Category Archives: Links

Mixed E-Book Links of Interest

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Cora

For starters, the indie versus trad publishing or maybe both debate is still going on (and will probably be for a while yet). SF writer Tobias Buckell cautions writers eager to jump into indie publishing that the big successes like … Continue reading →

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The Renaissance of Short Fiction Revisited

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Cora

Back in February, I wrote a post on this blog about how the internet and the e-book revolution have brought about a renaissance of short fiction. Since so far, all of our e-books here at Pegasus Pulp are either short … Continue reading →

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A Handful of Plugs

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Cora

I’ve plugged my own latest release, so here are plugs for other people’s books and events. Among the many how-to books about self-publishing out there, Let’s Get Digital by David Gaughran is the gold standard. Now the sequel (of sort) … Continue reading →

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The Great Indie Publishing War of 2013

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Cora

It all started at Salon, when a writer called John Winters stated that he was a self-publishing failure and also likened self-publishing to masturbation, which naturally did not go down all that well with many indie writers. Never mind that … Continue reading →

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Why Amazon Voodoo doesn’t work

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Cora

Forbes has an interesting article citing a new study that 48 percent of all Amazon book purchases are made by people who search for a specific item and then buy it. Meanwhile, seventeen percent of purchases are made via the … Continue reading →

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The Renaissance of Short Fiction

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Cora

The New York Times has an article about the renaissance of the short story due to the rise of digital reading. Since this is the books section of the New York Times, the focus is of course on literary short … Continue reading →

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The FAZ hates e-books – or does it?

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Cora

The Passive Voice links to this Discovery article about the information retention comparison between digital and print media carried out by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The article starts out with a big whine by the researchers that the … Continue reading →

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German TV discovers indie publishing – and some sales figures

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Cora

The Frankfurt Book Fair is taking place at the moment, so the amount of literature coverage on TV has gone up as well. As in previous years, e-books and e-readers are a hot topic of discussion. Tonight I chanced to … Continue reading →

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KDP Select Redux

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Cora

You’d think it would be old news by now, but we’re talking about KDP Select again, probably prompted by the recent Amazon announcement that KDP Select users will now receive 70% royalties for any sales in India, as opposed to … Continue reading →

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New Interview with Cora and more on Sockpuppets

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Cora

I’ve been interviewed for the Sunday Spotlight at Elizabeth Baxter’s blog Small Blonde Hippy, so come on over and say hello. Links to all my interviews are archived at the interview page, by the way. Meanwhile, the sockpuppeting scandal is … Continue reading →

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