It’s the myth that just won’t die. Ebooks are Dying. Sales are down. Kindles are Clunky! Help! Alarm! Except they aren’t. It’s really disappointing that reporters for major outlets continue to get this story wrong. And they continue to assert …
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CURATION, DISCOVERY AND THE INDIE AUTHOR
Indie publishing has created a revolution. Hugh Howey became one of the top selling science fiction authors via self-publishing. Author Earnings reports that indie published titles are approaching 45% of all eBook unit sales on Amazon! But with that revolution …
Find a book gift for someone with our Book chatbot!
In case you have been hiding under a rock and don’t know what a chatbot is, it’s a service where you communicate via written or spoken words and sentences, rather than clicking menu items in a browser. We’re in the …
whitefox publishing, and why books are like Pokemon Go!
As part of our ongoing series of interviews with authors and folks from the publishing word, we had a chance to catch up with John Bond, the CEO of whitefox Publishing, he was kind enough to answer some questions for …
Porter Square Books
Cafe Zing @ Porter Square Books So, Wednesday I found myself over in Porter Square for a “Techs in Libraries” meet up — geeks who work on libraries. I found myself there 20 minutes early — just enough time for some coffee. Happily, there was …
Manchester by the Book
It’s getting to be summer in New England. But it’s not officially summer in New England until you’ve been to Woodman’s of Essex for fried clams. Finding myself with a free Saturday last weekend, off I went. And it’s not …
Another nail in the coffin of subscription book reading
Electric Literature reports: We’ve written previously about Scribd and the challenges of the ebook subscription model. Electric Lit reports that Scribd will more-or-less gut the service by imposing hard-to-understand limits on how much you can read on the service. It’s …
Prepping for a Books Hackathon
So a few weekends ago I helped organize a really cool “Literary Hackathon” called CODEX, held at the MIT Media Lab and created by Jennifer 8. Lee of Plympton. I wrote previously about the hack I made, Book Playlist, which …
Anatomy of a Hack – Books, Music & CODEX
Awhile back I randomly found out about CODEX Hackathon, a “literary hackathon” mashing up books and technology, and I knew I had to get involved. I started by registering to attend, but realized pretty quickly I wanted to do more. …
A few months with Scribd
While I’m a bit late to the game, I’ve spent the last 3 months exploring the subscription model for ebooks. As you may have heard, the inventor of the concept – Oyster – shut down awhile back (Amazon has Kindle …