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The Dispatcher eBook 99 Cents on Amazon Today Only (10/19/17)
Posted on October 19, 2017 19 Comments
The headline says it all: The Dispatcher is an Amazon Deal of the Day, so you can get it for under a buck on the Kindle. What a deal! But it’s only for the day (October 19, 2017), and it’s for the US and Canada. I’m not sure if the price applies on other retailers […]
Can You Tell My Earnings From My Amazon Sales? Spoiler: Nope, Not at All
Posted on September 25, 2017 47 Comments
There was thread over at Metafilter this week talking about book sales and author earnings, including a link to a study that purported to chart author earnings, based on sales at Amazon. I have to admit I had a bit of a giggle over it. Not because it was attempting to guess author incomes, which […]
The View From the Top of Amazon’s Heap
Posted on February 12, 2017 31 Comments
Yesterday nine of my novels were on sale for $2.99 in ebook format, across a bunch of different retailers, but most prominently on Amazon, because, well, Amazon. Amazon has a number of different ways to make authors feel competitive and neurotic, one of which is its “Amazon Author Rank,” which tells you where you fit […]
A Tweet Spree on Amazon Author Rankings and Envy
Posted on June 7, 2016 31 Comments
To begin, this tweet: Also, Amazon Author Rank? What the hell are you. — James S.A. Corey (@JamesSACorey) June 6, 2016 To which I responded: There's a certain point where you just let go of Amazon rankings because they have no relation to overall reality. https://t.co/ELJaaJNiDz — John Scalzi (@scalzi) June 6, 2016 Which got […]
Amazon Tweaks Its Kindle Unlimited System. It Still Sucks For KDP Select Authors
Posted on June 21, 2015 93 Comments
Now that I’ve returned to the US and have parked myself in front of the computer again, people are asking me what I think of Amazon’s plan to tweak the way its Kindle Unlimited system pays KDP Select authors. In the past, Amazon would designate a certain amount of cash ($3 million this June, according to this […]
A Video Interview of Me, From Amazon, About “The End of All Things”
Posted on June 4, 2015 8 Comments
Here you go. No real spoilers or anything. This was recorded at BEA last week. Enjoy!
A Brief List of Standard Answers For the Amazon/Hachette Thing
Posted on August 10, 2014 168 Comments
Because it will be useful to do this, to refer people to later: Various complaints/comments/questions about the Amazon/Hachette negotiations and my commentary on it, that I’ve seen online, or have been sent to me via e-mail/social media are below, paraphrased, with my responses. Ready? Here we go. Why do you hate Amazon? I don’t hate Amazon. […]
Amazon Gets Increasingly Nervous
Posted on August 9, 2014 226 Comments
Amazon is not in the least bit happy about the full-page ad some authors have placed into the New York Times this weekend, complaining about its tactics in its negotiations with Hachette, so it is perhaps not entirely coincidental that this weekend Amazon is trying a new tactic: Trying to convince readers that it is […]
Amazon’s Latest Volley
Posted on July 30, 2014 331 Comments
Another day, another volley in the Amazon-Hachette battle, this time from Amazon, in which it explains what it wants (all ebooks to be $9.99 or less, for starters) and lays out some math that it alleges shows that everyone wins when Amazon gets its way. Some thoughts: 1. I think Amazon’s math checks out quite […]
Amazon, Hachette, Publishing, Etc — It’s Not a Football Game, People
Posted on July 3, 2014 199 Comments
And now, some thoughts on subjects pertaining to publishing. I’ll use myself as an example for much of this. 1. I am in business with Amazon, though its Audible.com subsidiary. As you might be able to tell by my post yesterday, I am deeply happy with my experience working with Audible (and thus, by extension, Amazon). […]
Fuzzy Nation is the Number One Audiobook on Amazon Today
Posted on November 20, 2013 13 Comments
Almost certainly because it’s Audible’s Deal of the Day, available for $2.95 until 11:59 Eastern Time today (I would have noted it sooner here, but, hey, I was on the move. If you’ve wanted to try one of my audiobooks but never got around to it, this is a pretty good one to try; in […]
Amazon’s Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts
Posted on May 22, 2013 251 Comments
The Twitters are abuzz today about Amazon’s new “Kindle Worlds” program, in which people are allowed to write and then sell through Amazon their fan fiction for certain properties owned by Alloy Entertainment, including Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, with more licenses expected soon. I’ve had a quick look at the program on Amazon’s […]
Amazon Author Rankings and Who They Actually Benefit
Posted on October 10, 2012 65 Comments
Amazon has started ranking authors by total sales via Amazon, updated hourly. This is certain to make a whole bunch of authors begin to freak out as they constantly refresh their Amazon author pages to see where they stand in the rankings, and, independently, give a whole bunch of people who have their own hobby horses […]
The Ghost Brigades eBook (Almost Certainly Temporarily) Down on Amazon
Posted on July 28, 2012 16 Comments
Some folks sent me e-mails over the last couple of days, letting me know that The Ghost Brigades appears not to be available in a Kindle edition at the moment. It turns out they are correct. Why is it not available? Who knows? Being a paranoid person I am, however, it makes me wonder if […]
SFWA Is Redirecting Amazon Links From Its Site
Posted on February 28, 2012
Come find out why (the short answer: Amazon is fighting with publishers again and in the process hurting writers). Comments turned off here, per my usual practice regarding SFWA notifications.
Amazon, Local Bookstores, Me
Posted on December 13, 2011 91 Comments
The New York Times has a piece today by author Richard Russo about the recent Amazon stunt of encouraging people to go into bookstores, using their cell phones to read the prices of items for sale and then for their efforts receive up to $5 off things they buy at Amazon. Russo and the authors […]
Books Back on Amazon (But Not Kindle)
Posted on February 5, 2010 26 Comments
I was alerted via Twitter and e-mail that my Tor books were back on Amazon, but as I was out of pocket at the time (I was hanging about with my friends Mykal Burns and Wil Wheaton), I only just now got back to my browser to confirm with my own eyes. My eyes say: […]
A Technical Thing re: Amazon and My Tor Books
Posted on February 5, 2010 57 Comments
Every couple of hours someone sends an e-mail or post saying “Your book is back up on Amazon!” and point to the same thing, so I want to post this to clear up the confusion. The one physical version of Old Man’s War that’s up on Amazon is “Bargain Price Paperback,” which is to say […]
A Quick Interview of Me, By Me, To Catch Up With Everything Amazon
Posted on February 4, 2010 120 Comments
Q: Hey, you. A: Hey, me. Q: How you holding up? A: Well, I think you know. Q: I do, but this isn’t meant to be an internal dialogue, asshole. A: Fair enough. Aside from the fact that the largest online bookseller is continuing to refuse to sell my Tor novels, everything is fantastic. Thanks […]
A Note Re: Amazon Links in Big Idea Pieces
Posted on February 3, 2010 29 Comments
Some of you may note that despite my being annoyed with Amazon in the last week, Amazon links have not been pulled from previous Big Idea pieces, and I added an Amazon link to the latest Big Idea piece as well. The reasoning here is simple: Unlike some large online retailers I could name, I […]
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