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Author Archives: Marion Jensen
Amazon Follows Suit
As Daron Fraley pointed out in the comments section of my last post, Amazon has already dropped the price on the Kindle to $189. That’s a step in the right direction, but I’m still waiting to see what happens as … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, kindle
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Nook Drops Price
Looks like competition is bringing down prices. Barnes & Noble has dropped the price on the Nook, their answer to Amazon’s Kindle. You can buy the basic version for $149, and their Wi/Fi enabled version for $199, roughly $60 less … Continue reading
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Win Win
Let’s talk a little about the price of books. Let’s say you just wrote a new novel, and you set the price at $10 per copy. At that price you will likely sell 10,000 books. Gross income will be $100,000. … Continue reading
Posted in digital revolution, e-books
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E-books for Young Readers?
Random House just announced that they will be releasing all 6,234 books in the Magic Tree House series in e-book format. I’m interested in this for several reasons. First, I love to see the e-books movement progress in any shape … Continue reading
Posted in digital revolution, e-books, Industry News
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E-Books released first?
Random House is releasing the e-book version of one of their books before the print version. While I’m sure this has been done before, it’s nice to see one of the larger publishing companies try it out. Many of the … Continue reading
Posted in e-books, Industry News
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Some Folks Get It
I try to keep abreast of the many author, agent, and publisher blogs out there that talk about new models in publishing, but I just don’t have as much time as I’d like. Which is why I appreciate it when … Continue reading
Posted in digital revolution, e-books, Industry News, Open
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A Coming Golden Age?
Okay, in my last post I said people who make predictions aren’t that bright. And then I go and write a post with the title ‘Coming Golden Age’? Am I crazy? No, because if you add a question mark after … Continue reading
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Missing the Mark
Ok, we’ve established the publishing industry is going through significant changes right now. People everywhere are predicting what things will look like in three to five years. The future is hard to predict, but this article over at the Huffington … Continue reading
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How does the Kindle respond to the iPad?
Good article on the iPad and Kindle over on Seth Godin’s blog. He presents an interesting strategy for Amazon/Kindle, and it’s close to the open model I’ve talked about on this blog. His idea–Give the Kindle away at a rock … Continue reading
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Pyr Books
Lou Anders from Pyr books recently commented on my Part of the Problem post, and clarifies what he meant by his Tweets. I didn’t want his response to get lost in the comment section so I’m reprinting them here as … Continue reading
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