Tag Archives: Amazon

My Take on the Amazon-Hachette Dispute

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. I’m not sure the world really needs another take on the ongoing, fraught, negotiations between Amazon and the publisher Hachette, but it’s a main topic of conversation among the writers, readers, agents, editors and booksellers I know. … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Amazon, hachette | 23 Comments

Somethin’ Happening in Here

Posted on February 18, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I’m feeling sort of nostalgic. This is partly because I’ve had a lot of interest from publishers of late in my backlist, AKA my early books that are hard to find. Gratifying to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Amazon, book publishing, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, George Packer, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries | 11 Comments

Baby, Meet Bathwater

Posted on June 27, 2012 by mcwarchives

Hello again from Sarah Graves, thinking today about this morning’s headline: “Richard Russo boycotts e-books.” Well, of course he is doing no such thing. He’s simply decided to publish one book, a collaboration with his daughter and son-in-law called Interventions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarah's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, crime writers, Down East Books, Eastport, ebooks, Home Repair is Homicide, House of Leaves, Infinite Jest, Interventions, Justin Bieber, Maine, Nation magazine, Richard Russo, Sarah Graves, Steve Wasserman | 4 Comments

Purloined Prose: Stolen “tales of lust, incest, violence, and straight-up kink…”

Posted on March 26, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Jim Hayman: A month or so ago I wrote a blog for this site about the growing problem of the wholesale theft and subsequent sale of intellectual property by Internet pirates. Just this weekend, I came across a related article … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Amazon, ebooks, Fast Company, Plagiaeism | 2 Comments

The Year of the EBook?

Posted on December 24, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Paul Doiron here to kick off the holidays with Topic A in the book world today: Ebooks. This weekend, thousands of people will be unwrapping presents to discover devices they’ve never used or thought they needed. Kindles and iPads and … Continue reading →