Friday 1 August 2014

The Digital Reader

The Digital Reader


The Morning Coffee – 1 August 2014

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 08:38 PM PDT

This beautiful Friday morning brings a lengthy reading list,  including a comment from John Scalzi on how Amazon v Hachette is not a holy war, a new self-pub platform, a librarian defending their weeding policy, Hugh Howey’s take on the...

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Lagardère Reports Hachette eBook Sales Down in the US, Says There’s “No Deadline” to Resolve Contract Dispute with Amazon

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 01:20 PM PDT

Hachette revealed today that their US ebook sales declined in the first 6 months of 2014. Hachette’s parent company, the French media conglomerate Lagardère, released their mid-year financial report today. They did not release specific details...

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Skoobe Adds Self-Published Titles

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 11:20 AM PDT

Germany’s Skoobe ebook subscription service will be opening up a new venue soon for self-published authors. Starting tomorrow, this two-year-old startup will be carrying indie ebooks distributed by Books On Demand gmbh (BoD) and by ePubli. No...

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Author Earnings Report Confirms What We Had Long Suspected: $10 eBooks do Earn More than $15 eBooks

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 08:35 AM PDT

When Amazon released their latest statement in their contract dispute with Hachette a couple days ago, one point they raised was that $9.99 ebooks sold more copies than $14.99 (1.74 times as many, in fact). This tied in with basic market economic...

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