Here’s what caught my attention about writing and publishing on the Internet in the past week:

Amazon Cracks Down on Kindle Books Under 2,500 Words

Book Marketing: Creating Your Author Press Kit

15 Alarming Stats About Online Publishing

The Ultimate Guide To Goodreads For Authors

Best Books On Screenwriting

How to Kill a Vampire (Series) 

Here’s what caught my attention over the past week or so on the Internet about writing and publishing:

Scapple for OS X is the note jotter tool many writers are looking for

Amazon Has Sold Almost 5 Million Kindle Singles

Do We Dare Write for Readers?

The Business Rusch: Book As Event

Editing Two Pulitzer Winners in One Year: ‘PW’ Talks with David Ebershoff

How a First-Time Author Got a 7-Figure Book Deal

New York Times Article on Authors Going Indie Fails to Mention Main Consideration in Publishing

Next-generation ebooks introduced at London Book Fair 

Kindle drives Amazon print sales

Say It Out Loud: How David Sedaris Makes His Writing Better

Do e-readers inhibit reading comprehension?

Here’s what has caught my attention on the Internet recently about writing and publishing:

Vasily Melnik Talks Interactive Horror Novels

Ebook Best-Seller Price Average Plummets to Lowest Level Yet

eBook Formatting Tips for Print Book Authors

Amazon KDP Select: Is It Worthwhile for Authors? by CJ Lyons

To Save Indies, Publishers Need to ReConsider DRM

Supreme Court sides with bookseller in major copyright ruling, says resale is ok 

The Discoverability Challenge: With More Authors Self-Publishing Each Year, How Will Your Book Get Noticed?

Behind the Scenes at a Publishing House – The Journey Begins

Why Every Author Should Attend One Writers Conference Per Year

Is an ebook an experience or a thing?

The Slow Death of the American Author

One on One: Jason Merkoski and the View of E-Books From the Inside

Your Book Is A Start Up: Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Chef, And The BitTorrent Publishing Model

10 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From FORREST GUMP!

Why You Should Write a Short Film Screenplay

Structural Editing For Self-Publishers

Amazon to Launch Cover Creating Tool for Self-Published Ebooks, KDP Cover Creator

Here’s what caught my eye on the Internet over the past week and a bit about writing and publishing:

Stephen Marche: Why I’ve Given Up on My Kindle

26 Awesome Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

Conference Report: Beyond PDF 2

What’s next in digital publishing: New platforms and payment models

How Open Access and Para-Academic Publishers Are Disrupting Academic Publishing

Agent-Assisted Self-Publishing and the Amazon White Glove Program

Joanna Penn on Self-Publishing and Hybrid Authors

7 Things Editors at Children’s Book Publishers Wish Writers Knew

Ella Distribution Goes Beta |

The New World of Publishing: Publishing Reversion Clauses |

The New World of Publishing: A New Slush Pile |

Guy Kawasaki’s APE: Offset Printing for Self-Publishers

Here’s what caught my attention on the Internet in the past week (and a bit) on writing and publishing:

My Amazon bestseller made me nothing

Medallion Releases e-Reader App for Forthcoming TREEBook Format

A Book Is a Start-up: Lessons from Leanpub, Net Minds, and Other Publishing Hustlers : The New Yorker

Will The New York Times Redesign Lead To A New Web Standard? | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

Top novelists look to ebooks to challenge the rules of fiction

Self-published authors hit by Amazon online royalties cut – Telegraph

Stephenie Meyer: I haven’t read Fifty Shades of Grey – Telegraph

How 7 Successful Authors Got Their Start

How to Get Book Reviews on Amazon

Here’s what caught my attention on the Internet in the past week about writing and publishing:

The ISBN still has a place in the digital world

Where WordPress is headed: Longform content, curation and maybe even native ads

Sci-Fi’s Underground Hit

Random House, Penguin Merger Approved in Australia

Australian Romance Readers Association | Beyond Her Book

Apple Launches iBookstore in Japan, Highlights Self-Pub In U.K.

Good sex in literature: why is it so hard to find? | Books | The Guardian

Apple rejects Vancouver publisher’s vintage gay graphics book | Georgia Straight

Will eBook Adoption Flatten out at 30% of the Market

It’s been awhile since I posted interesting articles I had found on the Internet about writing and publishing. Here is an interesting collection:

Asperger’s bestseller earns £1.2m advance for debut novelist | Books | The Observer

Update on Amazon E-book Borrowing

What Should Authors Do in the Digital Age?

