The old saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Jeff Bezos and hamsters – it’s a brilliant headline for any publishing news outlet to use to capture any reader’s attention. This week The Bookseller published an excellent article by Chris McVeigh via FutureBook, Jeff Bezos Ate My Hamster. McVeigh begins his article by noting […]
Confessions of a Sociopath, by ME Thomas (pseudonym) takes readers on a journey into the mind of a sociopath, revealing what makes the tick and what that means for the rest of humanity. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils these men and women who are “hiding in plain sight” […]
I am grateful to Mick Rooney for the opportunity to share these thoughts with readers of The Independent Publishing Magazine. Many blog posts and articles have been written about the need for authors to embrace marketing activities as one of their many jobs. To do so, we need to be adept at connecting with […]
There is no doubt that the biggest publishing story this summer has been the inadvertent or deliberate disclosure that Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, penned and published a crime novel under the pseudonym, Robert Galbraith. Ever since The Sunday Times ran an investigative piece on the real author of ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ more than […]
Whether already published or merely considering publishing, one of the most daunting tasks for new authors is coming up with the funds to help a book succeed. When I published my first novel, The Fairytale Keeper, I was told that indie authors should save $5000 to help fund their project. That’s a gross underestimate. Sadly, […]
Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District Court, New York, yesterday ruled in favour of plaintiffs, The United States Department of Justice (DOJ). In her ruling she found defendant Apple Inc. guilty of colluding with publisher defendants to raise, fix and stablize the retail price of new release and bestselling e-books in violation of the Sherman Antitrust […]
Bookmasters, a family-owned business for more than 40 years, has been acquired by North Carolina book and entertainment distributor, Baker & Taylor, a leader in the academic and library markets. The Ashland print, publishing and distribution company is being purchased by Castle Harlan, a New York-based, private equity firm, which is merging Bookmasters into Baker & Taylor. The transaction is being […]
Today Ingram Content Group officially went live with IngramSpark, a user-friendly online load and distribution tool for small publishers looking to publish books through print on demand and e-book. In a nutshell, this is a streamlined and sexy LSI (Lightning Source) redesigned, reinvented for the digital age and the small publisher and self-published author with smarts […]
