We’re happy to introduce Fire on Kindle Nation Daily’s Editor in Chief, April L. Hamilton: author, publishing agitator, member of the Association of Independent Authors Board of Directors, and founder and Editor in Chief of Publetariat.com. We offer this introductory interview, to help you get better acquainted with our intrepid “woman behind the curtain”. Fire on … Read more
(Psst! Audible members, at the end of this post there’s a link to a full cast performance of The Importance of Being Earnest that’s being offered free to Audible members all this month!) I’ve never been one to watch or read celebrity gossip tabloids, and I don’t care for any of those B-list celebrity reality … Read more
This is a cross-posting of an editorial from April L. Hamilton’s Indie Author Blog. Given that anyone who reads my blog is an author, publisher, or otherwise involved in the book business, I don’t think I need to trouble myself with recounting every detail of how the U.S. Department of Justice came to charge Apple, … Read more
This week’s Amazon Weekly Digital Deals have been announced. The winning movie is being offered as a $1.99 Instant Video rental through the weekend, the winning videogame download and Kindle book are priced at $1.99 through the weekend, and the winning MP3 album is priced at $5 through the weekend: In movies, it’s I Am Legend. The … Read more
Yesterday the New York Times reported: As soon as the Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it was suing five major publishers and Apple on price-fixing charges, and simultaneously settling with three of them, Amazon announced plans to push down prices on e-books. The price of some major titles could fall to $9.99 or less from … Read more
A Classical Encyclopedia is a great new A – Z catalog of classical music MP3 albums categorized by musical styles, general themes and composers, curated by X5 Music Group and released earlier this month. First in the series is A as in Adagio. Second is B as in Bach. Themed offerings in the series include Y … Read more
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to vote for this week’s Amazon Digital Deals. We introduced this new Amazon feature last week, and here’s how it works: Each week’s candidates are posted on Amazon for voting to open on Thursdays, and voting closes the following Wednesday at midnight (PST). The product that has received … Read more
Harry Potter Fans: Remember when the first four or so Harry Potter films were first released on DVD, before it was commonplace for movie distributors to offer a DVD + Digital Copy bundle? And remember how annoyed you were to find, a year or more after you’d purchased those initial-release DVDs, re-releases of the DVDs were being … Read more