Last month Amazon made headlines, yet again, with the launch of a new program for people publishing with their KDP platform. This offering, called KDP Select, is an aggressive move by Amazon to lock up the market of eBooks while providing value to authors and readers. In a nutshell, enrolling a book in KDP Select… Continue reading Being Selective
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There’s Fire in Your Books
Last week Amazon announced their highly-rumored tablet reader, which is also a competing product to B&N’s Nook Color. It wasn’t so much of a secret and more of a ‘when is it coming?’ situation. The tablet, called the Amazon Fire, is revolutionary in one big fact: the price. Amazon knows about pricing and knows they… Continue reading There’s Fire in Your Books
We’re on Final Approach
It’s Friday. For most that means it’s the end of a work week and for us in the Northeast, a hectic one where we’re still recovering from Hurricane Irene. For me, it means we are only five days away from the launch of As Darkness Ends. My ‘weekend’ is currently Wednesday and Thursday so the… Continue reading We’re on Final Approach
I Have Big, Big News
Today is a day I’ve been waiting to blog about for over a month. I’ve moved carefully and begun laying the groundwork for this day in which I have big news: I am publishing a book…. next month! Click the cover or here to learn more about the book You may notice that amazing image… Continue reading I Have Big, Big News
This Gets Me Excited
Electronic books. eBooks. eReaders. Kindle, Nook, iBooks / iPad, Sony Reader. The list goes on and on with company after company releasing electronic ways to read. What was once a floundering device that no one in their right mind would use was turned on its head in late 2007 when Amazon announced the first Kindle… Continue reading This Gets Me Excited
Capacious Kindle for May 24: eBooks Arrive
One interesting thing about not updating this blog too much over the past few years is the fact that I’ve failed to capture the rise of the Kindle and eBooks as a whole. The Kindle has been the best-selling device on Amazon’s website for years but now we’re hearing about a whole new class of… Continue reading Capacious Kindle for May 24: eBooks Arrive
The Benefits of Self-Publishing
The writing and publishing world has blown up the past week mostly due to the break-out news of writer Amanda Hocking and her incredible publishing story. The amazing part isn’t that she got her books into the hands of millions of readers but the fact that she’s NOT published in the traditional sense. You can… Continue reading The Benefits of Self-Publishing
The Kindle 2: Now Shipping
I want to do a full write-up tomorrow about the Kindle 2, but I want to post that today is the first day of Kindle 2’s availability. The unit is still $359 and doesn’t ship with a cover any more, but it looks really thin and the page-turning buttons have been completely redesigned. Even more… Continue reading The Kindle 2: Now Shipping
Happy Belated Birthday!
Happy Thursday Copious Notes readers! This post has been put off way too long and I apologize for the lack of posts this week. It’s amazing how fast the days go by in January and how little someone can get done when they are unmotivated. This post was originally scheduled for this past Sunday but… Continue reading Happy Belated Birthday!
Capacious Kindle for December 8
I came across this great article on CNN last Wednesday about the Kindle and thought it was perfect for the Capacious Kindle series. You can find the whole article here. A year later, Amazon’s Kindle finds a niche By Zach Pontz CNN It has the curves of a Lamborghini, looks like something an astronaut might… Continue reading Capacious Kindle for December 8