Tag Archive: amazon

Selling book reviews on Amazon.com?

Am I missing the brilliant business plan here or is selling book reviews to book buyers on Amazon as pointless as it appears?

Amazon Throws a Hissy Fit and Realizes No One Cares

Amazon could one day be obsolete and Bezos knows it–so he came up with the Kindle to lock people into buying ebooks from a middleman.

Interesting links for August 13, 2009

The best Kijiji ad; John Hughes as pen pal; Hackers hate this guy; Writing as a dating metaphor.

Interesting Links for July 23, 2009

Publisher “unsells” Orwell ebooks, sketchy book marketing, Vanity Fair edits Palin speech, Facebook violates Canadian law, More on book covers.

Bookish news links June 25

J.D. Salinger temporary restraining order; J.A. Konrath on ebooks; Kindle download limits; How ebooks are not like the music industry.

Bookish News Links for June 4

I didn’t realize how many links I come across in a week until I started tracking them most interesting ones for you (no wonder I often wonder where the day went and my head is full of random information): #1: An argument for why ebooks cost as much as they do and not as little…

Bookish news links

No review today as I’ve been plotting and writing (and reading interferes with my world building), but I’m reinstituting an irregular feature here at Booklorn where I round up some interesting links of what is going on in publishing. At most it will be weekly, but if I don’t find anything of general interest it…

Amazon claims glitch affected search & ranking; consumers say #glitchmyass

Amazon blames software glitch for the delisting of GLBT and adult books over Easter weekend. Consumers aren’t buying it. What I think about this mess …

Amazon accused of manipulating site content (again): Searches and rankings this time

#amazonfail Amazon appears to have removed certain books (fiction & nonfiction) from its searches & sales rankings to “protect” you. And why I care.