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Tag Archives: Sales
Answering The Kindle Challenge With Actual Numbers
You know, I bet nothing’s more annoying or dubious than publishers citing vague percentages about sales growth. And, the Amazon Kindle best-seller list, with all the free downloads, just screams fake. Part of the problem is publishers are notoriously coy … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks
Tagged Amazon, Dante, Devices, Ebooks, Full Monty, Munsey's, Random House, Sales
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Reports of Kindle Ebooks Outselling Sony 10-1 Are Unfair!
to Amazon. See, the quote is from Arthur Klebanoff, of RosettaBooks, who ironically enough when Kindle first launched thought he wasn’t getting any kind of sales from Amazon’s new device–that Sony was pre-eminent. Heh. This was back in the early … Continue reading
Posted in Devices, Ebooks, Odd
Tagged , Amazon Kindle, Devices, Ebooks, RosettaBooks, Sales, Sony Reader
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Playing W/ ScribD
So I took a moment to put a few books into the new ScribD setup. Just three titles so far, but three that are, ahem, likely to sell. Things you notice about the service: They’re just getting started. I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Mobile, Ebooks, Gutenberg, Mobipocket, Overdrive, Sales, ScribD
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All Right, Twitter Search is Annoying Me,
I’ll have to hear about Ingram Digital later. But: SiobhaneBooks: #IDPF09 Bob- Ebook readers are loyal, space is changing Were that to be completely true, mmm, how come Fictionwise, easily the most beloved retailer, only boosts sales when they offer … Continue reading
Posted in Devices, Ebooks
Tagged Amazon, BooksonBoard, CEOs, Ebooks, Fictionwise, IDPF2009, Kindle, Sales, Stress
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You Know, I Almost Think My Work Here Is Done
Take away one newbie from a very thin mag, and you realize people are seeing through the Sony/Google hype. I mean, even InformationWeek got that “Open!!!”… with Adobe DRM… is really “Proprietary!” unless you’re an idiot. And there ain’t a … Continue reading
And on the Subject of Expertise
One thing I’m taking away from the smug dis-satisfaction at a recent South by Southwest Publisher Seminar: yeah but. I mean, I’ll certainly agree that large publishers haven’t taken every advantage of the possibilities in marketing their books offered by … Continue reading
As a Public Service, For Anyone Fixing the
Oscommerce IE Downloads Controller Bug: QUOTE (utopixe @ Sep 21 2007, 09:15 AM) I have a solution for my problem (see screenshot on previous page). The error is: Internet Explorer cannot download [file] from [site]. Internet Explorer was not able … Continue reading
Oh, So CafeScribe Was Sold
By a guy who used to work for Follett, back to Follett. Err, the company’s ideas were… innovative, but actually, you know, Feedbooks might’ve been the better buy, if only for cost containment. Smelling the death of web 2.0.
Posted in Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Cafescribe, Feedbooks, Follett, Sales, Smelly Book Smelly Book it's not your fault, Web 2.0
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