I have a few stories for you to read this Monday morning, but first I have a request. If you see this site mentioned in a podcast or on...
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Author: Nate Hoffelder
Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader:
He's here to chew bubble gum and fix broken websites, and he is all out of bubble gum. He has been blogging about indie authors since 2010 while learning new tech skills at the drop of a hat. He fixes author sites, and shares what he learns on The Digital Reader's blog. In his spare time, he fosters dogs for A Forever Home, a local rescue group.
Watch as the Legacy Publishing Industry Invents a New Myth (Why Fiction Sales Being Down)
Remember a few weeks back when I mocked Publishers Weekly for using AAP revenue stats to ask the question why fiction sales were down? (It was in a Morning...
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I’ve decided to start giving a damn again
I've never been one to mark the anniversary of this blog. I started it in January 2010 on the spur of the moment, and generally maintained that attitude of...
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Kindle Fire HD 10, Kids Tablet Bundles Now on Sale
Today marks the first round of Amazon's holiday sales, and the retailer has lowered the price of their ten-inch tablet today. You can buy it for $99. Amazon also took...
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Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Held Steady While the Funding Pool Grew in October 2018
Amazon announced on Thursday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.5 million (plus bonuses)in October 2018 , up from $23.4 million in September 2018. At the same time...
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Morning Coffee – 16 November 2018
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Julliet Mariller explains a few of the ways she has adapted her writing style so it works better for...
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Barnes & Noble’s First Prototype Store in NJ: Less Books, More Toys
The second of B&N's latest string of "concept stores" opened on Tuesday in New Jersey. It looks quite similar to the one that opened outside Chicago last month. The...
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Amazon Launches a New Reports Site for Authors – KDP Reports
Word is circulating through KBoards and Facebook today that Amazon is testing a new site where authors can track their sales data. It's called KDP Reports, and looks something...
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Gutenberg is Now Being Foisted Upon WordPress.com Users – Here’s How to Avoid it
We're five days away from the official launch of Gutenberg, the new WordPress post and page editor, and I finally have an answer to one of the most important...
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Barnes & Noble to Open 8,630 Square Foot Store in Fairfax, Virginia
Barnes & Noble's next half-hearted attempt to revive its fortunes involves opening the type of store it was closing only a decade ago. Washington Business Journal reports that B&N...
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Kindle Voyage is On Sale Today at Woot – $99 (refurbs)
Have I got a deal for you! Woot is selling refurbished Kindle Voyages for $99 today. This is $40 off of Amazon's price for the discontinued Kindle (and Amazon...
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Morning Coffee – 14 November 2018
Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Hackers are still targeting author accounts on Createspace. The cost of paper is expected to rise (and the price...
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Amazon Adds Audiobooks to Freetime Unlimited
Before there was Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading, Amazon had Kindle Freetime, a kid-focused subscription service that offered kid-friendly ebooks, apps, and games for a low monthly fee (it's...
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Northern Virginia, Long Island Win (?) the Race for Amazon’s new HQ
The hottest tech story of the past year, Amazon's search to see which cities would mortgage their futures to secure Amazon's next HQ, has come to its finale. Amazon announced...
Continue readingYou Tell Me: Authors, Do You Plan to Have a Sale on Black Friday?
It's 2018, and it is universally agreed that authors need to be business people if they want to be successful. (This includes traditionally published authors, who are expected to...
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