News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News AuthorEarnings releases “Definitive Study of Amazon Author Earnings”. Using a software spider, they looked at almost every ebook title sold on Amazon, whether traditionally… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Publisher plans no future editions of Cosby bio (AP via Washington Post) New Survey Shows eBook Buyers in the UK Outnumber Pirates By Fourteen… Read more »
Dreamweaver Trail by Emily March Series: Eternity Springs #8 Published by Ballantine on 5/27/14 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Miracle Road, Mistletoe Mine, Teardrop Lane, Heartsong Cottage, Reunion Pass, Christmas in Eternity Springs Also by this author: Miracle Road, Mistletoe Mine, Teardrop Lane,… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The Writers Union of Canada is opening membership to self-published authors. I’ll be writing… Read more »
1) Finally, there’s evidence to support what I’ve always known: reading fiction is good for you! The New York Times Sunday Review published an article by Annie Murphy Paul entitled “Your Brain on Fiction,” which looks at how neuro-imagery (such as fMRI scans) is being used to study which parts… Read more »
J. K. Rowling has announced a new website, which will officially open in October. It will offer interactive online versions of the books, beginning with the first book (including Sorting Hat questions and a Wand Chooser.) The second book will be added to the site in 2012. In addition, the… Read more »
While researching for my previous post (“To e-book or not to e-book?”), I came across a brilliant letter/essay by science fiction and fantasy author Eric Flint. The letter was written in 2000, and serves as an introduction to the Baen Free Library. That’s right, free. A conversation between Flint and… Read more »
