The link below is to an article reporting on the latest legal battles concerning ebook pricing.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/big-five-back-in-court-over-ebook-pricing
Tag Archives: publishers
Authors Prefer Traditional Publishers
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the preference of traditional publishing for authors.
Why Publishers Hate Amazon
The links below are to a series of articles that examine why publishers hate Amazon.
For more visit:
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-and-wants-you-to-hate-amazon-too/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-2/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-3/
United Kingdom: Book Publishing Crisis Leads to Closures
The link below is to an article that reports on the closure of some 98 book publishers in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/04/ebooks-discounts-98-publishers-closure
Ebook Publishing
The link below is to an article that considers ebook publishing – is this the real reason why book publishers are failing to keep pace with Amazon?
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/21/ebooks-publishers-care-attention
Here’s how much Smashwords authors will get paid through ebook subscription service Oyster
In the past couple of months, two ebook subscription services — Oyster and Scribd — have launched. Both aim to be a “Netflix (S NFLX) for ebooks,” providing unlimited access to ebooks from a variety of publishers for a set monthly fee.
Both Oyster and Scribd have been fairly circumspect about how authors are paid when their books are accessed through the apps — in part because the terms may vary slightly by publisher. Now, though, we’re getting a little bit more information on how author payments through Oyster work.
Self-publishing distributor Smashwords is letting its authors include their ebooks in Oyster. On Friday, Smashwords CEO Mark Coker sent authors and publishers an email explaining how the financial terms of the arrangement will work:
“As a Smashwords author or publisher, you’ll earn 60 percent of your book’s retail list price whenever an Oyster subscriber reads more than 10 percent of…
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Article: Flipboard and the Like – Scams?
The link below is to an article that questions whether Flipboard and similar sites are actually scams on publishers.
For more visit:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/–100456
Article: Author Websites
The link below is to an article that looks at author websites and why publishers aren’t for them.
For more visit:
http://janefriedman.com/2013/09/27/publishers-author-websites/
Article: Publishers & Their Customers
The link below is to an article that takes a look at publishers and their customers – worth a read. Bad day for publishers here, as they seem to be copping a bit of a bashing.
For more visit:
http://www.hughhowey.com/its-the-reader-stupid/
Article: Bad Amazon – Kindle Matchbook
The link below is to an article that takes a different approach to Kindle Matchbook and once again Amazon is the bad boy. You can always find some reason to bash Amazon, but I remain a fan and I don’t see any great issue with Kindle Matchbook. It seeks to look after the customer/reader, and perhaps that is the real issue for publishers. I think most publishers have had an issue with looking after their customers/readers, so it’s really no surprise that this would be a something they take issue with.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/09/09/least-surprising-aspect-kindle-matchbook/
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