Kindle woes, more nomenclatura, the resurrection of the gothic and the usual...
Kindle Direct Publishing has been experiencing hick-ups over the past few days, so you still have to wait for the official launch of the next Pegasus Pulp e-book. Alas, the story is already available...
View ArticleNow computers are writing fiction – is this the death of publishing?
Expect my August sales figures as well as a new story in the next few days. But for now, here is another linkdump. And sorry about the melodramatic headline, but if it gets me views and people who buy...
View ArticleNew Discussions of Eternal Topics
The latest doom and gloom article comes to you courtesy the New York Times. This time around, it’s not publishing itself or the print book that’s declared dead but the mass market paperback. If mass...
View ArticleWhy we still need print books and mass market paperbacks
First of all, writer Richard Parks takes on the eternal issue of e-book pricing. Basically, he believes that “professional” e-books will remain expensive, because publishers have expenses. Fantasy...
View ArticleA Big Day for e-Book News
I missed the big announcement, because I was rather busy with this little thing called “real life”, but surely you have all heard the news by now: Amazon has dropped the price of the regular Kindle to...
View ArticleThe Book is Dying… Again – Doom and Gloom at the Guardian
Ewan Morrison, who proclaimed the death of the book as we know it six months ago, is back at the Guardian. Since the book steadfastly refuses to die, Morrison is now declaring electronic...
View ArticleResponses to Jonathan Franzen
In the past week or so, there have been plenty of responses to Jonathan Franzen’s anti e-book rant, which is linked here. There are links to a few good ones in the following: Tom Chivers of the...
View ArticleAnother Interview with Cora and why e-books don’t do well in Germany
First of all, I am interviewed by Scarlett Rugers at 1001 First Lines today, so come on over and say hello. I also interviewed Scarlett on my blog last month, just in case you didn’t see it....
View ArticleGerman TV discovers indie publishing – and some sales figures
The Frankfurt Book Fair is taking place at the moment, so the amount of literature coverage on TV has gone up as well. As in previous years, e-books and e-readers are a hot topic of discussion....
View ArticleThe FAZ hates e-books – or does it?
The Passive Voice links to this Discovery article about the information retention comparison between digital and print media carried out by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The article...
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