My New Heroes
Go read Lilith Saintcrow’s “Glitch, Monoculture, Profit (#amazonfail recap).” It’s a great summary of the weekend, and raises some very relevant questions about the idea of ranking books in the first...
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Last night, I found out something really, really cool about one of Feathermoon’s own. One of our favorite Boomsticks, Homrend, is not only the guild leader of an awesome group of RPers, he’s also a...
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I know, I know. This blog should be about something other than Amazon asshattery now and then, but SHEESH. Amazon forces LibraryThing to remove links to other booksellers on their primary pages....
View ArticleOh Steve Riggio No!
(Update: B&N has responded, both on Smart Bitches and to Galleycat. Joe Gonnella, the VP of trade merchandising, responded on SBTB’s comments thread: Barnes & Noble does not have a policy to...
View ArticleThe Cost of the Price War: Too Damned High
The short version, if you haven’t been reading up on it: Wal-Mart slashes prices on bestsellers that will be out for the holidays. Books that have a cover price of $25-$30 will be sold for $10....
View ArticleAmazonfail, Redux
The short version: this past Friday night, after everyone who could respond had gone home for the weekend, Amazon.com pulled the buy button from all Macmillan titles on their site. This includes...
View ArticleAmazon, Still Failing
Another round of links for you lot. Amazon’s stated that they’ll “capitulate” to Macmillan’s desires, but as of this writing, Macmillan books are still unavailable on Amazon except through third...
View ArticleGuess What I’m Still Blogging About
(aka “One of these days, I’ll write up that post about Dragon Age…”) So, my tweet from last night (upon reading that Hachette will also move to an agency model for ebooks) not only got quoted by...
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On Barnes & Noble vs. DC Comics/Amazon
When I saw Neil Gaiman’s tweet, I was torn. I did a wee bit of googling, and it is, indeed, true. Here’s the reason they’re doing it: DC Comics had given Amazon an exclusive four-month window during...
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Oh, Internet
I’m really, really not sure why newspapers and news websites keep publishing articles about how print books/publishing/bookselling are dead by journalists who know… absolutely jack about the industry....
View ArticleSo About That Pre-order…
The disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this site are my own, and not those of my employer. I have no insider knowledge about the negotiations going on between Amazon and Hachette — all I...
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