Robert's Take Home: It will be an interesting competition between reading on mobile smartphones versus dedicated tablets. "Rich" Chinese will opt for the status of the tablet. The masses will not pay the extra and will squint at reading on their existing smartphone. http://technode.com/2013/12/12/kindle-for-china-celebrates-one-year-annivers ary/…

Robert Fletcher Take Home Summary: Marketing for your best seller can come from anywhere. http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/how-tumblr-turned-a-book-into-a-best seller Few people saw Tumblr as a promotional and marketing tool, but the online service turned Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O'Brien into a viral sensation and overnight bestseller.…

This is a great motivator! Our ebook team has made over 1000 Kindle ebooks (www.Epubco.com) and we are seeing a nice sales increase every quarter. Robert Fletcher - CEO ------------------------- Amazon reveal a quarter of top 100 Kindle books are now written by self-published 'indie'…

Robert's Take Home: Have you called up your website on your smartphone? Do it. See what you learn. (If it isn't mobile ready, you will know it right away and yes, we have a solution, see below). -------------------------------- Google predicts that there will be over…

Executive Summary: This is a wonderful article with a large number of links and articles. Here is one quote from the article. http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-to-sell-your-self-published-book-in to-bookstores_b51732 Bookstores That Accept Self-Published Books "No questions asked, we'll take five copies of a book on consignment," said Bagby. The terms…

Hello to our E-book Authors! "We believe that we have the best e-book program available." That may seem like a strong and bold statement to make, but there are many reasons we believe it is true. From our professional hand-coded conversions to our superior distribution…

Robert's Take Home: Have you called up your website on your smartphone? Do it. See what you learn. (If it isn't mobile ready, you will know it right away and yes, we have a solution, see below). -------------------------------- Google predicts that there will be over…

Give Thanks for Independent Bookstores and give them your Support: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Have you called on the ones near you for signings or to carry your book? Here is a lookup link for US stores. The recent combination of the Thanksgiving holiday, Small Business Appreciation…

Robert's Take Home: Have you called up your website on your smartphone? Do it. See what you learn. (If it isn't mobile ready, you will know it right away and yes, we have a solution, see below). -------------------------------- Google predicts that there will be over…

http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/11/publish-faster-publish-less-future books-big-ideas/ has some good future-think from publishers in a recent London meeting. Note: Publishers Perspectives is one of the best newsletters I receive. Here is one statement that mimics what we have been doing for years. Marcello Vena: Co-Publishing is the Key ----------------------------------------------------------- While…