Guest Post: How Writers Can Use Pinterest
When it comes to social networking, Pinterest has emerged as a major player. Cat Rambo provides an excellent overview.
Archive for the ‘Publishing Technologies’ Category
Guest Post: Who Controls Your Amazon E-book Price?
While there are certainly advantages to Amazon’s program, anyone who thinks Amazon is in this to help authors is a fool. Amazon, like pretty much any other business, is in this to make money.
Review: The Late American Novel
In THE LATE AMERICAN NOVEL: WRITERS ON THE FUTURE OF BOOKS, editors Jeff Martin and C. Max Magee have collected a number of new writers* talking about the future of books, and although the word has been interpreted quite differently by the different writers, there’s some insightful pieces included in the mix.
Guest Post: Trailers and Tribulations
With the rapid rise of eBooks, the membrane between the printed word and the digital world is getting thinner every day.
Guest Post: Novelists, Inc., Conference Report
According to Carolyn’s research, aided by Google, there are about 288,355 books published every year by traditional publishers. Current estimates anticipate 800,000 books will be self-published this year. So how do you make your book stand out among literally a million titles?
The Results of My 100 Day Social Media Blackout
When I decided to “go dark” on Twitter, Facebook and IMs for one hundred days, I wasn’t sure what effect it would have on my web presence.
Guest Post: Kindle Starter Kit: A Mini-Handbook on Independent Publication
Today, I’ll focus on kindle publishing, but the principles apply equally well to Nook, Smashwords, PubIt, and other distribution systems.
Guest Post: A Viable and Just Business Model
For the Ebook Age
The times they are a-changing, the question of when will probably be answered after the next Christmas season as ebooks emerge at minimum as a major market force, over 20% of book sales is a conservative guess, so the answer to that one is soon.
Guest Post: Experiments with E-books
Earlier this year, I was studying my royalty statement from DAW, comparing my print and electronic sales. I’ve been hearing for years that print is dying and e-books are the future, so I was rather surprised to find that electronic sales made up only 3-5% of my overall book sales.
Wholesale vs. Agency: Sales Models in Conflict
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
One of the big publishing headlines this week (here, for instance) was that e-books from some popular authors were selling on Amazon for higher prices than the hardcover versions. For instance, the hardcove…
