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Philip M. Parker uses algorithm to generate hundreds of thousands of ebooks 16 Dec 2012 | 07:44 pm
This story isn’t entirely new, but as computing power increases we’re likely to see such things happening more frequently: thanks to a system that algorithmically compiles data into book format, a pro...
Psy’s Gangnam Style shows that copyright infringement can be a boost 16 Dec 2012 | 03:12 am
A lot of people knew this already, but the recent success of Psy’s Gangnam Style video has arguably demonstrated yet again that copyright infringement can actually boost the performance of a media pro...
Amazon launches Chinese Kindle store, but faces possible regulatory problems 16 Dec 2012 | 03:05 am
Amazon has finally launched its long-awaited Chinese Kindle store, but there’s a catch: the store isn’t actually selling physical Kindles, but instead encourages Chinese users to download customized i...
Ganxy offering new bundling opportunities for authors 14 Dec 2012 | 02:46 pm
One of the big stories of 2012 has been the growing popularity of bundle offers, whereby customers are offered a group of products at a discounted price. The likes of Humble Bundle have shown that thi...
Borrows worth $1.90 for KDP Select authors in November 14 Dec 2012 | 02:38 pm
The KDP Select borrow rate for November 2012 was $1.90, according to Amazon. That’s the lowest figure since January, with the rate having hovered a little over the $2 mark for the rest of the year. Gi...
Musician Mike Doughty offers hyper-personalization for fans, but would the same strategy work with books? 12 Dec 2012 | 02:40 pm
US singer-songwriter Mike Doughty, formerly of the band Soul Coughing, has come up with a pretty novel offering for his fans: for $543.09, he’ll record a personalized version of his new song “Dogs / D...
Are dead people ‘liking’ Facebook pages? 12 Dec 2012 | 05:22 am
While many authors and brand managers are keen to amass as many ‘likes’ as possible on Facebook, ReadWrite has an interesting story in which it’s claimed that a dead user was allegedly ‘liking’ pages ...
Interview with District One author Blaize Nolynne 8 Dec 2012 | 09:24 pm
Blaize Nolynne, author of the District One books, talks about her approach to writing and her plans for the future. Why do you write? Is it something you’ve always done, or always wanted to do? Or is ...
Amazon launches Canadian Kindle store 7 Dec 2012 | 09:59 pm
Amazon has launched a Canadian Kindle store, offering Kindle ebooks direct to Canadian customers for the first time (rather than making them go through the .com site). The move hasn’t yet been mention...
Nancy Huston wins Literary Review’s Bad Sex award 7 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
Nancy Huston has won this year’s Bad Sex award, for her novel Infrared. Only the third woman to win the prize in its twenty-year history, and she has the disadvantage (or advantage?) of writing primar...
