Category Archives: Bookselling

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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Pegasus Pulp e-books now available at Amazon Canada, a bestseller and November sales figures

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Cora

Amazon really seems to be on a roll and just opened yet another new Kindle store in Canada. This really would appear to be a no-brainer, but apparently not. At any rate, Canadian readers can now buy all Pegasus Pulp … Continue reading →

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Pegasus Pulp e-books now available at Amazon Brazil

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Cora

Amazon apparently opened a Brazilian store today, so now all our e-books may also be bought at Amazon BR. The full list of available titles is here, while links will be added to the respective book pages as I get … Continue reading →

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Pegasus Pulp E-Books are now available at Barnes & Noble… and elsewhere

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Cora

Yes, it’s really true! Pegasus Pulp e-books are finally available at Barnes & Noble, so all Nook owners can now buy our e-books at their favourite store. Alas, our books are not yet available at the new Nook UK store, … 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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Posting sockpuppet reviews is not free speech

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Cora

Joe Konrath defends the practices of buying fake reviews, leaving malicious one star reviews to trash the books of rivals and leaving sockpuppet reviews as free speech. Because an author deliberately leaving one star reviews on books by rival using … Continue reading →

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More on the paid reviews scandal, John Locke, loyalty transfer and Joe Paterno

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Cora

By now the New York Times article about a “pay for customer reviews” service that I blogged about yesterday has filtered through the online writing and publishing world, so here are some more responses: At Self Publishing Review which offers … Continue reading →

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“How I sold one million e-books…” revisited

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Cora

First of all, Heartache is the featured new release at the Short Story Blog today. In other news, the New York Times published a lengthy article about a “pay for fake e-book reviews” service. One of the service’s patrons was … Continue reading →

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More publishing doom and gloom, another bestseller and July sales figures

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Cora

Ewan Morrison, self-proclaimed doomsayer of the imminent death of literature, publishing and Western culture as we know it, is at it again and informs us at the Guardian that social media does not sell books (he does have a point … Continue reading →

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