When it comes to reading ebooks, the new Kindle 3 is superior to the iPad, says The Guardian.
It also connects well to most websites the tester tried including the BBC, The Bookseller, the New York Times, Teleread and most WordPress blogs, Hotmail, Yahoo (classic mode) but not, as yet, Gmail.
See here for full internet connectivity report with screenshot images and place your orders for Christmas now.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Amazon's 70% Royalty For All
Amazon have announced that their 70% Royalty is now available for authors outside the US. To qualify the ebooks must be sold to US customers on Amazon.com. It's up to the author to change their royalty preference for each book on their master dashboard see here for details and FAQs.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Help With Ebook Promotion
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Whether authors and publishers like it or not, as ebooks take off, internet promotion is becoming increasingly important. American author Bob Baker is a full-time author who has developed a successful niche writing and speaking about music marketing and self-promotion for songwriters, musicians, and bands. See his range of books plus lots of free information and advice on self-publishing at Fulltimeauthor.com.
Whether authors and publishers like it or not, as ebooks take off, internet promotion is becoming increasingly important. American author Bob Baker is a full-time author who has developed a successful niche writing and speaking about music marketing and self-promotion for songwriters, musicians, and bands. See his range of books plus lots of free information and advice on self-publishing at Fulltimeauthor.com.
Monday, August 23, 2010
NEW UK KINDLE OUT ON FRIDAY
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Tonight's London Evening Standard gives the new Amazon Kindle Ebook reader a big thumbs up:
"....the key to the Kindle is its price and ease of use. At £109 for a wifi version, and £149 for a 3G one, it has a real chance of becoming the first mass market ebook reader."
Tonight's London Evening Standard gives the new Amazon Kindle Ebook reader a big thumbs up:
"....the key to the Kindle is its price and ease of use. At £109 for a wifi version, and £149 for a 3G one, it has a real chance of becoming the first mass market ebook reader."
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Ebook Royalties at Amazon UK
Amazon confim that the 70% ebook royalty is for US authors only. All authors selling on the new Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store will be paid 35%. Amazon do say "we're working on it".
Friday, August 13, 2010
Amazon Digital Comes to UK/Smashwords' Mark Coker on Future of Publishing/Another Author-turned-publisher
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Amazon Digital has now launched in the UK. Any ebooks currently selling on Amazon.com in the US have been automatically added to the store with the dollar price transferred to £s. How does this affect the royalty percentage for UK authors? We can't find any announcements yet so assuming UK authors are still only getting the "standard" 35% royalty to the US author's 70%.
Smashwords' CEO Mark Coker's presentation to a group of New York University publishing students on how indie ebooks will transform the future of publishing.
Another author turned publisher: Ray Connolly is 'doing a Dickens' and publishing his new novel, The Sandman, online chapter by chapter.
Amazon Digital has now launched in the UK. Any ebooks currently selling on Amazon.com in the US have been automatically added to the store with the dollar price transferred to £s. How does this affect the royalty percentage for UK authors? We can't find any announcements yet so assuming UK authors are still only getting the "standard" 35% royalty to the US author's 70%.
Smashwords' CEO Mark Coker's presentation to a group of New York University publishing students on how indie ebooks will transform the future of publishing.
Another author turned publisher: Ray Connolly is 'doing a Dickens' and publishing his new novel, The Sandman, online chapter by chapter.
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