You don’t get paid unless people actually read your book: the new Kindle Unlimited royalties
This July, Amazon is changing the way it pays authors for books in Kindle Unlimited and the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. In short, it’s paying the authors a royalty based… Read more »
The Big Five haven’t signed on — so where did Amazon get 600,000 books?
Oh, look, you still have both eyes! That means you didn’t stab them out yesterday when the phrase “Netflix for books” was used another hundred thousand times, this time describing… Read more »
What we can learn from Byliner
Byliner, a company that published longform journalism and stories using a subscription model, is in dire straits. Its CEO is leaving and the company seems to be looking for a… Read more »
The Obama business plan: Be like Amazon
From any angle, President Obama’s decision to appear at an Amazon warehouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee to hold it up as an exemplar is deeply disturbing. Also, bizarre. On the one hand,… Read more »
No means yes: why is Barnes & Noble selling Amazon’s Penny Marshall bio?
“It’s something the company was quite clear about”… Read more »
Newly released court docs reveal Penguin CEO wanted to “make Random House hurt” for not joining fight against Amazon
Seventeen more states have joined the class-action lawsuit against the publishing industry over ebook pricing, and the release of the amended complaint has included some fascinating evidence previously redacted, including… Read more »
Google re-thinks selling ebooks … again …
We’ve noted many times that Google’s commitment to selling ebooks has been shaky at best. After launching its ebookstore with great ballyhoo, it then walked away from the program just… 2 / Read more »