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News|Small publishers, big opportunities|feature|195774|artsHub Australia
Many authors dream of signing an huge multi-book deal with a large publisher. But big is not always the best option. While using a small publisher is often seen as a consolation prize, it can be a...
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Open letter to the Big Six publishers: Have you learned anything? « TeleRead:...
“The publishing industry is all screwed up, and whose fault is that? Perhaps the fault of all the publishing execs who are stepping down right around now, blogger Agent Orange suggests in a post on...
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The Millions : The Apple Antitrust Case and the Widgetification of Books
“For the past year, to the rising horror of publishing-industry insiders, the federal government has been on a campaign to stamp out price fixing in the e-book trade between the last remaining major...
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Publishers Have Paid $166 Million to Settle E-book Claims
“According to a recent filing, publishers have paid a total of $166,158,426 to settle state and consumer e-book price fixing charges, including an additional $3,909,000 to settle consumer claims in...
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Undocumented Immigrants in Children’s Books : PragmaticMom
“As a school librarian, I often see kids get excited when they connect with characters and settings and problems in stories. “She’s just like me!” they’ll say, or, “I know exactly how he felt.” A major...
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Amazon notifying Kindle book purchasers of upcoming refunds from class action...
Several major publishers were sued in a class action by the Attorneys General of a number of states due to collusion resulting in price fixing. The court has approved a settlement granting refunds to...
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How Much Money Do Self-Published Authors Make? – Forbes
How Much Money Do Self-Published Authors Make? – Forbes. A recent study looks at incomes compared with traditional and hybrid authors.
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Amazon, Hachette, and flaming bullshit | Jay Kristoff – Literary Giant
Beautiful people, a moment of your time, if you will. I won’t bang on at length about this (there are many who will), but there’s some important stuff you should be made aware of. If you are a book...
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Unpaid/Royalty-only Writing Markets
“Give me your stories,” they said. “We’ll give you exposure,” they said. What I say is crap on that. Who else works for exposure? Tradespeople don’t. Doctors don’t. Plumbers sure as hell don’t work on...
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2014 in the Mirror
Well, happy holidays to you all, whether you observe Christmas or not. Thanks for the follow, if you do, and please do if you don’t. I don’t update a lot, but when I do, it *may* be funny or pertinent...
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