Category: Publishing
Did the Kindle Start a Trend Toward Paperless Living?
A recent survey put out by Gartner looked at portable device usage among five hundred or so participants to see how things like tablet computing were changing the way we…
How Publishers Can Kill the Kindle by Trusting Customers
There is no avoiding the fact that the Big 6 publishers created their own problem in the Kindle. Amazon provided them with an easy way to start making a move…
IPG Titles Return to the Kindle After 3 Months
It has been an interesting few months of discussion, debate, argument, and drama, but The Independent Publishers Group has finally arrived at terms with Amazon that will allow their titles…
How to Make Your Kindle Book Successful
I am not a bestselling author, nor do I play one on television. I do, however, take a great deal of interest in how those who have managed to make…
Amazon Studios vs Netflix: Building Exclusive Content for Instant Video and Kindle Fire
Remember when I was doubtful that Amazon would feel like it was worth taking on Netflix over the video streaming market, no matter how important video was to the Kindle…
Kindle Owners Win Big With First DOJ Publisher Settlement
The first major change in eBook pricing to come about since the launch of the iPad is at hand. The U.S. Department of Justice has already negotiated settlements with three…
Amazon Suspends Adding New Kindle Newspapers Due To Overwhelming Demand?
The new rule for making a newspaper work seems to be maximizing its availability. This means that not only does it need to be at the local supermarket and gas…
Agency Model Set To Fall! Kindle Book Prices Will Follow Suit
Not much is known at this time about what options are being discussed by the publishers under attack by the Justice Department. We do have good information that there are…
Will Amazon Unwittingly Destroy the Kindle?
It’s been clear since early this year that as the Kindle Fire was taking off so impressively, Amazon was experiencing some amount of decreased Kindle eReader interest among its customers. …
Arguing that Amazon’s Behavior Justifies Agency Model Price Fixing is Idiotic
Since the rise of the Agency Model that Apple made possible for publishers in a partnership surrounding the release of the iBooks application and store for the original iPad (a…