The publishing world goes through cycles in its yearly calendar. Many literary agents tend to close to submissions in December, and the weeks after BookExpo America are a nice summery deadtime when it comes to releasing new titles. That's why fall is such an exciting time for books, and Amazon has announced some of the most eagerly anticipated upcoming titles from names like … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces Top Books for Fall
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Amazon has just put the new Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale
Amazon released a new entry level Kindle a few months ago and gave people an option to choose their color, black or white. At the same time the Paperwhite also got the same color options, but Amazon did not change the hardware. If you are in the market for a brand new e-reader, Amazon has just discounted both models by $20. You can buy the Kindle for $59.99 and the Paperwhite … [Read more...] about Amazon has just put the new Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale
Kindle in Motion Feature Is Cool, But Do Readers Like It?
Amazon has a quirky option for ebooks called Kindle in Motion, and the news has been strangely uneventful. This feature, incorporated into certain titles, places moving graphics in various locations throughout the text. They can be limited to the cover, as in the clouds floating behind the spooky house in Edgar Allan Poe's "Darkness There," or they can be scattered in the text … [Read more...] about Kindle in Motion Feature Is Cool, But Do Readers Like It?
Amazon Wants Developers to Make Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Alexa
Amazon really wants developers to start making choose your own adventure style games for their Alexa device. There is a new framework available called Alexa Skills Kit that allows authors and developers to create decision trees to program audio mysteries and adventures.Choose your own Adventure started to become very popular in the 1980's and 1990's and they sold 250 … [Read more...] about Amazon Wants Developers to Make Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Alexa
Amazon Prime Launches in India
Amazon has been operating in India for three years and the company has finally unveiled their Prime loyalty program. It will offer free two day shipping with no limit on order size.Amazon has been investing billions of dollars in India, one of the worlds most populous countries. Their Kindle e-book store has been a staggering success and resulted in their arch-nemesis … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Launches in India
Amazon Flex Drivers Will Deliver a Secret Release on July 31
Amazon has just sent an email to their Flex Drivers that let them know that there is a special midnight to 2 AM secret release on July 31st. Amazon was cagey and did not tell the drivers what the product was, which is leading to speculation that this is not the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Screenplay.Amazon Flex drivers are contracted drivers who deliver Amazon … [Read more...] about Amazon Flex Drivers Will Deliver a Secret Release on July 31
Canadian and US Bookstore Trends for 2017
The year is half over and we now have a sense on how bookstores, digital publishing and the book selling industry are faring. What are going to be the big trends for 2017?Barnes and NobleBarnes and Noble bookstore sales have remained flat this year, but the company may see more print sales in 2017 due to a few factors. Hastings books is closing 126 stores and Powell’s … [Read more...] about Canadian and US Bookstore Trends for 2017
Amazon now offers student loans
Amazon has just partnered with Wells Fargo to offer student loans. Diligent young scholars will receive better terms if they subscribe to Amazon Prime for Students. Right now this program is only available online, but it will be only a matter of time before Amazon starts offering it in all of their drop centers and university bookstores."Amazon's looking for increased … [Read more...] about Amazon now offers student loans
How Romance Authors Are Really Faring
Author Earnings is at it again, this time sharing crucial information on the state of romance publishing at the recent Romance Writers of America conference. Romance publishing--even before the advent of self-publishing and digital publishing--has always had this stigma attached to it, as though the work of these talented authors amounts to nothing more than a source of funds … [Read more...] about How Romance Authors Are Really Faring
Amazon Launches a New German Imprint called Edition M
Amazon has a multitude of English language imprints that cover most genres. They have found great success with Amazon Crossing, which is their translation imprint that published 75 new titles in 2015. . The second most prolific publisher, Dalkey Archive, published only 25.  In order to take advanage of the lucrative German market, Amazon has just launched a new imprint called … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches a New German Imprint called Edition M
Amazon Prime Day is July 12th 2016
One year ago Amazon invented their own holiday called Prime Day. This is a single day event where thousands of items are discounted and Amazon branded products such as the Kindle e-reader or Fire Tablet can be purchased at a fraction of the cost. This year, Amazon is holding their 24 hour Prime Day on July the 12th.This year there will be 100,000 deals exclusively for Prime … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Day is July 12th 2016
Amazon Launches Free Teacher Resource Site
There is no such thing as adequate funding when it comes to education, no matter what type of school, geographic location, or age group, but K-12 teachers have reason to celebrate with Amazon's announcement of a free, fully searchable collaborative resource.Amazon Inspire lets teachers create and share their classroom materials from literally anywhere around the world. … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Free Teacher Resource Site
Shelfari has officially closed
Amazon announced in January that they were going to close down Shelfari, a social book discovery website. This was done because of significant capital investment in GoodReads and Amazon including GoodReads functionality into their entire line of Kindle e-Readers and Fire Tablets. It looks like Shefari has officially closed their doors and their website is completely … [Read more...] about Shelfari has officially closed