In the I-want-it-now, fast paced environment brought about by the advent of digital publishing, one of the major frustrations that authors still face is the lag time involved in the traditional publishing industry. Slow-to-market publication dates and quarterly holds on royalty payments are just a couple of the reasons that even seasoned traditionally published authors are … [Read more...] about Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments to Authors
Kindle Serials
QBend on Providing Publisher Solutions
One of the concerns discussed at this morning's keynote addresses at the Tools of Change conference in New York was the concept of the "walled garden" of online book retailers. This closed system of ebook selling doesn't foster book discovery and can lead to niche specific bookselling while isolating potential readers who are trapped by the retail platform associated with the … [Read more...] about QBend on Providing Publisher Solutions
Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
At last year's Digital Book World conference, GoodeReader caught up with Atavist to talk about the rise in popularity of long-form journalism, digital short stories, and serialized ebook novellas. Rather than a sign that the attention span of the average reader is waning, as some critics will argue, long-form journalism is actually the opposite; it allows readers who would have … [Read more...] about Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
Byliner Reaches New Distribution Deal with Ingram
Byliner is a digital publishing company that specializes in one of the fastest growing segments of ebooks: e-serials. These quick-read stories range between 5,000 and 30,000 words and the company has published works by Jon Krakauer, Nick Hornby, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan, Ann Patchett, Buzz Bissinger, and Jane Smiley. Byliner announced today a new deal with Ingram that should … [Read more...] about Byliner Reaches New Distribution Deal with Ingram
Kindle Serials Brings Back the Anticipation of Reading
Amazon recently announced its launch of the new Kindle Serials format for e-reading, a surprising and exciting throwback to 19th century literature. While the new titles are up-to-date and timely, the format itself was once a much-loved publishing mainstay. At the height of serialized fiction, full-length novels were broken up and printed over the course of as much as a year … [Read more...] about Kindle Serials Brings Back the Anticipation of Reading