Monthly Archives: November 2012

What price should books be?

Posted on November 22, 2012 by gedixon

I’m reading the Cloud Atlas right now.  It’s brilliant.  The author, David Mitchell, has been called a genius by the New York Times. Actually I didn’t mind the movie either – though the critics savaged it.  I bought a paperback … Continue reading →

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Royalties – what should you be getting?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by gedixon

So, here’s the thing.  Traditional publishers offer a pretty paltry royalty rate on e-books. The Writers’ Union of Canada argues for 50 percent in their Writer’s Bill of Rights in the Digital Age. But really, that doesn’t often happen.  An … Continue reading →

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Indie authors who have become millionaires

Posted on November 2, 2012 by gedixon

Okay, yeah, so we’ve all heard about Amanda Hocking, the twenty-something writer who’s become a millionaire on self published books – which is fine if you want to write another series about teenage vampires.  Or, there’s John Locke who made … Continue reading →

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