eBook Piracy – How to Respond If Someone Steals Your eBook Online
Sunday, 16 February 2020, was the day that I became a real author. I have been a writer for over a decade now, but Sunday was...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 17 February 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Victoria Strauss explains why paying to have your book displayed at a book fair is a...Continue reading
Eight Default Amazon Security Settings You Can Change for More Privacy
So as you may know, my mother is on my Amazon account. (There is a point to this anecdote, trust me.) We mainly use it to...Continue reading
Infographic: 16 Boring Verbs & What to Use Instead
I would not actually call these verbs boring, but if you checked your latest work and found you used one a lot, you might want to...Continue reading
27% of Americans Have Not Read a Book in The Past Year (That Year Was 2018)
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
Morning Coffee – 10 February 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Kristin Lamb explores how companies no longer need to kowtow to Amazon in order to sell...Continue reading
Amazon is Extending the Audible Caption Settlement to All Publishers and Authors – Will You Disable This Feature?
I am sure that you have seen the news this past week about Audible Captions, and how Amazon has settled the lawsuit by agreeing to give...Continue reading
Publishers Threw the Public Under the Bus in Their Win Over Audible Captions
We still don't know the specifics of the settlement agreement that ended the lawsuit that seven publishers filed against Amazon over Audible Captions, but one thing...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Pays Lip Service to Diversity By Slapping Brown Faces on the Covers of Novels By White Authors
Barnes & Noble managed to find just the laziest but also the most tactless way to "celebrate" Black History Month. They have partnered with Penguin Random...Continue reading
Kindle On Sale for Valentine’s Day
Today ends in Y, and so Amazon is holding another sale. The retailer to end all retailers has put various Kindle models on sale to celebrate...Continue reading
Monday Coffee – 3 February 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. David Gaughran questions the value of going viral. Salinger tried to secretly publish a book in...Continue reading
Amazon Paid Out Over $300 Million in Royalties via Kindle Unlimited Last Year
In 2019, authors and indie publishers earned more than $300 million from the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Select Global Fund, Amazon announced last week. In total,...Continue reading
Getting to the Bottom of the “Amazon Said Libraries Hurt eBook Sales” Rumor
Who wants to help me chase down a rumor and see if there's nay truth to it? For the last 8 months or so everyone in...Continue reading
More Americans Went to the Library Than to the Movies Last Year (Or So They Say)
A recent Gallup poll showed that visiting the local library was the most the most frequent cultural activity Americans engaged in in 2019: Visiting the library...Continue reading
Amazon is Recording Everything You Do On Your Kindle – Here’s How to Request the Data
I am sure you know that Amazon tracks what you do on the Kindle and in the Kindle app - after all, Amazon can't store your...Continue reading