Amazon has been paying hardball lately. In February, Amazon and major publisher Macmillan went head-to-head over ebook pricing, with Amazon wanting to keep the wholesale pricing model that has till now been the norm for both ebooks and print books.
Here are several publishing-related items that caught Victoria Strauss’s eye over the past week.
A content mill, if you aren’t familiar with the term, is a website that aggregates huge numbers of articles on a constantly-updated basis, written by freelancers who are paid by page views or ad clicks rather than wages or fees.
Victoria Strauss takes a satirical view of the latest fad in attempts to separate authors from their money.
Galleycat reports on Hachette Book Group’s decision to move to the same type of agency model proposed by Macmillan. Below
Dear Colleagues: I’m running for the position of secretary in SFWA. I have been an active member since 1992, and
This article, reprinted from the Bulletin, explores the various aspects of social networking and how a writer can use them to help promote herself.
Victoria Strauss examines Hudson Audio Publishing.
Writer Beware’s Victoria Strauss analyzes Harlequin Horizons and the trouble it presents for authors.
For some time, I’ve been receiving questions about VDM Verlag Dr Mueller, a German academic publisher. VDM describes its business
