You’ve probably seen where John Scalzi takes Hydra Publishing (an imprint of Random House) to task for their horrible contract terms (and if you haven’t, you should). The […]
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Necessary, Sufficient, and Causality (or Adventures in Publishing)
Most people know that correlation (two things happening together) may not be the same thing as causation (one thing causing another). It’s just as important to know the […]
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Amazon’s Policy Leads To Deletion of Author’s Reviews – And Possibly Yours, Too.
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 […]
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Promoting your Book: The Good And The Bad
This is really quick, and really simple. A good way to promote your book: Use a Goodreads giveaway. Like this one I’m running for Dangers Untold. (If the […]
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Publishers were collective bargaining units for authors – even if they didn’t intend to
There are few prior economic models that really reach what is going on with eBooks (and the small press) today. We’ve spent a couple of years talking about […]
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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 […]