many indie authors often make the mistake of not having a dedicated editor to insure their book is not riddled with spelling mistakes or issues stemming from autocorrect in Microsoft Word. A good editor will normally cost $1,500 to $3,000, which is outside of most peoples budget. Doing your own editing, what could go wrong?The usage of autocorrect inserts confusion into … [Read more...] about Love In The Time Of Autocorrect
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Indie Authors Should Think Twice About Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a crowd funding platform that allows anyone to list a project and lobby people to buy into it. There are currently over 650 e-book projects listed on the platform asking for money to complete their writing and offering benefits for people who donate more. Will every book that gets funded be completed? Likely not, but a word of caution, if you don't complete your … [Read more...] about Indie Authors Should Think Twice About Kickstarter
How the US Military Promotes Digital Reading
In the last few years the United States Department of Defense and the various branches of the military have started making sweeping changes to promote digital reading. There are now e-readers provided for many of the servicemen in the navy and air force and dedicated e-book portals are provided to read books for free.One of the companies who has made great in-roads with the … [Read more...] about How the US Military Promotes Digital Reading
Who Needs a Publishing Slush Pile When There’s YouTube?
Once upon a time, the process of landing a book deal started with mailing sample pages of your manuscript to literary agents, hoping one of them liked your writing enough to be willing to represent you. When everything shifted to computers, that process didn't change much (except now you email those pages). For clarification, perhaps it should be said that for most authors that … [Read more...] about Who Needs a Publishing Slush Pile When There’s YouTube?
Why do People Pirate e-books?
The European Commission's Vice-President has admitted that EU copyright law is "pushing people to steal," because users end up seeking pirated copies of e-books that might not be able to legally purchase in their own country.Many people within the European Commission are publicly stating that one of the reasons why piracy is running rampant is because of Geoblocking. … [Read more...] about Why do People Pirate e-books?
New Robert Galbraith Novel CAREER OF EVIL Comes Out Oct 22
Author J.K. Rowling has taken to Twitter to announce that a new title by her alias Robert Galbraith that is due out October 22nd. The 3rd novel in the Cormoran Strike series Career of Evil deals with what happens to people after they leave the military.Here is the description of the book "Robin Ellacott is mailed a strange package—which just so happens to contain a woman’s … [Read more...] about New Robert Galbraith Novel CAREER OF EVIL Comes Out Oct 22
EU: Amazon Publisher Contracts Stifle the Competition
Every wonder how Amazon manages to sell e-books for less than their competition? So does the EU and they are investigating the contracts Amazon makes publishers sign.The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into certain business practices by Amazon in the distribution of e-books. The Commission will in particular investigate certain clauses … [Read more...] about EU: Amazon Publisher Contracts Stifle the Competition
e-Book Sales have Peaked
The e-reader and e-book industry often run in parallel when it comes to consumer demand and broad acceptance of reading digitally. Since 2013 the sales of electronic books have been more or less flat, rising or falling by a percentage point or two. It looks like from all of the data currently available that e-book sales have peaked and it is very unlikely the format will ever … [Read more...] about e-Book Sales have Peaked
New 50 Shades of Grey Manuscript Stolen
The brand new 50 Shades of Grey title is due out in less than a week and and has skyrocketed to the number one position on Amazon. The book is focuses on Christian Grey and the tale is told from his prospective. But it turns out that one reader couldn’t wait until 18 June to get their hands on it: the Daily Mail reports that a manuscript was found to be missing yesterday, and … [Read more...] about New 50 Shades of Grey Manuscript Stolen
Why Are There Still Issues Facing Self-Published Authors?
It's literally been years since self-publishing took off in a major way and brought some measure of credibility with it. The days of keeping the publishing method a secret and having to purchase hundreds of copies of your book to sell from the trunk of your car are long behind us, but with every new milestone, achievement, or tool that comes along for indie authors, other … [Read more...] about Why Are There Still Issues Facing Self-Published Authors?
Apple News e-Reading App to Debut this Fall
Apple has developed a new online news reading app that will launch this fall, as part of the iOS 9 operating system upgrade. It will replace the Apple Newsstand as we know it and give readers the same type of experience that companies like Flipboard and Pulse Reader provide.Apple News will be a comprehensive solution to engage millions of users and will be able to give a … [Read more...] about Apple News e-Reading App to Debut this Fall
Want to Shop Amazon and Buy Indie? There’s an App for That
The entire book selling industry has been disrupted by Amazon selling books cheaper than everyone else and monopolizing the e-book market. Things are simply easier to discover when shopping an Amazon, but a new app is hoping to make buying books from indie stores more appealing.A new Google Chrome extension has just been released called Bookindy. It allows users to browse … [Read more...] about Want to Shop Amazon and Buy Indie? There’s an App for That
Kindle e-books get more expensive in Ohio
If you live in Ohio, the next e-book purchase you make is going to cost more. Amazon has announced they have started tacking on an extra sales tax on anything they directly sells.Ohio has different tax rates, depending on what county you live in and Amazon will have to abide by them all, including the 5.75% statewide tax.Amazon did not have to charge sales tax in the … [Read more...] about Kindle e-books get more expensive in Ohio
2014 Nebula Awards Winners have been Annonced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have just announced the 2014 Nebula award winners. If you love either of these two genres, some of the books on this list might be very appealing.The winners on this list are in bold and the others comprise of the other books competing for the highest prize in science fiction and fantasy.Best Novel Annihilation, Jeff … [Read more...] about 2014 Nebula Awards Winners have been Annonced