With many more authors appealing direct to the public by releasing their novels themselves over the internet, are any of them able to make money? Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams today offered a preview of Medium, their new publishing platform. Medium is at heart a blogging service, although right now it's only open to a select few authors. The posts are organized into "collections" that use different layouts depending on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]