On the passing of Project Gutenberg’s Founder

Mr. Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, died on September 6th, 2011. You can read the Obituary at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a really amazing website/resource and here are some of the things I’m very thankful for – Lots and lots of great books – for free. Very readable versions with relatively few mistakes. [...]

A Quick Look at Indie Authors currently in the Kindle Store Top 100

This is a list of authors who have self-published their books and made it to the Top 100. Unless otherwise specified the books are rated 4 stars or 4.5 stars. Simon Wood – Accidents Waiting to Happen is $1 and at #3, The Fall Guy is $1 and at #52.  Pat Gragg – The Rose Killer is [...]

Difference between a $1 book and a $15 book

Here are some reasons why selling $15 books is better business – You can make a lot more money. You make readers feel its worth their time. If it’s $15, then it must be good and readers’ time is worth $X per hour anyways – might as well spend $15 on something that is ‘vetted’. You [...]

The most significant event that no one is talking about

The Book Settlement was rejected. The most controversial Book Settlement ever proposed was rejected. Judge Chin has made a marvellous decision and he’s a hero – if it’s not clear now, it will be clear to future generations. First, some documents and links – Judge Chin’s Statement (PDF).  Caroline McCarthy’s Article on Judge Chin rejecting [...]

Are we at the inflection point of maximum vulnerability for eBooks?

In some ways the current stretch seems like the exact opposite of end 2009. End 2009 – eReader sales were assumed to be less than a million, eBook availability was limited, eReader prices were pretty high (around $299), eBook market share was only around 3% to 4%. For all practical purposes, there was absolutely no [...]

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