There’s no shortage of authors who hate ebooks. Today, it’s Jonathan Franzen. It’s ironic that as much as he hates ebooks, all of his novels are available in digital format on Amazon, for $9.99 each.
I’m not shy about saying that I love Franzen’s work. The Corrections is a great novel and I encourage everyone to read it.
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You’d think a science fiction author would be one of the first to embrace emerging technology, like ebooks, for example. But there are some holdouts. One of them has been famed Sci-Fi author Ray Bradbury.
I wrote about him back in 2009, mostly about how much he loathed the internet. Well finally, Bradbury fans can read his classic Fahrenheit 451 (aff link) as an ebook.
The Authors Guild isn’t holding anything back in their criticism of Amason’s Lending Library. The library program is available to Amazon Prime members, who pay $79 per year for membership.
The Authors Guild’s main complaint is that Amazon is lending out ebooks for free without the publisher’s permission, or even the author’s permission.
I’ve already written about how the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise will be hard to replicate. It’s one of those anomalies that comes along once in a great while.
That doesn’t mean that publishers aren’t looking for the next Harry Potter. In fact, one publisher is already hoping they found the next big thing.
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With the release of the final Harry Potter movie, fans have little to look forward to. There’s always JK Rowling’s recently unveiled Pottermore website, and the release of the series in ebook format. But even those can take fans so far.
Let’s not forget that Harry Potter has been a multi-billion dollar franchise. It has kept kids and adults hitting the bookstores and the movie theaters.
For JK Rowling, she’ll keep raking in the cash. And with the release of the HP ebooks that she’s self-publishing, her net-worth is going to skyrocket.
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No matter what your politics are and regardless of what you think about Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, you have to admit one thing: He’s been a master at marketing his own online brand.
If you haven’t been to O’Reilly’s website, check it out. From offering a premium membership area, costing $49.95/year (very rare for a personal website to do this, and be successful at it), to behind the scenes clips, articles and selling the many books he’s written.
Billoreilly.com is all things Bill O’Reilly, building on the image he created through years of television shows, radio and other media. You don’t have to be a celebrity to follow his example though. It just takes a few loyal followers to successfully build your own brand.
Below are just a few examples of how he is cashing in on his name. While not every example below will work for you, it will give you some ideas about how to improve your website/blog to increase traffic.
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A few days after JK Rowling’s new Pottermore website came to life and the announcement of the Harry Potter series being released in ebook format, got me thinking about the big shift that has taken place in Rowling’s thinking over the years.
She has gone from dismissing ebooks because of worries about piracy (even though the absence of ebooks actually increased piracy of her books), to releasing DRM-free versions of her ebooks. Not only that, but she is essentially self-publishing the Harry Potter series on her website (her publishers do share some of the revenue, however).
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Note: I’ve been writing about the Harry Potter/Ebook saga for a while now. Check out my most popular Harry Potter post that has links to most of my other HP posts. Thanks for reading!
The announcement has finally arrived for all you Harry Potter fans out there: The popular 7 book series will be released in ebook format this October!
Speculation has been running rampant for the last several days with the mysterious Pottermore website. As it turns out, the website will be home to Harry Potter, the digital version.
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If there’s one thing JK Rowling is good at, it’s keeping her fans guessing about what she’s going to do next. With the new Harry Potter movie opening on July 15, the internet is gushing with new rumors.
The newest clue to more Harry Potter is the mysterious website Pottermore.com. According to Digital Spy, this could mean more Harry Potter for his legions of worldwide fans:
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NOTE: Read the latest on JK Rowling & Harry Potter in my new post. And don’t forget to check out all the latest Ebook News.
For years JK Rowling has been avoiding ebooks like the plague, worried that an ebook version of her Harry Potter books will only encourage piracy. As I have written over and over again, she’s been making a huge mistake.
Rowling, her lawyer and literary agent have finally come to their collective senses and appear to be seriously considering the release of her Harry Potter series in ebook format. A person close to Rowling says no definitive decision has been made.
What I find more interesting though is the predicted implications for the ebook industry as a whole if/when Rowling turns Harry Potter digital. It will also mean a very healthy payday for Rowling:
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