Douglas Preston, the author who penned an open letter to loyal readers calling on them to email Amazon C.E.O. Jeff Bezos and ask him to ‘change his mind’ and resolve their contractual dispute with Hachette Book Group without hurting authors, has spoken in a detailed FutureBook interview this week with Porter Anderson. Preston’s July letter […]
This is the PUBLISHING SERVICE INDEX for July 2014. This update reflects some review updates and author feedback over the past four weeks. CreateSpace has retaken the top spot ahead of Amazon KDP. Both have swapped places several times over the past few months.This months index sees the introduction of Kobo Writing Life and Publish Green, reviewed in full on TIPM […]
Ever since TIPM first reviewed Raider Publishing International (RPI) back in 2008 (since updated), we’ve been covering the fortunes of this full service publishing provider. Much of the coverage of RPI has been far from positive, and though the company has attempted to address and refute claims by some authors of poor service, little appears […]
D. M. Pulley’s The Dead Key has won the grand prize in this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The Amazon award is in its seventh year and there are five prizes awarded: four first-prize publishing contracts, each with a $15,000 advance against future royalties, and one Grand Prize Winner with a $50,000 advance against future […]
Publish Green is the e-book publishing division of Hillcrest Media Group, based in Minneapolis, USA. Launched in 2011, it provides a full range of e-book services, from file conversion, formatting, editing, distribution, marketing and custom web design to authors (both self and traditionally published) and small presses. Our patent-pending eBook formatting techniques are unique to […]
I think we can safely describe Douglas Preston as a loyal author and servant of Hachette. I also think there is a danger that Preston is allowing himself (by fault or design) to be portrayed as a crusader for all authors when in fact he represents the commercial interests of a select group of authors, or […]
Hybrid author Hugh Howey has been researching and writing extensively recently about author earnings and producing some intriguing reports. It’s certainly captured the attention of both writers and publishers and created a great deal of debate in the industry. Today, The Authors’ Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS)released summary details of a survey conducted into author […]
Hachette author Douglas Preston has launched a campaign against the actions of Amazon through an open letter posted to book readers. The open letter has gathered support from some of the cream of the literary world, including Stephen King, James Patterson and JK Rowling. Preston urged Amazon not to make Hachette authors a victim of […]
Douglas Burcham continues his series of articles on writing and reading for pleasure. Part Two: What to Write? “You will have to write what readers want and not write a story already written by another author.” “Can you fly me to the moon and remember to come back?” Of the two statements each is probably […]
If you follow the latest news in the publishing world, you can’t escape the current debate surrounding the fractured negotiations between Hachette and Amazon. In April this year, Amazon and Hachette began discussions and despite limited comment from the pair, and one or two leaks to the media, the public and industry alike still have […]
