In a presentation last week to the San Diego Entertainment and Sports Lawyers I was asked the question: “Do eBook authors that self-publish submit their books for some kind of legal review?” (You can see the presentation here on Slideshare.) I had to admit that I’ve rarely heard this topic discussed in any detail in [...]
Last week USA Today covered an IDC report that said sales of personal computers—including Apple Macs—dropped a combined 13.9% in the first quarter of 2013. And while 350 million units were sold in 2012, there were 700 million Smartphones shipped along with 120 million tablets during the same period. This has huge implications for business [...]
If you are publishing one book, or have only a handful of books, how do you know what price to charge? You have no or little hard data about how readers might respond to your writing. You certainly know what you’d like to earn—an objective often guided by the royalties paid by the online stores. [...]
Barnes & Noble launched a major face lift and rebranding of their eBook self-publishing portal Publit last week calling it Nook Press. It’s a lot more than a new name and I think represents a major, albeit late step forward in their pursuit of the hearts and minds of independent publishers. It is way ahead [...]
Last week’s news that Amazon was buying Goodreads caused quite a stir with readers, authors and publishers alike. While Amazon was readily praised for its business acumen (and competitors like Barnes & Noble criticized for once again being asleep in the stacks), the reading and publish community had a mixed reaction at best. Personally I [...]
The constant in eBook publishing is that one never stops learning. The market is moving fast with new techniques, new services and new opportunities presenting themselves almost daily. In this six day online event attendees have a chance to learn from a variety of experts in the entire range of eBook development and promotion. Event [...]
2012 Survey of eBook, Audiobook and Book Sales by AAP and BISG Report 7% Growth
The Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group released results of the annual BookStats survey of 1,500 publishers and the numbers are impressive. Here are some of the key statistics for 2012 relative to 2011: eBook fiction sales up 42% to $1.8 billion eBook non-fiction sales up 22% to $484.2 million eBooks [...]