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The European Union's new privacy rules, the GDPR, takes effect next Saturday. The new regulation requires, among its many measures, that every website publish a privacy policy detailing how they use [Read More ...]

I have a question for you today concerning newsletters. I was reading someone's newsletter (I won't say who) on my smartphone this morning, or rather, I was struggling to read it, and that struggle [Read More ...]

An interesting discussion just showed up on one of the forums I follow, and I thought it would make a good topic for the blog. "Everyone knows" that ereaders are used for reading ebooks, but that's [Read More ...]

Just about all the experts agree that authors should be blogging on a regular schedule (it helps build a fan base, turns random visitors into followers, etc) but there's one point that no one has [Read More ...]

The Guardian recently asked a vital and important question: How many of us still read in bed? It's 2017, and we have more digital distractions than ever. Between streaming videos, social media, old [Read More ...]

I have encountered many mind-boggling examples of ebook pricing insanity in the eight-plus years I have been reporting on ebooks, including Stephen King ending a project because it only generated [Read More ...]

Last week's post about packing books for a vacation got me thinking about how many ebook you can carry on an ereader. The columnist in the Spectator may have struggled with keeping the weight down on [Read More ...]

Do we have any teachers or textbook/continuing-ed authors in the house? Last night I was inspired to take my recent post on coming up with names and rework it so that it is more about going through [Read More ...]

Earlier this year I announced that I was stepping back from the blog and looking for something new. Today I would like to announce that I have found it. I am taking my six-plus  years as a web [Read More ...]