Tag Archives: Amazon

Yet more Amazon bashing from Germany

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Cora

I’ve been planning this post for a few days now, gathering links, when Amazon decided to escalate its battle with Hachette by sending a rather strange e-mail to everybody with a KDP account. At first, I actually thought this was … Continue reading →

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Reactions to Kindle Unlimited from around the Web and a look at subscription services in general

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Cora

Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited subscription program continues to dominate the debate in the online indie publishing community. I already explained why Pegasus Pulp e-books won’t be available via the program. Now let’s hear what some other authors, indie, trad and … Continue reading →

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Some prime Amazon bashing from Germany

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Cora

Amazon currently isn’t too popular because of its negotiations tactics with the publishers Hachette in the US and Bonnier in Germany. Now a lot of pixels have already been wasted on discussing the conflict between Amazon on the one side … Continue reading →

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Why Pegasus Pulp e-books won’t be available via Kindle Unlimited

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Cora

You’ve probably already heard about Kindle Unlimited, the new e-book subscription service Amazon unveiled today. Alas, Pegasus Pulp e-books won’t be among the 600000 e-books and audio books available to borrow via Kindle Unlimited. The reason is that including our … Continue reading →

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Milestone: 100 German books

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Cora

I reached a milestone yesterday, because as of yesterday I have sold 100 German language e-books. Mind you that at the moment we only have six German language e-books available as opposed to 43 English language e-books. However, we have … Continue reading →

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Outlaw Love finds more success

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Cora

My little lesbian western Outlaw Love has long been one of our most popular titles and is currently the third bestselling Pegasus Pulp e-book of all time. However, today I discovered that not only had Outlaw Love goten a very … Continue reading →

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Heartache is a Bestseller

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Cora

Heartache, my collection of three tales of broken hearts and love gone wrong, has hit an Amazon.com category bestseller list: Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,009 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #74 in Kindle Store > … Continue reading →

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More Anti-Amazon reporting, this time from Austria

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Cora

I’m a regular viewer of the Austrian TV program Kulturmontag (Cultural Monday), though I watch the 3sat repeat entitled lebensart (Way of Life), probably because the repeat is broadcast on a Saturday rather than Monday. But whatever the title, Kulturmontag/lebensart … Continue reading →

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Indies take all top ten spots at Amazon Germany

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Cora

The German blog Self-Publisher-Bibel (title says it all, really) reports that on January 29, 2014 all top ten spots in the German Kindle store were taken by indie books and has a screenshot to prove it. The first trad pub … Continue reading →

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Kindle spotted at Real supermarket

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Cora

Today I was grocery shopping at our local real supermarket, a K-Mart/Wal-Mart type grocery plus cheap department store here in Germany. I found myself in the magazine and book department, when – lo and behold – I spotted a brand-new … Continue reading →

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