The Future of the Book
May 28, 2009
Follow the Money: The ebook Pricing Wars 3
by C. Max Magee
Last week, self-published author Bryan Gilmer struck a chord with his guest post about using discount pricing to generate ebook sales. By dropping the price of his book to $1.99, Gilmer was able to tempt many new readers to buy his book, which, in the process, catapulted it up Amazon’s rankings, generating even more [...]
May 18, 2009
Finding Indie Opportunity on The Kindle 41
by Bryan Gilmer
Bryan Gilmer of Durham, N.C., teaches newswriting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and writes for institutional and corporate clients. Until 2003, he was a reporter at Florida’s largest newspaper, the St. Petersburg Times. He has just independently published a crime thriller novel, Felonious Jazz.
Last week, I created a Kindle version of [...]
May 14, 2009
Amazon Gets Into Publishing 0
by C. Max Magee
Readers may discern a disconnect between the prevailing economic mood and the relentless innovation of online superstore Amazon. Even as whole segments of the economy crumble, Amazon is spearheading a whole new consumer electronics category with the Kindle, and as if that wasn’t audacious enough following it by releasing a bigger, more expensive version.
Now [...]
May 6, 2009
The Kindle Gets Bigger and Bigger 1
by C. Max Magee
The book tech beat is busy lately, with big developments on both the dedicated device side and the device agnostic side. (For more about the two ebook paths, check out our post on ebook evolution.)
In recent weeks, its been Amazon making all the noise. Today the company unveiled a new Kindle, the larger [...]
April 24, 2009
The Future of Book Coverage, Part III: The Kindle Land Grab 12
by C. Max Magee
This week at The Millions, we’re attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the transformation of book coverage in the digital age. On Wednesday, Garth looked at the death of the newspaper book review section. Yesterday, Max considered the revenue problems facing literary websites… and the vices and virtues of one of the solutions. [...]
April 23, 2009
The Future of Book Coverage, Part II: Amazon.com and the Revenue Question 6
by C. Max Magee
This week at The Millions, we’re attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the transformation of book coverage in the digital age. Yesterday, Garth looked at the death of the newspaper book review section. Today, Max considers the revenue problems facing literary websites… and the vices and virtues of one of the solutions. On [...]
