Category: Publishing
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Hits 100K Milestone; Can It Continue?
Amazon’s controversial Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has proven to be a hit among readers and an appealing option for many self-publishers, but there still remains some question as to how…
Amazon Kindle Loses Access to 5,000 Titles in IPG Dispute
In response to some arm twisting by Amazon, the Independent Publishers Group has decided to take a stand and pull all of their titles from the Kindle Store. While the…
Amazon Kindle Borrowing Scares Penguin Away From Helping Libraries
Obviously there has often been a bit of strain in the relationship between publishers and libraries, much of the time with arguments along the same lines as those currently used…
The Amazon Kindle, eBooks, and Piracy
While it is hardly the only place that media piracy is coming up these days, eBook piracy is very much on the minds of publishers and booksellers. There has been…
Franzen Dislikes Kindle, Gives Voice To Misconceptions About eBooks
Jonathan Franzen, author of such wildly popular titles as The Corrections and Freedom has recently made a bit of an impact on the eReading community by coming out against electronic…
Amazon vs B&N Conflict May Mean More Kindle Exclusives
In what is just the latest point of conflict between Amazon and Barnes & Noble over their relative positions in book sales, B&N has announced that they are unwilling to…
Thoughts on Kindle Publishing
When it comes to publishing an indie book, the Kindle Direct Publishing program has done wonders for new authors all over the place. Some, like John Locke and Amanda Hocking,…
Apple Attacks Kindle Publishing With iBooks Author, Drama Ensues
We are well aware now what the big Apple announcement for January was: their new iBooks Author program. It is a program that allows for easy creation of books, most…
Kindle Success Spurs Apple To New eBook Moves
Recent reports indicate that later this month we can expect to see Apple host a press conference related to, of all things, eBooks. After news that the Kindle Fire has…
Penguin, Overdrive, and Amazon: Kindle Library Lending Gets Complicated
Kindle owners found themselves targeted recently in a fairly unpleasant way. Penguin USA, one of the largest publishers in the world, decided that it would be a smart business move…