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
Guest Post: Ten and a Half Commandments of Writing
Every author is asked by new writers for advice. There is, however, no all-encompassing, single answer that also happens to be correct. Quite a lot of...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 27 January 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Ten things you probably didn't know about CS Lewis. The NY Times makes an argument for...Continue reading
Penguin Random House Pulls eBooks and Audiobooks From Netflix-Style Subscription Access Services
PRH is backing out of its contracts with ebook and audiobook subscription services. Last week they pulled their ebooks from several Europe-based Kindle Unlimited competitors, and...Continue reading
Infographic: 50+ Fascinating Language Facts You Didn’t Know
Are you looking for interesting language facts? You've come to the right place! The following infographic details over 50 interesting facts about various languages. Here are...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 20 January 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The state of Missouri wants to stop kids from reading (or bring back book burning). Library...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Fell in December 2019
Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by one hundred thousand dollars in December 2019, to $26.3 million, from $261. million in...Continue reading
Audible Settles with Publishers in Audible Caption Lawsuit
Remember that lawsuit from last August over Audible's new captioning feature, the feature that everyone is publishing was soooo absolutely certain was infringing on copyright? Well,...Continue reading
Scribd Continues to Steal From Former Subscribers
There's an old joke in tech circles that the only reason that AOL was still profitable at the end was that the company was still receiving...Continue reading
The Kindle is On Sale Again – at Black Friday Prices ($85 for the Paperwhite)
Amazon is having another sale today on their Kindles. Kindle prices have been reduced to Black Friday levels, making this sale the best deal you can...Continue reading