by David Hewson The world is embracing the ebook at an astonishing pace. Most of us who write for a living welcome this. It means new opportunities for authors and readers alike. It means you can carry lots of books in a single, light device. With some systems you can do clever things such as [...]
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Free ebooks don’t drive sales, one author finds
November 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · free ebooks
The SF author Jeffrey Carver has come to the conclusion that offering his backlist as free ebooks just isn’t working for him. I’ve been running the free-downloads experiment for more than two years now. Here’s my conclusion: The free downloads have significantly expanded my audience, and enabled me to meet some very nice people electronically. [...]
Author’s Guild respond to Wylie/Random House
July 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
The Author’s Guild have responded to the events of last Thursday. Here;s the best part: 4. To a large extent, publishers have brought this on themselves. … Knowledgeable authors and agents, however, are well aware that e-book royalty rates of 25% of net proceeds are exceedingly low and contrary to the long-standing practice of authors [...]
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Author Solutions launches Palibrio – new spanish language imprint
June 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments · press release
From the press release: Author Solutions, Inc., the world leader in indie book publishing, announced Thursday the launch of Palibrio—a new self-publishing imprint created exclusively for Spanish-speaking authors of all genres.Palibrio will capitalize on the proven expertise of Author Solutions’ English-language imprints. Prospective authors will receive a free publishing consultation, during which a professional publishing [...]
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Author Solutions announce deal with Kobo
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced today a distribution pact with Kobo – the cloud-based eReading service that allows consumers to read eBooks on multiple devices.Under the terms of the agreement, all new black-and-white iUniverse and Trafford Publishing titles will be made available through Kobo immediately, [...]
Webcast of author Tim O’Brien’s now available
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the press release: Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Trade and Reference Publishers commemorated the 20th anniversary of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried with an unprecedented webcast to more than 300 U.S. classrooms on Wednesday, March 24. O’Brien and Nathaniel Fick, author of One Bullet Away and CEO of the Center for a New [...]
Indie Pub. Author Solutions signs Kindle Deal
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced today the signing of an agreement with Amazon to distribute all new black-and-white AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris titles through its popular eReader, the Kindle.”The Kindle was a pioneer in the rapidly expanding eReader market, and we’re pleased to [...]
Author Solutions announce deal with B&N
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Independent publisher Author Solutions (ASI) announced a distribution deal with Barnes & Noble today. Ebook versions of all new ASI titles published through the AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris imprints will be made available for purchase through www.bn.com and the B&N Nook. ASI has set a default price of $9.99 for each title, but [...]
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