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2009: The Year That Was (May - August)
POD, Self Publishing & Independent Publishing | December 25th 2009 by Mick Rooney
MAY Amazon announced the launch of its Kindle DX in May featuring a larger 9.7 inch screen, more memory and wireless facilities. It will be available later this summer. We got the chance to interview Eileen Gittens, CEO of Blurb, on POD, Self Pub read more
Making Music Make Money: An Insider’s Guide to Becoming Your Ow…
Congresogeologico | December 25th 2009 by Devi Daksina Putra
ISBN13: 9780876390078 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionMaking Music Make Money will educate songwriters and aspiring music business entrepreneurs in the basics of becoming an effective independe read more
Music Contracts & Royalties Defined by Ty Cohen « The House…
Records | December 24th 2009 by rehan
A band or artist’s royalties are totaled as a percentage of the “suggested retail list price” for the total number of records sold. A general percentage that most artists will find in their music business contracts is anywhere from 7% to &# read more
The Turkish Journalist on the Cross
The Istanbulian | December 24th 2009 by Emre Kizilkaya
If there is someone in Turkey who is getting crucified nowadays, it's the Turkish journalist who tries to remain independent in the face of the government pressure. The AKP government has imposed yet another fine on Dogan Group. Dogan Burda, the gro read more
METALLICA's 'Black' LP Is Top-Selling Album Of SOUNDSCAN Era
Think different, think Zeek! | December 23rd 2009 by Zachary Solomon-Beloin
via roadrunnerrecords.com METALLICA's self-titled album from 1991 (also known as the "black" album) has surpassed SHANIA TWAIN's 1997 CD "Come On Over" to become the best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for read more
Can Playhaven Turn Promoting iPhone Games—And Developers—Into…
Mobile News - Mobile Industry Buzz!! | December 23rd 2009 by Hemant
The iPhone has been dubbed an equalizer for independent game developers, since the App Store—in theory—gives them access to millions of potential players, without forcing them to partner up with a big read more
Howard Schmidt Named As US National Cybersecurity Coordinator
Geek-News.net | December 22nd 2009 by RichardM
Today the White House has officially announced Howard A. Schmidt has been appointed to the roll of the United State's first National Cybersecurity Coordinator. "Howard is one of the world’s leading authorities on computer security, with some 40 read more
Tube Surfing: Wallace and Gromit, Insomnia on PSP, Free Digital C…
Down the Tubes Blog | December 22nd 2009 by John Freeman
• Titan Publishing's Wallace & Gromit digital comic has taken the iPhone by storm with over half a million downloads of its first free app - and the company is surely hoping to repeat the success with its release on the new PSP comics service. read more
Check out this NEW Blues Lady! Gloria (Glo) Smith
K&K Music Blog | December 21st 2009 by Fitzgerald
BIO Independent - primarily Christian Artist -- now branching out into the secular music field. One album "My Heart Sings" has already been released. Another Christian album and a new secular album are in production. Hailing from the small, qui read more
Experiments in Publishing (Take 1)
OpenCulture | December 21st 2009
Those who read this blog regularly may remember my past posts (here, here and here) about the Amazon Kindle and recall that I have mixed feelings about it. You’ll also know that I’ve been interested in what authors such as J.A. Konrath have read more
Monica Lewinsky Believe Bill Clinton Lied
WideInfoz | December 18th 2009 by jjeonss
Bill Clinton is trying to hiding affair relation with Monica Lewinsky. Monica Lewinsky believes that Bill Clinton lied to a Federal Grand Jury about their affair, a new book on the Clinton scandals says. Politico.com reported yesterday the White H read more
Richard Gasquet innocent in doping charges
France Today | December 18th 2009 by Johnny Summerton
Good news for Richard Gasquet, the former French number one men's tennis player.He has been cleared of any claims of doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).While "justice has been done" as far as Gasquet is concerned, and he's "ready to t read more
UK Author Advances Slump To New Low
POD, Self Publishing & Independent Publishing | December 17th 2009 by Mick Rooney
There is a piece today in the Bookseller.com about the monetary decline in advances paid to authors by UK publishers for literary fiction. The article reports that some advances have actually dropped as low as £500, with £1,000 to £2,000 being th read more
The Final #Journaling Game of 2009. December 16-January 1st.
