On the second of November, Salon reported that Amazon was starting to remove author’s reviews.I can easily imagine what led to this policy. Remember R.J. Ellory from a […]
You See How He Treats The Waiter: Cautionary Tales About Amazon for Writers, Musicians, etc
You know the saying. “Don’t judge a man by how he treats his date. Judge him by how he treats the waiter.” In this case, Linux users are […]
Amazon Finally Steps on Page-Scraped eBooks
Kudos to Amazon (though it’s far, far late coming) for finally pointing out the obvious: Making eBooks that repackage freely accessible (but not public domain) web content are […]
Where DRM (or a lack of it) is relevant – even with Microsoft entering the eReader game
There’s two points I want to respond to with Mike Stackpole’s article “Is DRM really Significant?”. It’s important I keep these two points completely separate – because he’s […]
Why Amazon Lowering eBook Prices Is Shit For Authors – and What Readers and Authors Can Do About It
Let me just start with “Oh, I hope I’m wrong.” Because if I’m wrong, then I’m on the winning side. But I’m strongly figuring that I’m right, and […]
It’s not a conspiracy: Explaining the economics behind eBook market trends
I think the backlash against independent publishers and authors has already started, and will continue to get worse over the next twelve months. Once again, this isn’t a […]