Sue Collier | January 30, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Media Life Magazine: Behind the surge in holiday tablet sales For tablets and e-readers, the future is now. After months of buzz in the print industry over the messiah-like potential of these gadgets to revive a flagging industry, consumers went gaga over the devices [...]
Sue Collier | January 22, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From PaidContent.org: Did Self-Publishing Hype Hit Its Peak In 2011? The average price of a self-published Kindle top-100 bestseller continues to drop, but a new look at these titles’ performance in 2011 suggests these books are facing increased competition from traditional publishers. From MediaShift: Self-Published [...]
Sue Collier | January 20, 2012
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. If you have or know of a website that would be of interest to my blog readers, please post it here. Enjoy! Digital media gaining on traditional email—but not always. comScore, [...]
Sue Collier | January 18, 2012
I’m pleased to welcome author and blogger Ted Lacksonen with a very timely post today. He’s written for us before; don’t miss his previous post on publishing your ebook. The blackouts today at websites like Wikipedia in protest of proposed anti-piracy legislation reminded me to do something simple that every author/copyright holder should do—search the [...]
Sue Collier | January 16, 2012
Your name: Daree Allen, M.S. Your website/blog: Website is http://DareeAllen.com and Blog is http://DareesInsights.wordpress.com Your bibliography: What’s Wrong With Me? (book), Articles for Hope for Women, Shuga, and Clutch magazines What is your background? I’ve been a technical writer for 13 years, a personal development blogger for 5 years, and been doing speaking here and [...]
Sue Collier | January 15, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Good E Reader: What Does It Mean for Aggregator Companies if Apple Launches Their Self-Publishing Program? We broke the news last week that Apple is in development of a self-publishing program and many leading websites such as Media Bistro, Paidcontent, and tons of others. [...]
Sue Collier | January 8, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From The Independent Publishing Magazine: Apple Poised To Launch Self-Publishing Program This Month Reporting on Good E-Reader this morning, Michael Kozlowski has revealed that Apple will host an event in New York later in January and speculates that it may herald the launch of a [...]
Sue Collier | January 6, 2012
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. If you have or know of a website that would be of interest to my blog readers, please post it here. Enjoy! FirstWriter.com is a one-stop resource for new writers as [...]