Sensual Stories: Seriously Sexy Secrets | December 17th 2009 by Nola Erus
As always, all types of writers are invited to participate. If you’ve played before, we’re thrilled to have you return. If this is your first time, we hope you’ll find joy in participating. In support of independent authors and publishing, I ho read more
Meredith Baxter to Write Memoir Detailing Her Life
Cherry Grrl | December 17th 2009
Meredith Baxter, an acclaimed television, film, and stage actress, producer, and advocate for women’s rights and breast cancer research who recently came out as a lesbian, has reached agreement with Broadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishin read more
News: ZeniMax Media Has The Rights to Rage
Apocalypso's Atomic Arcade | December 16th 2009 by Atomico
Day of Reconciliation (SA) Although that headline may seem as though their planning some horrible sort of revenge on the world (which they might be), it’s actually related to the game Rage, by id Software, currently still in development. Previous read more
Bethesda Wrangles Publishing Rights For Rage From EA
Gamer Grenade News Blog | December 15th 2009
Bethesda Softworks takes over publishing duties for id Software’s upcoming shooter/vehicular game. ZeniMax, the parent comany of Bethesda Softworks and Bethesda Game Studios, announced earlier today that Bethesda Softworks will be publishing id read more
BookPros[e]
Cartea din Banca | December 14th 2009 by madalina glavan
BookPros is an independent publishing company located in Austin, Texas. We offer an array of publishing services to authors, from editing to book design to literary publicity. On our blog we discuss publishing news and share tips for authors focusing read more
Self-Publishing for Profit?
All Write With Coffee | December 14th 2009 by Ann Elle Altman
It's not difficult to make a profit self-publishing your non-fiction books. Especially if you already have a market or you're a teacher or you put 'Twilight' in front of whatever you're titling your book. However, if it's fiction... or mystery. It' read more
A Great Gift Idea: Collectible Joe Hill
...With Intent to Commit Horror | December 14th 2009 by Gregory Fisher
Horror Mall is a great place to shop for horror books to give as gifts during the holidays and here at …With Intent to Commit Horror we are spotlighting a sample of the limited edition books and chapbooks that you just can’t find in books read more
Windhorse Publications move to larger offices
FWBO News | December 14th 2009 by lokabandhu
Sarah Ryan, from Windhorse Publications, the FWBO’s publishing house, writes to say - “Dear all,"After lots of preparation we are finally moving office to a larger space on Mill Road here in Cambridge, UK. This will be great as we will have more read more
Civil society prays for reforms in Ukraine
Ukrainian Risk | December 13th 2009
For a number of years international organizations present in Ukraine and civil society organizations work on publishing lists of systemic reforms that Ukraine needs. There are a number of documents that has been published already, e.g. coalition agre read more
7 Keys To Promoting Your Podcast: Learning’s from the Podcast A…
Biz Growth News | December 13th 2009
So you have decided to publish an online video podcast or an audio podcast – but what can you do in terms of promoting your podcast to increase the number of listeners or viewers and grow your community building your visibility online? I was in co read more
Robert Frost
Stay A While | December 13th 2009
My favorite poet.First a little biography, then three poems by Frost, that I enjoy.Robert Lee Frost ( named after General Robert E. Lee) was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874 to Isabelle Moodie, a Scottish schoolteacher, and William Prescott F read more
Feedback: Friend or Foe?
My Mental Marathon: Revising a novel in < 1 year! | December 13th 2009 by CJMB
I've been getting so much fantastic feedback on my last two posts (which can be found here and here.) I now know I have a ton of rewriting ahead of me on Chapter 1, but this is not a bad thing. I actually find it quite inspiring when people tell me read more
New Sponsor: Lorito Books
Latin Baby Book Club | December 12th 2009 by Monica
The LBBC welcomes its newest sponsor, Lorito Books.A few months ago, while reading through some marketing materials for the Fourth International Book Fair in Dallas, I discovered a new independent publishing company, Lorito Books. I was intrigued by read more
Weekly links on e-books and self publishing 12.12.2009
Password Incorrect | December 12th 2009 by Nick Name
Part 2: Why Indie Authors Will Break Traditional PublishersDecember 11, 2009This post, from Brad Vertrees, originally appeared on his Brad's Reader site on 12/9/09 and is reprinted here in its entirety with his permission. You can read Part 1 h read more
Wall Street Journal Shine The Light On Scottish Independent Canon…
POD, Self Publishing & Independent Publishing | December 11th 2009 by Mick Rooney
In an age when discussions on the publishing world seem to focus on a handful of behemoth publishing houses, it's nice to see this piece in the today's Wall Street Journal by Paul Sonne featuring Scottish independent publisher Canongate. There is no read more
Publishing Success
Community Marketing Blog | December 11th 2009 by Andrew Ballenthin
For those of you that are beginning a new venture into becoming an independent publisher in 2010, you will need a check list of things that will make you a publishing success. Here are steps for your publishing success check list: A good idea th read more
Parkplace and Buying Independent
Books and Beyond | December 11th 2009 by Christina Dudley
Many thanks to Parkplace Books in Kirkland for hosting Cass and me last night. Owners Rebecca and Mary were very gracious and welcoming, and Rebecca gave an inspiring speech about the value of buying even one book this Christmas NOT off Amazon, to su read more
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