Apr 19, 2016 | Publishing, Writing
In a fascinating study shared by The Reading Room, men were found to be quicker to judge a book they’re reading than women are. The study was performed by Jellybooks, who used a bit of JavaScript in eBooks that measured reading habits of volunteers. By breaking down...
Apr 15, 2016 | Publishing
For those who missed the news, Amazon has just released Kindle Oasis, the company’s next big step towards its goal of digital paper. Its thinnest, lightest and most expensive e-reader yet has a new design with 9-week reading battery, ergonomic grip, and...
Mar 24, 2016 | Publishing
A recent Wired report describes the way Amazon is attempting to disrupt the software environment through Amazon Underground, a new model that’s grown exponentially since launching a few months ago. For those unfamiliar with Underground—which, realistically, includes...
Mar 22, 2016 | Publishing
Customers using an outdated software version on Kindle e-readers require an important software update by today (March 22, 2016) in order to continue to download Kindle books from the Cloud, access the Kindle Store, and use other Kindle services on their device....
Mar 16, 2016 | Publishing
Many of you were taken by the Espresso Book Machine by Xerox and the news of the first European Print-On-Demand bookstore opening in Paris. You had many questions in regards to the resulting book’s cost, the quality of printing etc, so I thought I’d come...
Mar 14, 2016 | Publishing
Have you heard of the Espresso Book Machine? Created by Xerox, it’s a printer robot that can print out an entire book in minutes. Bookstores no longer need to order and stock up on books; all they need is an Espresso Book Machine and an Internet connection. If...
Mar 6, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
Update: Amazon has ceased offering Giveaways as of October 31st, 2019. I maintain the post below for archive purposes only. An Update on Amazon Giveaways In my recent post on how to set up an Amazon Giveaway, I had said that Amazon won’t allow you to give away...
Mar 4, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
I have mentioned the importance of Amazon Categories as far as rankings are concerned in my post, I Just Published my Book. Now What? Here is a rough guide to how many copies a book needs to sell to reach a certain rank in Amazon US, courtesy of Jackie Weger. This...
Feb 25, 2016 | Publishing
As soon as the news came that Amazon will start paying a lot more attention to poorly edited books, panic ensued among the various forums. Thankfully, as John Doppler explains on Words on Words, things aren’t quite that bad. It all started when Good E-Reader...
Feb 21, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
Chloe of the Written Word Media published recently 10 trends in publishing that are of interest to every author – particularly Indie ones: 1. Indie authors will continue to take up a growing percentage of the market Indie authored books are estimated to compose...
