A vivid illustration of the life of a writer…
News You Can Use – April 2, 2013
Plans to Sell Used Digital Music Squashed in Court – May put a damper on rumored plans for Amazon to sell used ebooks.
Goodreads + Amazon – Winners & Losers – Smart reflection from Joe Weikert
How to Become a Password Hacker – This article should scare the living daylights out of you! Rethink your password strategy today!
In 1999 You Could have Bought Google for $750k! – The story …
Amazon Buys Goodreads
by Steve Laube
The big news late last week is that Amazon.com has purchased Goodreads.com. If you happened to read some of the panicked and outraged fans of Goodreads the news was yet another signal that Amazon is an evil empire.
Some are seeing this purchase as the harbinger of a bookocalypse or worse. It is as if everyone is waiting for Amazon to reset the sales rankings of every book to …
Astounding Technology Breakthrough!
The secret of making a video go "viral."
Makes one wonder if this is for real....
News You Can Use – March 26, 2013
Is Baby Boomer Lit the Next Hot Genre? – Yet another parsing of the genres. What do you think about this one?
The Economics Behind the Big Publishing Mergers – Eoin Purcells explores some of the big picture considerations.
Author Intuition – Roseanna White writes a great article. I appreciate her words “Don’t mistake pride for intuition.” Well said.
An Amazon Bestseller Earns the Author …
News You Can Use – March 19, 2013
MyBookTable WordPress Plugin – Do not wait another minute. Go right now and sign up for this KickStarter program by Thomas Umstattd and Author Media. It will make your web site so much more efficient when it comes to selling your books via your web site. At least watch the four minute video.
Care for a little debate about blogging? Read these two entries and decide:
Author Blogging: What’s …
Fun Fridays – March 15, 2013
A visual demonstration of what a multi-tasking agent seems to do every day.
And then someone comes along and yanks all support.
News You Can Use – March 12, 2013
Plagiarism and the Link - How one author got sued when his publisher forgot to include the proper hyperlinks in his article. Read this article before write another thing.
Legal Issues for Authors - Particularly Those Who Self-Publish - An interview with Paul Rapp and attorney who specializes in intellectual property law. (Click here for his many articles on various topics in this area.)
How …
Fun Fridays – March 8, 2013
The "feel good" story of the month.
I want to go to this place for lunch!