Category Archives: Digital

No Time for Print: Why the future of ideas is electronic

Ebooks and blogs are changing not only how we read but what we read, says Brian Burton. In today’s time-poor attention economy, social media and ebooks have replaced print as the channel for radical ideas. Is print really on the … Read more

The Big Online Rip-Off

By Danuta Kean at alcs.co.uk: In the face of the burgeoning power and influence of internet venture capital, and illegal filesharing sites, Danuta Kean rallies writers to bring their fighting skills up to date. You have to hand it to … Read more

Kindle ebook sales overtake Amazon print sales in the UK

By Shiv Malik at guardian.co.uk: Amazon.co.uk has said that sales of its Kindle ebooks are now outstripping its sales of printed books. Underlining the speed of change in the publishing industry, Amazon said that two years after introducing the Kindle, customers are … Read more

Low E-book Pricing: The Compensation Problem

By Catherine Ryan Howard at catherynryanhoward.com: If you haven’t already heard, there was a bit of an incident at the Harrogate Crime Festival last week. During a panel discussion called Wanted for Murder: The E-book (for anyone surprised at what happened, shouldn’t … Read more

London Book Fair Digital Minds Conference 2012 – Live Blog

Welcome to the London Book Fair Digital Minds Conference live blog! I’ll be updating every 5 minutes or so, so keep refreshing the page to see the latest action from the conference. Join the discussion by commenting below, or by adding  … Read more

Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online

By Ed Pilkington on guardian.co.uk: In internet-savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world – or “legacy publishing” as its detractors call it – … Read more

How much does a 99c ebook cost on Amazon?

By Mark on thewritersguidetoepublishing.com No, it’s not a trick question. Fact is, Amazon may not be selling your 99c ebook for 99c. It may well be selling your 99c ebook for $3.50, and pocketing most of the difference. For those of … Read more

Kindle Starter Kit: A Mini-Handbook on Independent Publication

By Nancy Fulda at nancyfulda.livejournal.com: When I made my first halting steps into kindle publishing, I was fortunate enough to stumble headlong into Maria Schneider, author of Catch an Honest Thief. She’s been treading the independent waters for years, and taught … Read more

5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet

By John C Abell on Wired: There are no two ways about it: E-books are here to stay. Unless something as remarkable as Japan’s reversion to the sword occurs, digital books are the 21st century successor to print. And yet the … Read more

The future’s bright, the future’s mobile

In the final part of his report on this year’s London Book Fair Digital Conference, Alastair Horne considers the impact of mobile on the publishing industry. Read more

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