‘Rework’ from 37 Signals Coming Next Week

I pre-ordered the Kindle version of Rework from the guys at 37 Signals.  As a Basecamp subscriber, and a general fan of the way they think, work, and ship, I’m really looking forward to the new book.  Chomping at the bit, I was Googling around and found this interview from O’Reilly TV.  Hope you enjoy and [...]

Publishers explain ebook pricing

The New York Times did a piece on how pricing works on an ebook.  The costs, who gets what, and the margins.  You can read those details here.  Plus they have a handy time-saving graphic:

It’s a good article but it stops before it gets to the good stuff.  What they don’t cover is the one [...]

Benjamin Franklin :: Albert Einstein :: Steve Jobs

The New York Times is reporting that Walter Isaacson (author of two best-selling biographies, “Einstein: His Life and Universe” and “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life“) is working on a new biography.  However, it’s focus is not Abe Lincoln, JFK, or Leonardo Da Vinci.  It’s said to be Apple’s fearless leader, Steve Jobs.
The book, which is [...]

Ihnatko on the CBS Morning Show

Internationally beloved tech writer, Andy Ihnatko was on the CBS Early Show on Saturday (1.23.10).  It was pretty early, so in case you missed it, I caught it with the trusty El Gato. Speculating on what Apple is going to announce/release this week, Andy is in the camp that this will revolutionize the publishing [...]

Jeff Jarvis & the King of All Media

Many of us know Jeff Jarvis from his book, What Would Google Do?, and from This Week in Google from the TWiT network, but today, worlds collided.  I was listening to the 1/14/10 Howard Stern replay and I heard a very familiar voice.  Sure enough, it was Jeff Jarvis on the Stern Show!  I pulled [...]

New 70% Royalty Option from Amazon

We saw it coming.  The soon to be biggest book publisher in the world, Amazon.com announced a new deal for authors and publishers today.  Starting June 30, 2010, if you choose to publish your book on the Kindle, you’ll get a 70% royalty.  That sure beats the standard publishing contract, right (7-15%)?  Here are some [...]

LINCHPIN Unboxing!

Hot off the press and before you can buy it, I just got a review copy of Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?.  It just came in about 15 minutes ago so we don’t have a proper review ready for you yet, but we do have what may be the very first “unboxing” [...]

It’s a Kindle Christmas… Maybe a KindleNation?

Amazon.com just announced record breaking sales of the Kindle for this holiday season.  On a personal note, my family had a total of three Kindles under various trees, and we’re now a two-Kindle household.  Here’s more from Amazon (full release here):
Amazon Kindle is the Most Gifted Item Ever on Amazon.com
On Christmas Day, for the First [...]

Covey takes ebook rights away from Simon & Schuster

Last week we learned Simon & Schuster will wait up to 4 months to release ebooks from their bestselling, top authors.  Today we find one of their bestselling, top authors, Stephen Covey, taking ebook rights away from them and going direct to Amazon.  Wow.  That didn’t take long.
Check out the full story at the New [...]

What could possibly go wrong with this idea?

Today in the Wall Street Journal, I found the headline:  Two Major Publishers To Hold Back E-Books.  Now what could possibly go wrong with this idea?  I for one find it brilliant to withhold your biggest books from folks that love to read so much that they drop around $300 for a device (sometimes more [...]

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