Tag: self-publishing
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Exclusivity Pays Off For Some Authors
The December numbers are in for Amazon’s rather controversial Kindle Owners‘ Lending Library (KOLL) and for some people they turned out to be quite good. Right around 295,000 rentals were…
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…
Will Rowling’s ‘Pottermore’ Change Digital Distribution As We Know It?
J.K Rowling, long term eBook holdout, has decided to finally let the Harry Potter series out for the Kindle and into the eReading marketplace in general. It’s good news for…
Is Amazon’s Kindle Destroying the Publishing Industry?
This isn’t a new topic, but it also doesn’t seem to be going away. There are some very loud people convinced that the Kindle spells the end of the book…
Amazon Incentivizes Digital Discounts
As things come to a head between publishers and providers, and as Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) and Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) compete over the digital self-publishing market, Amazon is attempting to place themselves firmly…
Barnes & Noble Opens Self-Publishing
After years of Amazon’s dominance in the self-publishing ebook marketplace, Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) has decided to enter the scene. Eligible independent publishers and self-publishing authors will be able to add…