Books An open letter to Hachette r.e. Amazon 9 Aug 20146 Jan 2022 As an Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) author, I received an email today from their KDP team. It laid out their side of the Amazon-Hachette dispute and encouraged authors to…
Books Selling books in the modern era 18 Jul 201113 Jan 2023 When I was growing up, we did two types of shopping. Commodity items came from department stores like Sears, and specialty items came from specialty stores. To this day, if…
Self Publishing… Kindle store vs. Apple iBookstore – An author’s perspective 30 May 20111 Feb 2023 In 2003, I created a booklet based on a pamphlet written by Fay Kuhlman. Entitled The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943, it sold…