Rich Adin, Author at The Digital Reader

Barnes & Noble: Years Later & Still No Clue

9 March, 201612 June, 2017Barnes & Noble, Editorials30 Comments

a guest post by editor Richard Adin As long-time readers of An American Editor know, I prefer to purchase my books at Barnes & Noble (B&N), largely so as...

Should Editors Give Trigger Warnings?

6 January, 201612 June, 2017Editorials7 Comments

I was catching up with some reading of magazines I haven't had time to get to (for months), when I came across an article on trigger warnings at the university...

Two Books Every Author (& Editor & Publisher) Should Read!

24 September, 201512 June, 2017Editorials, Writing8 Comments

I won’t keep you in suspense. The two books are Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. I was reading Diane Johnson’s review of Go...

Guest Post: On Mourning the Passing of Barnes & Noble

17 September, 201412 June, 2017Barnes & Noble, Editorials11 Comments

a guest post by Rich Adin After this week’s news that Barnes & Noble has lost money yet again, I decided that perhaps I should begin thinking about writing...

When an Editor Matters

25 November, 201312 June, 2017Editorials5 Comments

a guest post by Rich Adin, a professional editor It isn’t too often that the worth of a good editor is hinted at by a reviewer, but when it...

Author Lamentations: eBook Week Sales

18 March, 201312 October, 2014Editorials5 Comments

The week of March 3-10 was "Read an eBook Week," which is a week that I particularly look forward to each year. It is the week when many authors...

Why Some Indie Authors Fail

11 February, 201319 June, 2017calibre, Editorials, Self-Pub29 Comments

I recently finished reading a series of books by an indie author and I wanted to buy more of the author’s books. Apparently, there aren’t any more of the...

Can Barnes & Noble Be Saved?

6 February, 201312 October, 2014Editorials21 Comments

With the release of both Amazon's and Barnes & Nobles quarterly figures, which include the 2012 holiday season, the blogosphere has been rife with posts foretelling the demise of...

On Books: Gatekeeping eBooks

5 December, 201212 October, 2014Editorials, Self-PubOne Comment

In pre-ebook days, gatekeeping was done by the traditional publishers; today, with the rise of ebooks, especially self-published ebooks, it is the reader who is responsible for doing his or...

The Merger Apocalypse

26 November, 201212 October, 2014Editorials11 Comments

Editor's Note: The following post is by Rich Adin, and it reflects the inside the industry viewpoint of a long-time professional editor. In the past, consolidation has been very...

Bye Bye $9.99 and Price Competition in eBooks

12 September, 201212 October, 2014Editorials16 Comments

The mantra for many ebookers over the past year or so was “get rid of agency pricing and bring back lower ebook prices based on competition.” These ebookers are ecstatic over...

Are Free eBooks Killing the Market?

10 September, 20126 September, 2015ebook sales, Marketing35 Comments

Every day I find another traditional publisher is offering free ebooks. Amazon has made a business out of offering free ebooks. And let's not forget the many indie authors...

Why Aren’t Publishers Pushing eBooks?

22 August, 201212 October, 2014Editorials17 Comments

In a post discussing a tweet from author Brent Weeks last week Nate wondered, in his blog post "Not All of Us Drink a $4 Coffee, Mr. Weeks," why publishers...

On Books: Value in an eBook World

13 August, 201212 October, 2014Editorials11 Comments

eBooks have changed the way we think of value in regards to books. For myriad reasons, ebookers think that the price of ebooks should be no more than the...

The Shirking of Responsibility

8 August, 201210 August, 2016Editorials14 Comments

Making the blog rounds in the not-too-distant past was commentary about how the new Nook with GlowLight has an easily damaged screen. The posts and comments came about as a...

Author: Rich Adin