Big Publishers Protect Us from Self-Published Dreck, Bring Us Bieber Fever and Lohan Lowdown

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Big Publishers Protect Us from Self-Published Dreck, Bring Us Bieber Fever and Lohan Lowdown

As you may have noticed, one of the recurring whines from large traditional publishers lately has been that they earn the right to force exorbitant non-discountable ebook prices on readers (through the agency price-fixing model) because of all the value they add in their intermediary role between authors and readers. There’s the editing, the formatting, the holding of authors’...

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First They Burn Your Toast, Then They Burn Your eBooks

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First They Burn Your Toast, Then They Burn Your eBooks

Here’s a restaurant I would never patronize. The New York Times BITS blogger Nick Bilton had a piece yesterday entitled No E-Books Allowed in This Establishment that tells of his experience he walked into a Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino and sat down with his Kindle while he waited for his order: “I barely made it a...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless, plus Pacific Avenue (Today’s Sponsor)

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless, plus Pacific Avenue (Today’s Sponsor)

Novelist Melody Carlson is already well known to thousands of Kindle Nation readers, but her latest free addition to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings may be …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor (Editor’s Note: I’ve been pleased to share quite a few great reads with you over the past five weeks through our relatively...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless, plus Pacific Avenue (Today's Sponsor)

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless, plus Pacific Avenue (Today's Sponsor)

Novelist Melody Carlson is already well known to thousands of Kindle Nation readers, but her latest free addition to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings may be …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor (Editor’s Note: I’ve been pleased to share quite a few great reads with you over the past five weeks through our relatively...

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Connecticut Attorney General Initiates Agency Model eBook Price-Fixing Inquiry

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Connecticut Attorney General Initiates Agency Model eBook Price-Fixing Inquiry

Related posts: Report: Texas Attorney General Probes Agency Model and Apple Is the Agency Model a Clear Case of Price-Fixing Collusion? A Closer Look at the Possibility of Antitrust Action in the Courts By Stephen Windwalker  – Copyright © 2010 Kindle Nation Daily Just when most of the big book publishers may have convinced themselves that they were about...

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UPDATE to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: Three Full-Length Business Bestsellers, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today’s Sponsor)

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UPDATE to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: Three Full-Length Business Bestsellers, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today’s Sponsor)

Today’s new Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings have been a little unsettled with some apparent Kindle database confusion about which books were being listed in which countries, but it seems to have stabilized now with three free, full-length business bestsellers from FT Press …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor Meanwhile, today’s sponsor listing has quietly...

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Getting a New Kindle? How to Return, Sell, or Otherwise Dispose of Your Existing Kindle

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Getting a New Kindle? How to Return, Sell, or Otherwise Dispose of Your Existing Kindle

Update: Here’s a link to the essential product returns page that will help you generate a return shipping label.  With last week’s announcement of the new Kindle 3 3G and wi-fi models, the earlier launch of the graphite Kindle DX, and now the more recent news that the new Kindles are out of stock, we have a perfect storm...

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How to Price eBooks for the Kindle: A New Pocket Pricing Guide for Authors and Publishers

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How to Price eBooks for the Kindle:  A New Pocket Pricing Guide for Authors and Publishers

Here’s a book that’s definitely not for everyone, but if you are interested in Kindle pricing from the perspective of authors or publishers, it’s a must read … if I say so myself: How to Price eBooks for the Kindle: A Pocket Pricing Guide for Authors and Publishers to Maximize Sales and Royalties with the New 70 Percent Royalty...

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THANK GOD IT'S MONDAY UPDATE to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: A New Sullivan's Law Page-Turner, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today's Sponsor)

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THANK GOD IT'S MONDAY UPDATE to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: A New Sullivan's Law Page-Turner, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today's Sponsor)

Here’s a fresh “Thanks God It’s Monday” update to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor “An excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy.” — The New Podler Review of Books The Losing Role by Steve Anderson...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: A New Sullivan’s Law Page-Turner, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today’s Sponsor)

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 2, 2010: A New Sullivan’s Law Page-Turner, plus a Genre-Transcending WWII Espionage Thriller (Today’s Sponsor)

Today’s latest addition to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings is another entry in Nancy Taylor Rosenberg’s popular Sullivan’s Law series …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor “An excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy.” — The New Podler Review of Books...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Sunday, August 1, 2010: The Ocean Inside, Venus in Blue Jeans, The Man Who Loved Jane Austen, and A Newly Downloadable Bestselling Page-Turner and “David Baldacci meets Sue Grafton” (Today’s Sponsor)

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Sunday, August 1, 2010: The Ocean Inside, Venus in Blue Jeans, The Man Who Loved Jane Austen, and A Newly Downloadable Bestselling Page-Turner and “David Baldacci meets Sue Grafton” (Today’s Sponsor)

Three brand new additions to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings today plus a bestselling Timothy Hallinan page-turner that’s now available for immediate download for the first time today in the Kindle Store…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor I’ve been thinking David Baldacci meets Sue Grafton as I’ve been reading this revelation of a first...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Saturday, July 31, 2010: Channel History with a Mary Wine Romance and a John Fitch Baseball Yarn (Today’s Sponsor)

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Saturday, July 31, 2010: Channel History with a Mary Wine Romance and a John Fitch Baseball Yarn (Today’s Sponsor)

The latest addition to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings comes from popular historical romance novelist Mary Wine, and now she, Kensington and Amazon have made it available to you free…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor Turning Back The Clock  By John Fitch V Discounted to $2.39 in the Kindle Store! Whether you are a...

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Around the Kindlesphere: Bezos-Charlie Rose Video, Kindle for iPhone/iPad Touch Update, Agency Model Fails Sniff Test in UK

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Around the Kindlesphere: Bezos-Charlie Rose Video, Kindle for iPhone/iPad Touch Update, Agency Model Fails Sniff Test in UK

Here’s a link to the full video of a fascinating Charlie Rose interview with Jeff Bezos from launch night for the Kindle 3 Wednesday evening. You don’t want to miss it, even if it leads you to click these links at the end to buy a new Kindle 3G or Kindle Wi-Fi. iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Owners: Amazon...

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Here’s our special Kindle Nation Issue from Wednesday evening: BULLETIN – Kindle Nation – KINDLE 3 EXTRA!

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Here’s our special Kindle Nation Issue from Wednesday evening: BULLETIN – Kindle Nation – KINDLE 3 EXTRA!

BULLETIN – Kindle Nation – KINDLE 3 EXTRA! The Free Weekly Email Newsletter & Digest of Kindle Nation Daily PostsTHE THIRD-GENERATION KINDLE 3G IS RELEASED, WITH A WI-FI ONLY LITTLE BROTHER FOR JUST $139 By Stephen Windwalker July 28, 2010 – Volume II, Number 32 In This Issue Kindle 3 Now Available to Pre-Order for August 27 Shipment! 20%...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, July 30: A New Novel Set in Jersey’s Little India, Plus Your Last Chance for a Favorite with Kindle Nation Readers (Today’s Sponsor) and Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, July 30: A New Novel Set in Jersey’s Little India, Plus Your Last Chance for a Favorite with Kindle Nation Readers (Today’s Sponsor) and Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

The latest addition to our Kindle Store Free Book Alert listings received a 5-star review from Harriet Klausner the #1 book reviewer on the entire Amazon website, and now Kensington and Amazon have made it available free…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor If you haven’t checked it out already, this could be your last chance to...

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