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Ebook Outsell Hardbacks at Amazon

Ebook Outsell Hardbacks at Amazon

A number of people pointed me to the New York Times article in which Amazon reports that Kindle sales of titles have outstripped hardcover sales. Many folks have jumped on this report as the canary in the coal mine. It’s the death knell of publishing as we know it. It’s the vindication of a lot [...]

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Missing The Point

Missing The Point

A WIRED story coming out of Book Expo America once again reveals the gap between reality and what some of the leaders in publishing think.
Susan Petersen Kennedy, president of Penguin Group USA, said publishers will not make the same mistakes as the music industry, which had an epic struggle over electronic distribution and piracy and [...]

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Digital Career Guide

Digital Career Guide

I have just released a new product in my store: The Digital Career Guide. I’ve been working on this for the last three months. It covers what you need to know to set up a successful writing business on the Internet. I talk about everything from attitudes to how to produce captivating fiction, on through [...]

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Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

I’m not going to name any names, but as we move into the digital era, there is a spurious argument that gets brought up from time to time by authors who really ought to know better. It pretty much points out that a) most of us are not good dollars & cents kinds of folks [...]

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Impossible Dream=iPad

Yes, I am an Apple enthusiast. I’ve worked on a Mac since 1987 and am typing this on my 9th Macintosh computer. (All but two of the older ones still run and are in use at various tasks around the house.) I have bought/obtained five iPods, all of which still work. I even owned both [...]

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Little Girl Lost

Little Girl Lost

NEW!
Little Girl Lost
Little Girl Lost, the fifth of the Trick Molloy stories, finally made it onto iTunes. You can hit the link above to snag it for your iPod Touch or iPhone. I really have to thank Michael Zapp for shepherding it through the approval process. Apple’s book screeners were overwhelmed by the sheer weight [...]

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Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

No Rest For The Wicked
No Rest For The Wicked *finally* made it to the Appstore. This is the first of the Trick Molloy stories, and the second one to make it to the Appstore. Click on the above links and you’ll go directly to the Appstore to snag the story.

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