Dear reader, and perhaps fellow publisher on KDP, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has written a letter to Amazon’s shareholders, in which he talks about the innovation and future prospects of his company. From the letter: Kindle Direct Publishing has quickly taken on astonishing scale – more than a thousand KDP authors now each sell more than a thousand copies a month,… (more…)
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Amazon lets authors spy on readers
Originally published on writersdigest, written by Rob Eagar, author of Sell Your Book Like Wildfire “Did you know that Amazon lets authors see who is highlighting notes in their books and tweeting content to friends? When someone reads a book using a Kindle device or app, Amazon stores the information they highlight. Plus, Amazon displays who used Twitter to spread word… (more…)
The Devil’s Diary
Dear reader, It is done. The Devil’s Diary is now officially available through several channels: The Devil’s Diary - Experience a month in the life of the devil, and see that it is not all brimstone and roses. (Note: this book is not for the religiously faint of heart!) E-book available at Smashwords (many formats), and all Amazon stores (Kindle only).
Amazon Dominates the World eBook Market
Kelly Gallegher, the VP of Publishing Services at RR Bowker gave an eye opening presentation at a conference. RR Bowker has just completed a 120 country survey into consumer’s ebook buying habits, and today we got a look at some of the data. The presentation was densely packed with info, and there was in fact more data on the slides… (more…)
Amazon Is Going to Sell Ebooks Outside the Kindle Store
Photo: Amazon Paid Content shared the news, that Amazon is planning to publish a series of short biographies, called Amazon Lives, which won’t be exclusive to Kindle Store. In other words: they will be available for sale at other etailers. This is a beginning of the big thing. This series is just a little sign of it. The first book will be published in… (more…)
The Problem With Ebook Daily Deals
from Ebook Friendly » Tips & More by Piotr Kowalczyk Kindle Daily Deal / Amazon I’m tracking Kindle Daily Deal since the very beginning. I’m also watching Kindle Daily Deal in UK and Germany, as well as Nook Daily Find – B&N’s answer to ebook deals from Amazon. It actually doesn’t take a lot of time to notice that those deals are about the attractiveness of the price, not the book.… (more…)
Indie Promotion
Dear reader, It is Monday again. You have probably come to expect this: today’s Indie Promotion: Death by Broken Heart by Candy Little Ebook Short Description: Bailey Rhodes is used to running away from problems. When she returns to her hometown for a class reunion, and runs into her old boyfriend, Randy, she struggles to keep her emotions and past hurts… (more…)
Indie promotion
Dear reader, Welcome to a new Indie Promotion. Today I present to you: Death Wish: Book I (The Vamp Saga) by Danielle Blanchard Ebook Short Description: Welcome to Las Vegas in the year 2020. The cold war between mortals and vampires has ended … the vampires won and now they control the most powerful organizations in the world which include the… (more…)
Buying a Kindle Fire for Europeans. Worth the trouble?
Dear reader, This might be an interesting article for European e-reader friends. I found it and thought it good to share: “Recently, a friendly colleague brought a Kindle Fire back to the Netherlands after his US trip. I had bugged him for weeks to buy this tablet for me because I really think the Fire matches my needs: “reading books and… (more…)
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