Some people have disagreed with my statement that legacy publishers treat authors like shit. So I’ve made this list. Decide for yourself if these actions constitute treating authors badly. FWIW, all the things I’m mentioning have either happened to me or to my peers. Legacy publishers offer the author 17.5% royalties on ebooks, and keep 52.5% for...

I’ve been making weird use of my time these past few weeks, doing something that is antithetical to blogging about the publishing world. I’ve been writing. Right now we’re in the middle of a revolution. These are exciting times. It’s easy to get caught up in the ebook/self-publishing momentum and spend all of your time thinking about how to...

Warning: this blog post will probably offend more people than normal. You should stop reading right now. No doubt you’ve heard that Paypal has given Smashwords an ultimatum, saying it must remove all ebook titles that involve bestiality, rape-for-titillation, incest, and underage erotica. Previously, several other online retailers also removed titles from...

My blog is very much about posting original content, not linking to stuff. But Catherine Ryan Hyde has a great interview with Barry Eisler that will be of particular interest to writers. Go read it....

Scott Turow, President of the Big Publishers Club (aka the Authors Guild) just blogged about the Department of Justice lawsuit against legacy publishing’s agency pricing model. I talked about how unfair agency pricing was to Amazon and to authors two years ago. I think I was pretty prescient about the future of ebooks, and of publishing, even if my numbers...

Scott Turow was interviewed in Salon.com a few days ago, explaining why we should fear Amazon. Scott said: „The concern is that they are getting so large and they compete so ruthlessly that there’s a lot of fear for what the world with Amazon in charge is going to look like.” This is entirely understandable. I mean, when one company has the majority...