Tag Archives: Germany

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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German TV discovers indie publishing

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Cora

I’m currently in Halle on Saale (for what I’m doing there, see here) and just saw a news report about the opening of the Leipzig bookfair (which is currently taking place barely thirty kilometers from where I am and yet … 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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An Interview with Cora and German Perspectives on Indie Publishing

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I was interviewed by fellow writer Michelle Muckley at her blog, so come on over and say hello. What is more, the joint German/Austrian/Swiss cultural TV programme Kulturzeit ran a report about indie publishing from a German … Continue reading →

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The Weltbild Scandal Goes International

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Cora

Remember Weltbild, the German bookstore chain owned by the Catholic church, which made some waves due to selling erotica and books on occultism, i.e. things the Catholic church does not approve of, in their brick and mortar stores? Well, it … Continue reading →

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Amazon versus Thalia – A Comparison

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Cora

I’ve been an enthusiastic customer of Amazon.com and later Amazon Germany from the time I got onto the Internet on, because Amazon gave me access to the English language genre fiction I loved to read without having to special order … Continue reading →

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E-Readers in the Wild at the Mall

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Cora

On Saturday, I was with my Dad at the Roland Center, a fairly big mall here in Bremen. And since I was at the mall already, I of course hit the book stores. The foreign language section at the Thalia … 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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A Kindle at the Bachmann Prize

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Cora

At the moment, the Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur (Days of German Language Literature) are going on in the city of Klagenfurt in Austria, where they will conclude with the awarding of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize tomorrow. Basically, the Bachmann Prize … Continue reading →

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June sales figures and my local library discovers e-books

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Cora

Every month, I get the newsletter of the Bremen house of literature, announcing readings, book launches and other literary events in the city of Bremen. In the current edition of the newsletter, the following item caught my eye: An information … Continue reading →

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