Scribe Freelance Book Publishing Bloghttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/Keeping you in the know!en-US2012-05-29T10:04:45ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)The Author of the First Book I Ever Read is Now My Facebook Friendhttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2011/8/15/the-author-of-the-first-book-i-ever-read-is-now-my-facebook.htmlDaniel Middleton2011-08-15T16:05:01ZAnnouncements Carla Neggers Facebook friend Outrageous Desire importance of print-on-demand out of print
My search ultimately led to the author’s site, and I quickly whipped up a message that conveyed how important her book was to me and that it helped to shape my life, in that I eventually wrote books of my own, edited other books for a while, and eventually started a book design company and even a publishing company.]]>The Era of Big Chain Bookstores is Passinghttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2011/7/22/the-era-of-big-chain-bookstores-is-passing.htmlDaniel Middleton2011-07-22T16:33:33ZAmazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Borders Group Green initiative News chain bookstores eReader end of an era
According to one paper, “A liquidation company that is part of the process said late Thursday that the sales will be held starting Friday at all 259 Borders superstores, 114 Borders Express and Waldenbooks, and 26 Borders airport stores.”]]>Give Me Stories That Aren’t Bogged Downhttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2011/7/16/give-me-stories-that-arent-bogged-down.htmlDaniel Middleton2011-07-16T20:19:05Z711 Press Book Publishing Daniel Middleton Jaime Vendera Legends of the Dread Realm Movies & TV in Book Form Order of 5ive The Crisis Trilogy eBooks novellas novels without fillers short books stories without fillers711 Press Officially Launcheshttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2011/2/14/711-press-officially-launches.htmlDaniel Middleton2011-02-14T19:45:19ZI'm proud to announce that Jaime Vendera and I have officially launched our new publishing venture, 711 Press. The imprint will feature pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat entertainment from brash upstarts in the industry. We aim to reinvigorate the publishing world by taking a somewhat new approach to long-established publishing models. For one, we do not publish long fiction, with the idea that reading one of our publications should take you no longer than it does to watch a full-length movie. Essentially, we are presenting "Movies in Book Form."TM And we believe that readers will be thrilled at this new prospect. So join us as we push this agenda forward, and let us continue to celebrate books, and bask in the splendor of the novel form, in all its wonderful variations!

2011 here we come. And a big thank you to all those who have pushed the "Like" button on our new Facebook page, linked below.

www.711press.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/711-Press/166605780054354 

]]>Becoming a Bestselling eBook Authorhttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2011/1/9/becoming-a-bestselling-ebook-author.htmlDaniel Middleton2011-01-09T20:41:17ZAmanda Hocking Book Publishing Brian S. Pratt eBooks
Competition is both healthy and destructive. While it makes for competitive pricing (an essential boon to the consumer) in turn it can sweep through an industry and leave companies in shambles. Take the big publishing companies. For a long time, publishing was considered an elite industry, almost exclusive to the literati; the movers and shakers; and writers who were fixtures in the publishing world via close associations with influential editors, or other famous authors, agents, or what have you. It took some time before a regular Joe or Jane could shoot off a query letter to an agent, along with a few sample chapters, and later land a deal on the strength of a novel that forced the publisher to groom them for stardom.

Today, however, with the gigantic strides being made by the self-publishing model, less than average Joes and Janes are able to get in on the action.]]>B&N Opens Up Nook to Publishers Via Pubithttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2010/10/1/bn-opens-up-nook-to-publishers-via-pubit.htmlDaniel Middleton2010-10-01T10:36:14ZB&N Barnes & Noble Nook News Pubit eBook Market eBooks
What is strange is that B&N has yet to disclose full details on their royalty scheme, which still leaves a lot of questions among those in the independent publishing community. Publishers and authors can, however, set their own retail sales prices, which are subject to change at B&N’s discretion—again, according to their terms, and we advise you to read those terms carefully before signing on.]]>My Publishing Partner Appears on The Dr. Oz Showhttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2010/5/11/my-publishing-partner-appears-on-the-dr-oz-show.htmlDaniel Middleton2010-05-11T12:38:15ZAnnouncements
Jaime was asked to appear on Dr. Oz, along with Bill Nye the Science Guy to dispel the myth of whether a singer could shatter a glass by the power of voice alone. Dr. Oz himself is also set to prove that a singer CAN shatter a wineglass with amplification. Did he and Jaime succeed? Tune in to the Dr. Oz show this Wednesday the 12th to find out!]]>The eBook Wars Rage On; Amazon Loses One Battlehttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2010/2/1/the-ebook-wars-rage-on-amazon-loses-one-battle.htmlDaniel Middleton2010-02-02T02:57:01ZAmazon Kindle News
All this came on the heels of Apple’s official unveiling of the iPad, a said to be revolutionary tablet that will fill the space between smartphones and laptops. While not even on the market as yet, the iPad is already shaking things up in the publishing industry, as four of the five big publishers are already signed on with Apple, who promises to list many of their books no lower than $13.99, unlike Amazon’s bargain basement prices. Small publishers are already feeling the pressure, being caught up in the digital distribution war.]]>Maximizing Your Amazon Kindle Saleshttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2010/1/25/maximizing-your-amazon-kindle-sales.htmlDaniel Middleton2010-01-25T19:44:59ZAmazon Kindle eBooks
To recap, Amazon currently offers authors and publishers 35% in royalties from sales of digital downloads per book. They keep a whopping 65%. Due to the release of a new Apple tablet (supposedly due in March) Amazon is planning to revise the royalty scheme come June of this year, to compete with what Apple is currently offering in royalties, that being 70% to authors and publishers. But Amazon will match this only if your book qualifies by being priced between $2.99 and $9.99 in June, when the new scheme takes effect. The book must also list at a price that is 20% less than the print version, and the price listed for the digital version must match the list price of the same book while it’s listed on competing eBook retailers’ sites.

My advice to this client was to list the digital version of his book at a greater discount than the 20% threshold proposed by Amazon. The reason for this, based on experiments conducted by big and small publishers alike, is that potential customers are flocking to cheaper priced books in droves. New Kindle book titles listing on Amazon top off at $9.99 on average, while the hardcover versions are still being offloaded at brick-n-mortar stores with retail prices well above $20.00. Sales of hardcover books are dipping as a result. Amazon Kindle book downloads topped sales of print version books this past holiday, and the Kindle itself was their top selling product. There is a major shift coming in the book industry, and self-published authors and publishers would be wise to adapt and adopt now as opposed to later.]]>Apple Also Throws a Monkey Wrench into Amazon's eBook Planshttp://scribefreelance.com/blog/2010/1/20/apple-also-throws-a-monkey-wrench-into-amazons-ebook-plans.htmlDaniel Middleton2010-01-20T17:25:31ZAmazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Nook Google Editions eBooks
A report in The Wall Street Journal says that, in addition to the conditions highlighted above, the book must also “be made available for sale in all geographies in which the author or publisher has rights; the title will be included in a set of Kindle features, such as text-to-speech; and books must be 'offered at or below price parity with competition, including physical book prices.' "]]>