News – 1) Amazon is reported to be talking with publishers about setting up a Netflix-like system of making Kindle books available on something like a subscription basis, possibly tied to Amazon’s Prime program. PC World has it here. 2) Your Kindle with Special Offers is about to go local. Amazon announced that AmazonLocal on [...]
News – 1) A former Kindle customer service rep tells all in a fascinating thread at Reddit. Key takeaway: Be nice to the reps and don’t be shy about asking for a replacement Kindle. (Thanks to Nick Todd for alerting me to this one!) 2) TechCrunch’s MG Siegler has held one in his hands and [...]
News – 1) Amazon creates a way for you to ask questions of the author while you’re reading the author’s book. Click here for Amazon Daily Post announcement and here for more details from Amazon. Matthew Ingram at GigaOM says this is the latest in Amazon’s moves to disintermediate traditional publishers. 2) There’s a new [...]
This is a recording of the second talk that I gave on August 13, 2011 at the Professional Outdoor Media Association‘s annual conference at the Marriott in Ogden, Utah. The title of this presentation was “Make Money with E-Books.” You can download the Word document I prepared as a handout here. I discussed the following three writers [...]
News – 1) Amazon releases its impressive Kindle Cloud Reader, with audio from Cali Lewis and a review by Jason Snell. 2) Timothy Ferriss signs a deal to publish his next blockbuster, The 4-Hour Chef, with Amazon’s upstart New York publishing arm, as reported by The New York Times. 3) Take that, you Kindle spammers! [...]
This is a recording of a talk I gave today (August 13, 2011) at the Professional Outdoor Media Association‘s annual conference at the Marriott in Ogden, Utah. The title of the presentation was “Selling Content for E-Readers.” You can download the Word document I prepared as a handout here. I’m so glad I accepted the [...]
News – 1) Is now a bad time to buy a new Kindle? TechCrunch and SlashGear say maybe, given the likelihood of a new Kindle model being announced this year. But if you can’t wait, don’t worry. I have a plan for instant gratification that might work just fine. 2)It’s obviously a good time to be [...]
News – 1) BYTE’s sources say Whispersync will be the secret sauce for Amazon’s tablet strategy, via an InformationWeek post. My brief detour to Gilligan’s Island. 2) Jon Cog reflects on Amazon’s quarterly earnings report. 3) Stephen Windwalker‘s experimental non-coverage of the end of an Amazon v. Apple showdown. 4) My review of a new [...]
News – 1) Amazon announces Kindle Textbook Rental. PaidContent’s Laura Hazard Owen has a smart story on it. In this video, Chris Pirillo wishes they’d done it when he was in college. 2) My hands-on review of the new iRiver Story HD, optimized for the Google eBookstore. Tech Tip – My wife Darlene appreciates how the Shelfari [...]
News – 1) Amazon announces a $25 price drop for the Kindle 3G with Special Offers, to $139, thanks to to a new sponsorship by AT&T. 2) The Wall Street Journal cites people who know in giving details of Amazon’s tablet plans, as well as reports of a Kindle 4 and 5. Long live E Ink! [...]
