Jan 29, 2018 | Maps and Infographics, My friends' Guest Posts, Publishing
This is a guest post by Kathleen Ramirez, a Millennial with a passion for all things digital. Digital Reading Benefits For many Millennials, paper reading is as good as dead. Digital technology has evolved so much that every young person is dependent on technological...
Jan 9, 2018 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
After a short break, I’m back with news of several publishing courses now available for only $10.99 (down from as high as $200)! If, like me, you’ve attended any Udemy courses in the past, you will surely have heard of the New Year Resolution offer...
Nov 19, 2017 | Publishing
Ten years ago, on November 19th, 2007, Amazon introduced Kindle to the world, for US$399. It sold out in five and a half hours, even though there were just 88,000 books available for download. The device remained out of stock for five months until late April 2008....
Oct 21, 2017 | Publishing
I was talking to the lawyer of a big publishing house the other day. We were discussing ebooks, and he made the claim that ebooks were just a fad, and one that is dying off at that. Obviously, this surprised me, so I asked him about his sources. “Sector...
Oct 15, 2017 | Publishing
I’m sure many of you will have received the email from CreateSpace (CS) that announces how their own eStore will cease to serve customers on October 31st. Instead, customers will be redirected to Amazon. CreateSpace explains that the move was made because of...
Oct 9, 2017 | Fun Historical Facts, Publishing
Even though pamphlets and softcover books have been available in Europe since the 16th century, US readers looked down on them until well into the 20th century. As a recent Atlas Obscura post by Cara Giaimo explains, without a mass-market distribution model in place,...
Jul 23, 2017 | Marketing, Publishing
Last month, Written Word Media shared the results of yet another extensive author survey they’ve run, to tease out the strategies and tactics successful authors were using to achieve their success. The survey compared authors making over $100,000 in a single...
