Briefly Noted | Guess What? No One Knows How Big the E-Book Business Is [Update] | BNET
There are lots of numbers floating around that purport to show how big the e-book industry is. The Association of American Publishers AAP says that ebooks are the single best-selling category in U.S. publishing. Amazon AMZN says that ebooks are…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 16/04/2011
A disappointing top ten this week, though Ghost Light is doing fairly well, no doubt boosted by the ongoing One City One Book campaign. Mary McEvoy’s memoir, dealing with her battle with depression, is the sole non-fiction title in the…
Briefly Noted | E-Readers: Amazon Kindles Enthusiasm of Library Crowd
Amazon’s Whispersync technology allows readers to make notations and bookmarks on pages. The Kindle will save these notations in borrowed books to be accessed later if they’re checked out again or purchased. The Kindle Lending Library will fit into the…
Are publishers ignoring the goldrush? Declan Burke In The Irish Times
Interesting piece by Declan Burke on ebooks and publishing. Brings to mind some of the pieces by Catherine Ryan Howard over the last few months on her success. Trend or trivial? It’s not just the royalties that will have to…
On why my work is worth more than two pints of Guinness
Adrian White, bookseller and author, discusses why he’s pricing his novel at $9.99 in digital form. Pricing my ebook at $9.99? Am I crazy? Maybe so, but here’s why: I have three novels published as ebooks. Two have been published…