I came across the Kindle published masses turning to Joe Konrath to explain an unexpected downturn in sales. Understandably, Konrath’s self-publishing and ebook success is seen as the line in the sand for so many authors. “I’ve been asked to speculate about the future in several emails, mostly from panicked authors whose Kindle sales have…
John Locke Lands in The Publishing World | Deal With It!
…and the news I reported earlier on my Facebook profile on John Locke reaching a million Kindle sales direct from the Kindle Newsletter. What has been most impressive about Locke is his ability to achieve this not with the backing of a previous commercial publisher and marketing campaign, like Konrath, but by using his own…
Hill and Baguchinsky Win 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Amazon press release: Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Name Gregory Hill and Jill Baguchinsky Winners of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Hill, author of “East of Denver,” and Baguchinsky, author of “Spookygirl,” receive publishing contracts from Penguin Group (USA)SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C., Jun 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — (NASDAQ: AMZN) and (NYSE: PSO) – Amazon.com,…
Book Country – Old Country For New Authors?
Later this year something is going to happen in the publishing industry that many analysts and experts told us would never happen. As far back as 2009, when Thomas Nelson and Harlequin launched their self-publishing service imprints, the naysayers maintained the ‘big six’ publishers would hold firm and the self-publishing service bug would never reach…
Author Barry Eisler Announces His Deal with Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer Imprint
He gave St. Martin’s Press the two fingers when he claimed the publisher offered him a two-book $500,000 deal earlier this year, and instead chose to publish his last book through Amazon’s Kindle. During an interview with Idea Logical’s Mike Shatzkin at today’s Publishers Launch Conference (part of Book Expo America), bestselling suspense author Barry…
Amazon Announce Breakthrough Novel Award Finalists
Amazon and Penguin USA today announced the finalist for this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Amazon customers will now be able to vote for the list of finalist by following this link. The overall winners will be announced next month (June 13th). Here is the press release followed by a list of the 2011 general…
Amazon to allow ePub ebooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader and Tablet PC News
Amazon to allow ePub ebooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader and Tablet PC News: The below snippet is from the Good E-Reader blog, and there is enough chatter on the Internet to suggest Amazon is very soon going to acknowledge that the ePub format is by far the format…
Amazon Launch Mysteries and Thrillers Imprint
Amazon is certainly not watching the grass grow around them. Barely a week or two goes by without them ramping up their publishing wing. This week is no different, and today Amazon announced another new imprint – Thomas & Mercer – dedicated to the genres of mysteries and thrillers. Self-published author J.A. Konrath is one of the authors amongst…
The old publishing value chain got twisted a bit last week | The Shatzkin Files
Mike Shatzkin over on Idea Logical reflects on the latest developments from online retailers and how the big six (sorry, three) have reacted. The old publishing value chain got twisted a bit last week – The Shatzkin Files: So both of the giant retailers [Amazon and Barnes & Noble] are looking more and more like…
Amazon Launch Another Publishing Imprint – Montlake Romance
Amazon has launched a new romance publishing imprint – Montlake Romance – adding to their growing portfolio and status as a publisher. PressRrelease below: Amazon.com today announced the launch of Montlake Romance, the fourth and latest imprint from Amazon Publishing. Connie Brockway, two-time winner of the Romance Writers Association’s “RITA Award” for best historical romance,…