In response to the revelation that Alex Malarkey has recanted of his claims to have visited heaven, and repudiated his book “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven” and in light of Tyndale releasing this statement: which suggests they had JUST NOW learned about this fraud “We are saddened to learn that Alex Malarkey, co-author of ‘The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven,’ is now saying that he made up the story of dying and going to heaven. Given this information, we are taking the book out of print.”

From Phil Johnson:

” For the record, Tyndale House Publishers knew full well more than two years ago that Kevin Malarkey’s book contained fabricated stories. I have a stack of correspondence between Beth Malarkey and Tyndale in which she tried to make Alex’s true voice heard. They completely blew her off. So in early June last year, I sent the…

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A Year of Books Fail?

16 January 2015 by particularkev

Has the Mark Zuckerberg book club, ‘A year of Books,’ failed? The link below is to an article that considers this question.

For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/jan/15/mark-zuckerberg-book-club-opens-disappointing-first-chapter

Reading Too Young?

16 January 2015 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that considers whether it is possible to start reading too young.

For more visit:
http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/can-learning-to-read-too-young-backfire/97662

Apple: 1 million new iBooks customers each week since iOS 8 launch

16 January 2015 by particularkev

Gigaom

Apple’s iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, which launched to the public this fall, come with iBooks pre-installed. That decision has paid off: iBooks has averaged one million new customers every week since mid-September.

Keith Moerer, the director of iBooks at Apple, revealed that statistic in a rare public appearance at the Digital Book World conference in New York City on Thursday. It’s startling to anyone who dismisses Apple as an also-ran in the ebook market and might encourage publishers and authors who haven’t focused on the platform to begin doing so. (And that was probably one of the main reasons that Apple agreed to appear at the conference.)

Moerer also spoke about other reasons that iBooks downloads are increasing. Since the launch of the larger-screened iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, “We are seeing more of our book sales starting to come from the phone.”

Though neither Moerer nor…

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Oyster 2015

15 January 2015 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that looks at the position of Oyster in 2015.

For more visit:
http://publishingperspectives.com/2015/01/oyster-starts-2015-off-two-big-announcements/

Beneath the Ink

15 January 2015 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that takes a look at ‘Beneath the Ink,’ a publisher of enhanced ebooks.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/enhanced-ebook/beneath-ink-enhanced-ebooks-done-right/

Amazon exec: Here’s why it pays to make your ebooks exclusive to us

15 January 2015 by particularkev

Gigaom

Amazon’s ebook subscription service, Kindle Unlimited, has attracted criticism recently, with some self-published authors complaining that the service devalues their work and chafing at the requirement that they make their ebooks exclusive to Amazon in order to participate.

But Russ Grandinetti, Amazon’s VP of Kindle Content, suggested at the Digital Book World conference in New York on Wednesday that the vast majority of authors participating are satisfied with Kindle Unlimited — and he said that the program is helping them achieve earnings that have doubled since the program’s launch in July.

Authors who want their books to appear in Kindle Unlimited have to enroll in KDP Select, a program that requires them to make their ebooks exclusive to Amazon for three-month periods. “Every month authors have renewed availability of titles on KDP Select in excess of 95 percent before and after the launch of Kindle Unlimited,” Grandinetti said — suggesting that they…

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