Category Archives: For Writers

Hachette v. Amazon: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by

If you’ve paid any attention to the book industry, you’ll know by now that Hachette and Amazon are locked in some kind of pricing battle. The details aren’t that well known, but the strategy is: Amazon disabled the pre-order option … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Measure Your Book’s Online Marketing Campaign

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

When it comes to online marketing, independent authors like to think they’re ahead of the curve. Social savvy, internet savvy, and savvy in other miscellaneous ways. But just because you made a Facebook Page and have a Twitter account doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Innovation & Stagnation in the Traditonal Publishing Industry

Posted on March 31, 2014 by

The Tribune Company did something that surprised me the other day: it released a new product. An app, to be specific. Newsbeat converts newspapers into audio, so people can listen to them in the car, on their iPhone and in … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality’s Meaning for Bloggers, Writers, and Musicians

Posted on January 24, 2014 by

Last week, the FCC struck down something called “net neutrality.” You might have seen headlines and decided it was boring. Maybe, for a little while, you were curious about the ruling’s meaning. No one really knows how things are going … Continue reading →

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How to Use a Blog to Sell Your Book

Posted on October 24, 2013 by

The government shutdown is over. For now. After so much productive and rigorous hashtagging on Twitter, complaints on Facebook, and half-plagiarised news articles looking for traffic, our representatives had no choice but to start funding things again. And agree to … Continue reading →

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7 eBook Statistics All Writers and Book Lovers Should See

Posted on September 30, 2013 by

Ebook studies about market shares and sales are all over the place. But eBook studies about reader habits are a little harder to find. That’s why I was excited to finally see one that talked about… copyright. What is a … Continue reading →

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Why You Didn’t Get Any Sales from Your KDP Select Promotion

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

You wrote the book. You did the research. You got a cover. Finally, you formatted the thing for Amazon Kindle and decided to try KDP Select. Gleefully, you set up the promotion and let ‘er whirl. You scaled your expectations … Continue reading →

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