Tag Archives: Amazon

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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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 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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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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Cora hits two bestseller lists just in time for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Cora

This must be some sort of new record, because no sooner had I published two new releases that they already hit the respective Amazon genre bestseller list. And it happened not for one but for both new books at once. … 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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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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Even more on sockpuppets and fake reviews

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Cora

We’re still talking about sockpuppets and bought reviews, so here are the latest links: A group of mostly crime writers has published a sort of open letter condemning paid reviews and sockpuppeting called “No sockpuppets here, please”. Barry Eisler responds … Continue reading →

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New Collection Available: Heartache and some e-reader news

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Cora

First of all, Amazon has opened a Kindle store in India, though it seems to be a special section of Amazon.com rather than a standalone website like e.g. Amazon.de or Amazon.fr. Nonetheless, Indian readers are now able to buy e-books … 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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