As authors and publishers alike experiment with the sweet spot for ebook prices, promotional pricing can serve as a useful tool in driving book discovery. But with so many inexpensive ebooks in the retail space, it can still be difficult to foster book and author discovery. BookBub, a book discovery engine that makes its three million-plus members aware of the best ebook deals … [Read more...] about BookBub Secures Funding to Continue Serving Book Discovery
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Scholastic Unveils Storia School Edition
As global leaders in both children's content development and educational innovation, Scholastic is a company whose name is synonymous with quality platforms for schools. From their monthly reader book clubs to their entire curriculum manifests, the wealth of solutions they provide to educational institutions is pretty astounding. This week, Scholastic announced the launch of … [Read more...] about Scholastic Unveils Storia School Edition
YUDU’s BookSnacking Revamps Bookstore Browsing for eBooks
One of the things that reading consumers lost with the transition to a digital book purchasing environment is the ability to walk into a well-stocked bookstore and browse the shelves, picking up books with enticing titles or covers, flipping them over to read the blurb, and maybe reading the first few chapters of an attention getting book. The loss of this level of interaction … [Read more...] about YUDU’s BookSnacking Revamps Bookstore Browsing for eBooks
Self-Publishing: How Good Is Good Enough?
With both camps still divided on the self-publishing front, the same tired arguments for and against the concept are still being levied: "self-published books are notoriously bad" versus "every book has the right to be published." These same two ideas, both for and against self-publishing, have been uttered since the recent wave of indie author revolution began, to the point … [Read more...] about Self-Publishing: How Good Is Good Enough?
Marketing through Book Clubs and Paid Reviewers
Now that the world of self-publishing has become more commonplace and tools are in place to help authors from a variety of skill levels complete their works for publication, one of the chief hurdles that authors still seek help for is marketing. Book promotion continues to be a huge obstacle to success for authors, regardless of publishing mode. A panel at the recent … [Read more...] about Marketing through Book Clubs and Paid Reviewers
Authorpreneurship and the Business of Being an Author
At today's PubSmartCon panels, industry professionals presented a panel on the business side of being a career writer under a newly coined term, authorpreneur. By viewing being a published author, regardless of the mode of publication, as a small business owner with serious investment concerns and prioritization to be met. A panel presented by Amanda Barbara of book … [Read more...] about Authorpreneurship and the Business of Being an Author
PubSmartCon: Jane Friedman on What It Means to Publish
At this morning's keynote event from the 2014 PubSmartCon in Charleston, South Carolina, publishing industry professional Jane Friedman spoke on the roundabout definition of what it means to publish in the current climate. Examining it from its early roots, all the way through publishing via blogging, the session explored what authorship and readership have come to mean. "It … [Read more...] about PubSmartCon: Jane Friedman on What It Means to Publish
PubSmartCon Kicks Off Tomorrow in Charleston
A revolution in writing and publishing conferences will kick off tomorrow in Charleston, South Carolina, one that is working to bridge all aspects of the publishing industries to better enable professionals of every kind. Alongside self-publishing mainstays like Hugh Howey, Nook Press, and Bibliocrunch will be speakers like Stephanie Bowen of Sourcebooks and Tracey Adams of … [Read more...] about PubSmartCon Kicks Off Tomorrow in Charleston
Small Business Owner Blocks Amazon’s Purchase of Domain Name
Amazon customers in Sweden will have to wait it out to begin buying their discounted goods and books from Amazon.se. The current owner of the domain, a fifty-seven-year-old small businesswoman, won't sell it, despite reports of repeated attempts from the retail giant to purchase it. The domain, purchased in 1997 by a Stockholm-based advertising agency called Amazon AB, … [Read more...] about Small Business Owner Blocks Amazon’s Purchase of Domain Name
eBook Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West by Seth MacFarlane
Verdict: 5 Stars Seth MacFarlane is a true Renaissance man. As the creator of the animated series Family Guy and co-creator of American Dad, not to mention the voice talent of many of those shows' characters, he achieved a measure of notoriety for the genre of stupid and mildly offensive humor. But MacFarlane is also a Grammy-nominated singer, director and producer of one of … [Read more...] about eBook Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West by Seth MacFarlane
Spanish Language eBook Market Comes Into Its Own
When ebooks first began their accelerating trend, they were a decidedly English-based reading habit. Other markets began the adoption, but it was largely US and UK readers who became the early adopters. While most publishers weren't eager to invest in something that had remained so unknown and unproven, they certainly weren't associating the staggering costs involved in … [Read more...] about Spanish Language eBook Market Comes Into Its Own