Barnes & Noble will announce the launch of their own ereader later today at a press conference in Manhattan. The ereader will be called the Nook. Don’t ask; perhaps Barnes & Noble executives will reveal the reasons why they chose such an..
Topics: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iRex, Kindle, Plastic Logic, Sony Ereader

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The decision this week by American trade publisher Thomas Nelson to launch their own imprint offering authors self-publishing packages has certainly captured the blogosphere, if not the whole of the publishing industry. Add to this the intriguing caveat.
Topics: Author Solutions, cba-ramblings, Chip MacGregor, Cold Tree Publishing, Michael Hyatt, rachelle gardner, Thomas Nelson, Victoria strauss, WestBow Press

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"How can good new writers be published when the industry is ruled by people who aren't interested in originality?" This is the question posed by Robert McCrum in an article entitled, Stop the bean-counters ruling the fiction roost on the..
Topics: Guardian UK, Independent and Small Publishers, Robert McCrum, Traditional Publishing

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We have spoken about English author Graham Taylor (GP Taylor) several times on these pages regarding his self-publishing success during the 1990's with his first novel, Shadowmancer, as well as his involvement with British author solutions...
Topics: Graham P. Taylor, Grosvenor House Publishing, Traditional Publishing

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Google have chosen the week of the Frankfurt Book Fair to announce the launch of their ebook selling store which will rival Amazon and Barnes & Nobel. The online ebook platform store will simultaneously open in the USA, UK and Europe in the first...
Topics: Google

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