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Herewith, I present an updated and amended cross-posting of my blog post on the Amazon v. Macmillan affair. Let me state up front, I do not agree with Amazon’s strongarm tactics, and it is not my intention to defend those actions in this post. Rather, I’m puzzled by authors’ nearly universal lack of criticism for Macmillan’s part in the [...]
Review by Joel Friedlander, TheBookDesigner.com
Our next book for review is Stay by Moriah Jovan. (6″ x 9″, 332 pages, softbound, ISBN 978-0981769639, B10 Mediaworx.) This is the second book in a series titled “The Tales of Dunham.”
Design Review—Cover
All of Moriah’s design for this book is careful and elegant, and the tone is set by the [...]
Since January 25, the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is open to submissions until February 7. To register and enter you will need to submit:
* The full/complete version of your manuscript (the “Manuscript”), which must be between 50,000 and 150,000 words [...]
But it is about a writer, and writers like stories about writers, right? Particularly when the writers is J.D. Salinger. (Even if you’re not a fan of his, surely you’re curious about him…? No…?)
*The following originally posted at my old blogsite in June of ‘09. After reading the many articles today about Salinger’s death, I [...]
New feature at Self-Publishing Review: a Link Directory. Users can add a directory listing for a book, service, website, or other. The listing will be given a unique page that will show up in your profile. Example for my book: The American Book of the Dead.
To use the directory:
1. Go to My Account at the [...]
[...] allows the publishing of written depictions of sexually explicit scenes, but we do not allow pornographic images within the books, and we do not allow erotica that depicts minors engaged (willingly or unwillingly) in sexual acts with adults. Fictional scenes of rape, sadism or pedophilia are strongly discouraged, and they’re strictly prohibited if their [...]
As a self-published author, I have read opponent comments that one of the downsides to choosing the “vanity” route is being unable to obtain professional reviews. Though I have found it difficult, it is not impossible.
The question I ponder regarding the review process, however, is how beneficial are professional reviews for authors? Do they really [...]
So the iPad is finally here and brings big implications for the future of publishing. Here’s a video of the iBooks app at work:
The iBooks app will use the ePub format, which is good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s not a proprietary format, like the Kindle – i.e. [...]
Cathy Macleod wrote on their own wire: 
Eric Hammel posted on the forum topic Evaluating eBook Schemes in the group New Media Publishing: 
Helen Gallagher wrote a new blog post: Do writers use Twitter? You bet your sweet tweet they do.
Eric Hammel posted on the forum topic Knowledge of copyright law anyone? in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors:
Eric Hammel joined the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors
Helen Gallagher wrote on the wire of the link Amazon.com: Social Media Handbook: A Cultural E-volution (Volume 1) (9781449979188): Helen Gallagher: Books:
Helen Gallagher created the link Amazon.com: Social Media Handbook: A Cultural E-volution (Volume 1) (9781449979188): Helen Gallagher: Books
Helen Gallagher wrote on the wire of the link Amazon.com: Release Your Writing: Book Publishing, Your Way (9781602640603): Helen Gallagher: Books:
