Publishers Target e-book Pirates

By Michael Kozlowski The International Publishers Association is taking e-book piracy seriously and has started to target websites offering free downloads. A series of websites have been targeted that have a massive collection of pirated content from 16,000 different...

10 Things To Look Out For When Line Editing

by Adriana Bielkova ┬®. You know the drill: revise the structure; look at plot flow; do more work on this or that character; check grammar and spelling; proofread. Hang on a secondÔǪ you forgot to line edit! Line editing makes your sentences the best they can be....

Amazon to Publishers: Set Your Own E-Book Prices!

Amazon to Customers: Not Our Fault! The New York Times reported on Monday night that Amazon and HarperCollins had signed a new multiyear contract to sell e-books. The agreement, which came just a few weeks after news leaked to Business Insider that HarperCollinsÔÇÖ...

A new aid to Discoverability for authors

WhatÔÇÖs the value of the New Streaming Platforms? By: Murray Izenwasser Two similar apps recently took the social media universe by storm: Meerkat and Periscope. Both allow you to live-stream video directly from your mobile phone to the web. The real difference...

Debunking the Discovery Problem

By Joe Wikert Ever since ebooks gained traction the publishing industry has obsessed with what’s typically referred to as “the discovery problem.” The common wisdom is that discovery of the content will lead to fame and fortune. I believe digital...