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MatchBook strikes out with bundling deal

By Roger Packer

MatchBook strikes out with bundling deal

Amazon’s new Kindle MatchBook scheme doesn’t look like setting the publishing world on fire although it may well inflame bookshop owners. The somewhat confusing deal offers customers who buy, or have already bought (since 1995!), a new print book from Amazon.com the option to buy the Kindle version of that book for $2.99 or less. Read more...

September 6, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

If you’ve got that feeling of being alone in the woods then may your goya be with you

By Roger Packer

A great infographic, courtesy of Visual.ly and originally from blog.maptia.com, looks at untranslatable words from other cultures. I particularly like the first one in the list, waldeinsamkeit, German for the feeling of being alone in the woods, which is a great title for a novel. Perhaps the best word for writers though is goya, nothing … Read more...

September 5, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

Amazon flips out with better book browsing in new Paperwhite

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Amazon flips out with better book browsing in new Paperwhite

Amazon is aiming to improve book browsing in its new version of the Kindle Paperwhite with a Page Flip function and is also building Goodreads into the device. Kindle Page Flip allows readers to skim page by page, scan by chapter or skip to the end of your book without losing your place. Amazon gives … Read more...

September 4, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

Self-published novels make up a third of best-seller list

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Self-published novels make up a third of best-seller list

One-third of the books in the New York Times top 21 ebook fiction best sellers this week (Sep 8) are self-published, with boxed-set collections of books by different authors setting a high-selling trend. In second place, behind The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty (Amy Einhorn/Putnam), is Wicked Firsts, a boxed set of six romances themed … Read more...

September 3, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

Kobo picks Pocket to integrate save-for-later service into new range

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Kobo is the first company to integrate Pocket, the leading save-for-later service, in its new range of ebook readers and tablets. Pocket was set up in 2007 by Nate Weiner. It lets users save web content to read later on a variety of devices. Read more...

September 1, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

Classic Pearl bucks the trend to hit top spot

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Classic Pearl bucks the trend to hit top spot

A 1940s classic novel about a Chinese family in pre-communist China has soared to the top of the Kindle best sellers. Pavilion of Women by Nobel Laureate Pearl S Buck was published for the Kindle format just over a year ago but has taken the No 1 place this week ahead of big sellers such … Read more...

August 28, 2013 Filed Under: Blog

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Kindle Unlimited March 2018 KENP rate edges down to $0.0045

The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for March 2018 showed a small fall to $0.0045 from $0.0046 in Feberuary while the KDP Select Global fund hit a new high of $21 million, $1 million up from February but only marginally above January’s $20.9 million. Read more...

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