Category Archives: Industry News/Publishing

Ingrams will Distribute Amazon eBooks to Amazon Competitors

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article came from paidContent. If you are interested in the complete article, please visit http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/29/exclusive-amazon-ny-to-sell-its-ebooks-through-bn-kobo-other-retailers/ Amazon’s New York-based book publishing imprint, which is headed by publishing industry vet Larry Kirshbaum, has signed a deal with Ingram to distribute its ebooks … Continue reading →

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Kobo to Sell eBooks Through Indie Book Outlets

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from CBCNews:Arts and Entertainment. To read the complete article, please visit http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/08/30/kobo-indie-bookstores.html Kobo has signed a new partnership with U.S. independent booksellers will give loyal indie customers the option of digital reading, while continuing to support their local … Continue reading →

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Neither Target nor Wal-Mart Will Carry Amazon’s Kindle

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This comes from Laura Hazard Owen at Gigaom.com. To read the complete article, please visit http://gigaom.com/2012/09/20/walmart-following-target-stops-selling-kindles/ Walmart has become the second large U.S. retail chain to announce that it will stop selling Amazon Kindles, after Target made a similar announcement in … Continue reading →

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Building Characters That Sell

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from Karen Lamb’s Blog. Ms. Lamb has some excellent choices such as Anatomy of a Best-Selling Novel and How Personal Should Writers Get On Social Media. To read this one on Developing Characterization, please visit http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/great-characters-the-beating-heart-of-great-fiction/ Today we … Continue reading →

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Breaking Out Authors in Paperback is Still Possible, But More Difficult

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from Publisher’s Weekly. To read the complete article, please visit http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/53806-do-mass-market-originals-still-work-.html Despite shrinking sales, declining shelf space, and the rise in popularity of relatively inexpensive e-book editions, mass market paperback is still a category that can be used … Continue reading →

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Facebook and Courts Collide on Free Speech and Technology

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

I originally read this article in The Charlotte Observer on September 8, 2012. Since that time it has seen multiple reprints. “In Facebook Court Cases, High Tech and Free Speech Collide” (To read the complete article, search the McClatchy link … Continue reading →

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The Top 10 Worst Passwords – Is Yours Among Them?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Okay, I admit that one of my previous passwords is on this list. I have long ago changed that password to something a bit more challenging; yet, this list demonstrates how easy it is to become complacent over creating a … Continue reading →

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Can Reading Jane Austen Make You Smarter?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

Stanford Report, September 7, 2012 This is your brain on Jane Austen, and Stanford researchers are taking notes Researchers observe the brain patterns of literary PhD candidates while they’re reading a Jane Austen novel. The fMRI images suggest that literary … Continue reading →

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Crazy Online Reviews

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

I have recently discovered Robert Jackson Bennett’s WordPress Blog. Mr. Bennett is a Shirley Jackson Award Winner in Science Fiction. One of my favorite of his posts is this one on Book Reviews. See if you recognize yourself in this … Continue reading →

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The Future: Reselling of eBooks? What Does That Mean for Publishers and Authors?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Regina Jeffers

This article comes from Publisher’s Weekly. To read the complete article visit http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/53334-redigi-plans-to-sell-used-e-books.html For serial entrepreneur John Ossenmacher, founder, president, and CEO of ReDigi, which bills itself as “the world’s first pre-owned digital marketplace,” the copyright infringement case filed by Capitol … Continue reading →

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