Tag Archives: Germany

Aldi does e-books

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Cora

The name Aldi has long been synonymous with discount groceries, both in Germany and abroad. However, Aldi‘s activities have long since expanded into other fields. For example, Aldi is the 8th biggest clothing retailer in Germany and is a big … Continue reading →

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Pegasus Pulp e-books at local bookstores/Pegasus Pulp e-books in lokalen Buchhandlungen

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Cora

The good folks of the Tolino alliance have implemented something called MeineBUCHhandlung (my bookshop) which allows independent bookstores to sell Tolino e-books via their websites. This means that Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available at various independent bookstores throughout Germany. … Continue reading →

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The subscription services step up their game

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Cora

E-book subscription services like Scribd, Oyster, Kindle Unlimited or 24symbols were the big e-book news item of 2014. Particularly the introduction of Kindle Unlimited in July caused a lot of uproar among indie authors. It continues to cause uproar, now … Continue reading →

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New Free Anthology Available – Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Cora

I’ll have several announcements to make in the next few days, because I have not one but three new books out. But don’t worry, this blog won’t turn into wall to wall promotion. It’s just a case of weird timing. … Continue reading →

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Tolino hits the coffee shops

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Cora

The Tolino e-reader, which was developed and marketed by an alliance of German bookshops, has just passed Amazon’s Kindle with regard to market share in the (still tiny) German e-book market (well, sort of) and now Tolino has landed a … Continue reading →

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Tolino passes Kindle – or does it?

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Cora

This Friday, the news dropped that the Tolino, an e-reader developed and marketed by an alliance of several German, Austrian, Swiss and soon Dutch booksellers, had passed Amazon’s Kindle with regard to market share. According to the report, Tolino now … Continue reading →

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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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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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Of Penny Dreadfuls and Moral Panics

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Cora

The Guardian has an article about the so-called penny dreadfuls, cheap serialized novels of the Victorian era, inspired by the success of the eponymous TV series (which I haven’t yet seen, hence no comment). I usually don’t remember where and … 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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