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Comment on Kindle Fire brings colour, low price – and the cloud by Kindle touch NZ

Kindle touch NZ — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:18:08 +0000

Kindle touch now available in nz $139 USD

Comment on Good results point to windfall ebook profits for publishers by Why self-publish? Advances « Sandal Press Blog

Why self-publish? Advances « Sandal Press Blog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:16:14 +0000

[...] but that’s 2010, you say. Things changed in 2011. Yes they did. They got better. In fact, as Kiwi Martin Taylor says on his eReport blog: Are publishers making windfall profits from ebooks? The recent round of financial results coming [...]

Comment on A basic eBook primer by Kate Morgan

Kate Morgan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:05:20 +0000

Hi,

I work for ‘Digital Products Database’ website, which is located at http://www.dp-db.com.

We have a large selection of eBooks from independent, self-published authors. Since most of these books are not available on other book sites that you’ve mentioned, I wanted to ask you if you’d consider adding our site to your list.

Thank you

Comment on UK Publishers’ library ebook lending policy sidesteps the real issue by UK Publishers' library ebook lending policy sidesteps the real issue | My Blog

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:47:02 +0000

[...] UK Publishers' library ebook lending policy sidesteps the real issue This entry was posted in Articles, eBooks and tagged ebooks. Bookmark the permalink. ← [...]

Comment on Good results point to windfall ebook profits for publishers by The hard restructuring begins – but don’t tell us ebooks are ‘just another format’

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:22:43 +0000

[...] hard work has probably been delayed by early windfall profits from ebook backlists, with major publishers still reporting good results, despite the mayhem in the book [...]

Comment on EPUB3 ready to go, now Amazon responds with Kindle Format 8 by Analysis: Apple’s iBooks 2.0 is big, smart, and will be the ‘Kindle moment’ for textbooks

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:33:11 +0000

[...] media ebook format for Apple’s iBooks e-reader app. Apple’s move follows the release of Amazon’s KF8 format for the Kindle, and EPUB3 which is the rich media upgrade to the industry’s own EPUB standard. While iBooks 2.0 is [...]

Comment on Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? And bookselling icon Dymocks is behind it. by Dymocks D Publishing – An Opportunity Being Wasted | The Australian Literature Review

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:31:00 +0000

[...] Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? And bookselling icon Dymocks is behind it. [...]

Comment on Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? And bookselling icon Dymocks is behind it. by AusLit

AusLit — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:05:45 +0000

The following article, featuring an interview with me, went up on the book blog of Australian news outlet Crikey today:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/21/authors-beware-interview-with-steve-rossiter/

Comment on Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? And bookselling icon Dymocks is behind it. by The Only thing Worse Than D Publishing’s Fees is Their Contract - The Digital Reader

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:51:11 +0000

[...] their Board, etc, could get their Publishing Agreement so wrong. The question has even been asked: Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? I am not concerned with what went wrong or who is to blame. I just hope the new Publishing [...]

Comment on Could this be Australia’s worst publishing contract? And bookselling icon Dymocks is behind it. by Jaqhama

Jaqhama — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:24:05 +0000

I’m a great fan of the thoughts on publishing as posted by Dean Wesley Smith and his wife Kristine, and also Joe Konrath.

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/

Dean’s Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing is worth a read in its entirety:

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?page_id=860

Kristine:
http://kriswrites.com/

Joe speaks boldly about his dislike of the trad pub scene and why the ball is no longer all in the publisher’s court.

http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/

It’s a whole new game out there in the writing and publishing world.

A lot of publishers are going to get left behind.