Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Are On Sale
Amazon has put the Kindle on sale again this week. The Kindle Paperwhite is selling for $89, and the basic Kindle has been marked down...Continue reading
November is National Podcast Post Month – Why Not Launch One?
Everyone knows (in my circles, anyway) that November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This is an annual event where aspiring authors commit to writing...Continue reading
Monday Morning Coffee – 21 October 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The day has finally arrived: You can buy books written by AI. Part of the World's...Continue reading
You Tell Me: Do You Have an On-The-Go Writing Solution?
I got an email this morning from Astrohaus, and it got me thinking about writing while on the go. Astrohaus is a startup that makes a...Continue reading
ISBN Registrations Jump 40% After Createspace is Merged Into KDP Print
Bowker, the private company responsible for issuing ISBNs in the US, released its annual report on the number ISBN's sold last year. The data doesn't tell...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Skyrocketed in September 2019
Amazon announced on Tuesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by one hundred thousand dollars in September 2019, to $25.9 million, from $25.8 million in...Continue reading
The Lost Art of Paste-Up (video)
Back before we used computers to lay out the text of a book, magazine, or newspaper, publishers used various methods to manually lay out text before...Continue reading
Tor.com’s Free eBook for October 2019 is K Arsenault Rivera’s “The Tiger’s Daughter”
Tor.com's ebook of the month club is giving away K Arsenault Rivera's The Tiger's Daughter. The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach—but...Continue reading
Has Anyone Used Hometown Reads?
I was at the James River Writers conference this past weekend. Even though it was the type of conference where "writer" was a synonym "book author",...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 14 october 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. This browser extension lets you insert zero-width characters in text you post online, and can be...Continue reading
Kindle for iOS v6.23 Adds Library eBook Filter
Did you know that iOS no longer tells you when you have an app that has an update? I just learned that myself today when I heard...Continue reading
How to Vet Podcast Guests
I am in the early stages of launching a podcast called The Website in a Box show. My show is going to explain why websites are...Continue reading
How to be a Better Podcast Guest (Updated)
Virtually every marketing expert agrees that if you want to get your message out there in 2018, podcasts are the way to go. We're told...Continue reading
Kindle Voyage On Sale for $69 at Woot
I don't know where Amazon keeps finding these things, but they have the Voyage on sale again at Woot. The five year old Kindle Voyage is...Continue reading
New Kindle Kids Edition Costs $109
In addition to launching a new Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon also released a new Kindle Kids edition bundle. The $89 entry-level Kindle released in March is...Continue reading