By Shannon Yarbrough on April 8, 2012
During some recent email exchanges with an author friend, we were discussing some of her essays and short stories that were selling better on Kindle at $2.99 than they were at just .99 cents. This got me to wondering if unlike bargains in a physical dollar store, pricing in the online Ebook market could be a direct reflection on quality.
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By Shannon Yarbrough on February 3, 2012
My personal adventure into the Amazon Forums and an account of a 5 Day Free Promotion in KDP Select!
Posted in Kindle, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon forums, amazon free, amazon kindle, amazon kindle publishing, amazon reviews, decemeber kdp fund, free kindle promotion, kdp select free promotion, Kindle, kindle direct publishing, kindle kdp, kindle lending, lending library fund |
By C. V. Hunt on December 4, 2011
Author C. V. Hunt reviews Amazon’s New Kindle Fire!
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By Shannon Yarbrough on November 5, 2011
Recently, we held a poll asking readers if they review books they read and if so, where do they post them. While only 22 people voted in the poll, myself included, the results of their votes were pretty much what I anticipated they would be.
Posted in Kindle, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon reviews, b&n reviews, book blog reviews, book reviews, da vinci code reviews, getting amazon reviews, getting reviews, goodreads reviews, review my book, review my book at amazon, write amazon review |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 8, 2011
Recently, while riding in the car, I don’t know why but I took out my phone and downloaded the free Amazon Kindle App. I’m surprised I even had the phone with me. Most of the time I forget to even carry it. Within minutes, I was reading one of my books which I’m going to review later this month, and I was thinking to myself, “Wow! This is neat! I’ll now have my ebooks with me wherever I go even when I don’t have my iPad!” And then I thought, “Oh shit! What have I become?” I’m one of those people now who read books on their phone.
Posted in Kindle, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged cell phone windows, kinde on cell, kindle app for phone, kindle phone, samsung cell phone, windows phone |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 25, 2011
After yesterday’s post and critique of Web Design Schools Guide 10 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing, I decided to come up with my own list of ten things that I feel you should know. Mostly based on my own personal self-publishing experience spanning 4 books, this isn’t necessarily a TOP 10 list.
Posted in Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged getting self publish reviews, self publishing 101, self publishing for beginners, self publishing help, ten things to know before you publish, ten things you should know about self-publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 24, 2011
Web Design Schools Guide, a site devoted to helping students nurture a creative career, just published an article called 10 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing.
Posted in News, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged know your audience, self-publishing your book, things you should know about self-publishing, top 10 self-publishing self-publishing 101, web design schools guide |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 6, 2011
OnlineCollege.org posted their 10 biggest predictions for the future of book publishing yesterday on their Online College Blog. After looking over the list myself, I agree with all ten of them and probably would have predicted most of them myself. They are pretty safe predictions because they are trends we’ve already been seeing just in the last three years since LLBR started. It’s very safe to assume these trends will only grow. What are your predictions for the future of publishing?
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged 10 Biggest Predictions for the Future of Book Publishing, online college, onlinecollege.org, publishing predictions |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 25, 2010
This past weekend while out of town visiting family in Tennessee, I learned about the death of an old friend. Bookstar, a landmark where my publishing roots started and where I first started working in books, is closing its doors December 31st of this year. Bookstar was bought out by B&N in the early 90s. It may not look like a B&N on the outside based on the picture, but you definitely knew it when you stepped inside.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged barnes and noble closing, bookstar, bookstar closing, bookstar memphis, bookstore closing, death of bookstar, death of bookstore, memphis bookstore |
