Retro-#FutureChat today: Your 2015 high points

Let's do the time warp again Then Amazon switched to per-page payouts on KDP Select. Right? And then Amazon changed it to different per-page rates for various territories. And then Amazon opened a physical bookstore. Run for your life! (If the latest Shelf Awareness account of reactions to that bit of bricks and mortar is right, there's still a hefty wave of consternation to crest among the booksellers, the surf is up, way up.) Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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