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Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Fell

15 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.1 million in July (plus bonuses), up from $22.6 million in June 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty [Read More ...]

Making a Literary Clock from a Hacked Kindle (Video)

15 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

We've seen a Kindle turned into a weather station, thermometer, fridge magnet, a display for the Raspberry Pi, and a monitor. And now, if you have a spare Kindle lying around, you can turn it into a [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 15 August 2018

15 August, 2018 // 1 Comment

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Just looking at this used bookstore has me sneezing in reflex. Someone released a nifty automatic bibliography-making extension for Chrome. A [Read More ...]

Download Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “Acheron” by 18 August

14 August, 2018 // 2 Comments

The next installment in the Tor.com eBook of the month club is from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series. Here’s the description for the book: Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed [Read More ...]

Riggio Has 99 Problems, But Saving B&N Ain’t One

14 August, 2018 // 9 Comments

B&N moved out of this building in 2012, and Amazon moved in in 2017. That says it all, I think. Remember last Friday when I described B&N's road map as "throw ideas up against the wall and [Read More ...]

Amazon Changes Payment Terms for German Distributors

14 August, 2018 // 2 Comments

Amazon has quietly changed the terms offered to several German ebook distributors, bringing them into line with most other ebook distributors. SelfPublisherBibel.de reports that ebooks distributed [Read More ...]

Millennial Reading Habits Have Changed the Definition of a Classic , and Other Lazy Writing

13 August, 2018 // 12 Comments

Millennial-bashing is popular among the media, and this is a problem not just because it's lazy writing but also because sometimes it distracts from what is actually going on. Quartz, for example, [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 13 August 2018

13 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. As expected, authors could benefit from Trump's fiscally irresponsible tax cuts. Did you know you can embed a video in a book listing on Amazon? [Read More ...]

Amazon is Still Banning Authors for No Reason

12 August, 2018 // 8 Comments

Remember how I've been telling you for years and years that Amazon's bots have been banning authors for inexplicable reasons and giving them no recourse to reverse the malicious actions? Much to no [Read More ...]

Publishers Tired of Revolving Door in B&N C-Suite – Who Isn’t?

11 August, 2018 // 11 Comments

Barnes & Noble's clown-car operation is immensely entertaining to some in the industry but publishers aren't amused. The WSJ reports that publisher met with Len Riggio's tailor to express their [Read More ...]

EU Screws Up Copyright Ruling on Student’s Presentation

10 August, 2018 // 6 Comments

One of the few bright spots in US copyright law (along with DMCA Safe Harbors) is the legal principle of fair use - the idea that under certain conditions one can use a copyrighted work without [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 10 August 2018

10 August, 2018 // 9 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. These librarians can find that blue book about a half-elf harmonica-playing warrior that you read as a kid. The EU screwed up a copyright [Read More ...]

InkBook Explore Features a 7.8″ Screen, Runs Android 4.4.2

9 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Polish ereader importer Artatech is launching a plus-sized ereader under its InkBook brand. InkBook Explore is a rather disappointing Android ereader that has the same size screen as the Aura [Read More ...]

Indie Authors’ Audiobooks Are/Were Getting Dragooned Into Kindle Unlimited Without Permission or Payment

8 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you are an indie author with ebooks in Kindle Unlimited and audiobooks sold through Audible, you should check to see if the latter have been pressed into Kindle Unlimited when you weren't looking. [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 8 August 2018

8 August, 2018 // 3 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Why Brits write better kid's stories than Americans do. Funny how a list of the grandest buildings in literature doesn't include Hogwarts. [Read More ...]

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