I am about a week late on reporting this story, but while I was catching up on news Sunday morning I noticed that a Publishers Weekly...Continue reading
Earlier this week The Publishers Authors Guild released a report that “explores the factors leading to the decline in the writing profession. Alas, this report is...Continue reading
Earlier today a certain blog known for not crediting their sources reported that a quarter of Americans had not read a book in the past year. ...Continue reading
Have you read the ten-year retrospective on the ebook revolution that Vox published a few weeks back? Go read it, and then come back here so...Continue reading
The legacy book publishing industry is fond of telling itself comforting myths. For example, one myth that just crossed my desk was the idea that younger...Continue reading
Back in 2014 everyone was excitedly repeating the claim that Amazon made up half of the UK’s online retail. This idea lasted until about ten minutes...Continue reading
I was working on a blog post this morning on Scholastic ebooks being in OverDrive when I got to thinking about the current uproar over library...Continue reading
On Tuesday The Guardian engaged in the book world’s favorite pastime. No, not ebook-bashing. No, not baseless Amazon fear-mongering. (Let me try this again.) On Tuesday...Continue reading
If there’s one constant in the news industry it’s that there’s no end to bad coverage on any given topic, including ebooks. Sometimes the bad reporting...Continue reading
Q: When is an outrage not an outrage? A When the publisher screws up, and hands reviewers a book that wasn’t ready. The hot story this...Continue reading
It has come to my attention that there is still some doubt as to whether a certain blog has a reputation for being less than reliable...Continue reading
When I wrote about a recent survey of Canadian author income last week, I pointed out that this type of report is almost always flawed in...Continue reading
One of the favorite pastimes of the publishing community is sharing author income survey reports, and wringing hands over the results. The reports are usually bullshit for...Continue reading