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Morning Coffee – 19 July 2019

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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Writer Beware has built a "Hall of Shame" for vanity press scammers. Here are 500 awesome...

Publishers’ Audiobook Sales Increased 24% in 2018

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The Audio Publishers Association released the results of a survey yesterday that showed audiobook sales for a limited group of publishers totaled $940 million in 2018, up...

Brian Staveley’s “The Emperor’s Blades” is Tr.com’s Free eBook of the Month

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Each month, the Tor.com eBook Club gives away one free SF or fantasy ebook. For July 2019, the eBook Club pick is The Emperor’s Blades, the...

Audible Launches Fix for SF, Fantasy Audiobooks

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I have probably told you this once or twice, but one reason I don't listen to audiobooks is the authors I like to read often use...

Why You Should Use a Link Shortener/Redirection Plugin on Your Website

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Earlier today I got a question over on The Digital Reader's Facebook page that I thought deserved to be answered in a blog post. I had...

New Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Clears the FCC

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If you are thinking of buying a Kindle Fire HD 8 or HD 10 tablet in today's Amazon Prime sale then you might want to reconsider....

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose in June 2019

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Amazon announced on Monday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $24.9 million in June, from $24.6 million in May 2019. At the same time...

Kindle Deals

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Amazon's Prime day deals may only be for Prime subscribers, but they're not the only deals the retailer is offering right now. Over on Woot Amazon...

Morning Coffee – 15 July 2019

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The ALA is alarmed over the recent changes to the library ebook pricing model. China's 24-hour...

Amazon Prime Day Kindle Deals Are Now Live –

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Amazon Prime day doesn't officially start for another few hours but the Kindle and Fire deals are already live. If you have an Amazon Prime subscription you...

How to Resize/Fix the Image Files on Your Author Website

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So I was reading a post over on the Bookworks blog where Carla King explains how to correctly size images before uploading to your site, but...

Publisher Revenue Up 4.5% Through April 2019, eBook Revenues Down 2.5%

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For some reason I do not understand, I have fallen off the AAP's mailing list. Here is a belated report on publisher revenues from the Association...

Calibre Companion Has Been Sold

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I am sure everyone here is familiar with calibre, the free and open-source ebook library management tool. It is a great way to manage your ebook...

Morning Coffee – 10 July 2019

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Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Did you know HP Lovecraft was a ghost writer for Harry Houdini? The animals in illustrated...

Kindle Firmware Update 5.12.1 Released

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Amazon rolled out another firmware update for its Kindle ereaders yesterday. The affected models include all new Kindles as well as older units as far back...