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News for POD Publishers and Those Wanting to Self-Publish: Amazon/BookSurge Issues Still in Court

Published on August 27, 2009 By ninaamir

Has anyone been wondering what ever happened with the Amazon/Booksurge issue? Remember, Amazon wanted all Print-on-Demand (POD) publishers to use its subsidiary, BookSurge, to print their books or else…or else it would turn off the “buy” buttons for those books on Amazon.com? And remember, BookLocker filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon? Well, the saga continues…and [...]

5 Sneaky Things Every Author Should Know

Published on November 7, 2008 By ninaamir

To start off week #2 of Write Nonfiction in November, I’m going to change the topic a bit. Actually, I’m going to let publishing consultant Randy Peyser of Author One Stop pose five different topics that she says most authors need to know about but don’t. (We’ll get back to platform building a bit later, [...]

Will Amazon/BookSurge Send Authors Running from PODs to Traditional Publishing Houses?

Published on April 24, 2008 By ninaamir

Well, things are still smoldering away at the Amazon/BookSurge bonfire. The flames have died down, but the fire’s definitely not out. I’m posting below all the news from Angela Hoy and WritersWeekly.com. She does it much better than I do. Before I let you read the news, however, let me just say that after reading [...]