I should have guessed. One of the hurdles with offering "bundles" of ePub and Mobi files together is letting folks with mobiles (phones and tablets) directly open the […]
digital publishing / ebooks
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Making eBook Conversion (and Store Independence) Part of Reader’s Habits
I left us with this challenge yesterday: How do we make eBook formats transparent to end users? How do we make store-independence part of the habit loop of […]
digital publishing / ebooks / economics
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Steps Toward Making eBook format conversion trivial for average users
Yesterday, I talked a lot about where I think Mike Stackpole was wrong – but I also want to talk about where that leads to him being completely […]
digital publishing / publishing
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You Can’t Rely on the Public Backlash by Dismissing the Public Backlash: Using Critical Thinking With Amazon
The shrillness has returned to eBook discussions – and it’s really easy to get sucked into the new echo chambers (same as the old echo chambers). It’s not […]
amazon / business / business of writing / digital publishing / ebooks / economics
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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 […]
business of writing / digital publishing / publishing / sfwa
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Choosing your professional organizations as an author
While I’m trying to write this as a more generic post, I should be up-front about something I’ve said once before: I do not recommend EPIC (Electronic Publishing […]