Ether for Authors: Ebook Prices at Rock Bottom

Porter Anderson's weekly curation of the best Web postings for authors takes in the UK's growing consternation over 20p ebooks, Amazon's untrustworthy reviews and more. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

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Author Challenges ChatGPT to Writer a Better Beach Read

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Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

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Overlooked No More: Ursula Parrott, Best-Selling Author and Voice for the Modern Woman

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Start taking digital notes in ebooks with a Kindle Scribe, now 30% off

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