Category Archives: e-books

What Publishers Should Be Doing

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Angela Eschler, my old editor at Covenant, and a friend of mine, pointed out that I left a cliff hanger in one of my recent posts. I never returned to the topic, but I’m returning now. I wrote: “Does this … Continue reading →

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E-Book Discussion

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Chuckarama left a good comment on a recent post, and I wanted to follow up on it. Chuck (can I call you Chuck? :)) writes: “I’m not sure I fully agree. I’m not a writer, but I suspect built into … Continue reading →

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Readers Vs. Slush Pile

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Marion Jensen

Interesting article over at salon.com. Laura Miller, an industry insider, pokes fun at e-books and the changes in the publishing industry. Miller takes a slightly snarky tone in describing the current state of publishing. New technology allows authors to bypass … Continue reading →

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Before you sign the contract…

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Marion Jensen

I’ve talked with a few authors about digital rights since starting this blog, and more and more people are seeing digital rights as something separate to the print rights. Before e-book rights were something ‘thrown in’ to a contract. We’ll … Continue reading →

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E-Book Growth

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Marion Jensen

The nice thing about the Huffington Post is that they have such a wide variety of people writing for them. When they totally miss the mark on one article, they have another article that nails it. A few weeks ago … Continue reading →

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Win Win

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Marion Jensen

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 →

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E-books for Young Readers?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Marion Jensen

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 →

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E-Books released first?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Marion Jensen

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 →

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Some Folks Get It

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Marion Jensen

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 →

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Missing the Mark

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Marion Jensen

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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