Kno Launches Advance, a New, Free Multimedia Authoring Platform

Meet The People’s E-Book … and join the artist e-book revolution!

Interview with Jo Knowles on writing process, writer advice & SEE YOU AT HARRY’S

Reading on Tablets Easier for Older Eyes

Expanding Options for Publishing: The New Hybrid Author

Improve Your Editing

Author as Entrepreneur: the new model for success

Apple Continues to Fumble at Selling eBooks

5 Myths About Writing an E-Book

5 Proven Ways To Create A Bestselling Book Title

Self Publishing In Print: Why I Have Returned To Printing My Books

Here’s what caught my attention on the Internet in the past week about writing and publishing:

What Happened to Experimental Writing?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/55636-what-happened-to-experimental-writing.html?utm_source=PW+Tip+Sheet&utm_campaign=cadc063a1a-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

The Best eTextbook Apps on the Web

http://web.appstorm.net/reviews/office/the-best-etextbook-apps-on-the-web/

Iowa Supreme Court gives speech protections to online publishing firms _ but not individuals

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/iowa-supreme-court-gives-speech-protections-to-online-publishing-firms-_-but-not-individuals/2013/01/21/72048108-641c-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html

Self-Publishing Success Stories: The Anatomy of a Kindle Bestseller

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2013/01/21/self-publishing-success-kindle-bestseller/

More Kids Read E-Books But What Do They Retain?

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/more-kids-read-e-books-but-what-do-they-retain/

How to write what you don’t know – research tips for writers

http://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/how-to-write-what-you-dont-know-research-tips-for-writers/

Self-published schoolgirl lands three book publishing deal

http://www.teleread.com/self-publishing/self-published-schoolgirl-lands-three-book-publishing-deal-after-becoming-online-hit/

Dean Koontz And 5 Things Every Genre Story Needs

http://blog.karenwoodward.org/2013/01/dean-koontz-and-5-things-every-genre.html?spref=tw

Here’s what caught my attention about writing and publishing in the past week:

5 Tips on Writing Outside Your Gender – Guest Post by Jay Kristoff

http://www.yahighway.com/2011/08/5-tips-on-writing-outside-your-gender.html?spref=tw&buffer_share=3d897

Amazon Kindle ebook rentals take the time out of reading

http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-ebook-rentals-take-the-time-out-of-reading-18265921/

British Science Fiction awards finalists revealed | Books | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jan/18/british-science-fiction-awards-finalists-shortlists?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=79631973f0-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

Scary Numbers | Genreville

http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/genreville/?p=2251&utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=79631973f0-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

25 Pieces Of Advice For Aspiring Writers

http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2013/01/25-pieces-of-advice-for-aspiring-writers/

Nook to Support EPUB3 in Coming Months, Year?

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/nook-to-support-epub3-in-coming-months-year/

How to add jeopardy to your story before the main conflict starts

https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/how-to-add-jeopardy-to-your-story-before-the-main-conflict-starts/

How the Amazon Kindle Serials Program Works (with Roberto Calas)

http://www.lindsayburoker.com/guest-posts/amazon-serials-program-for-authors/

Here’s what caught my attention on the Internet in the past week about writing and publishing:

America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/13/3872478/americas-first-bookless-public-library-will-look-like-an-apple-store

5 Surprises About Self Publishing | Rachelle Gardner

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2013/01/5-surprises-about-self-publishing/?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=6fc5d4b11d-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

A New Kind of Publisher: On Merging Creative Industries

http://apples-bananas.blogspot.ie/2013/01/a-new-kind-of-publisher-on-merging.html

5 Essential Podcasts That Help YOU Become a Successful Storyteller – STAND out by doing OUTstanding stuff

http://www.marsdorian.com/2013/01/5-essential-podcasts-storytelling/

A New Kind of Publisher: On Merging Creative Industries

http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2013/01/09/go-read-this-a-new-kind-of-publisher-on-merging-creative-industries/

Scientific American Releases Latest Ebook in Line of Nearly a Dozen Titles

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/scientific-american-releases-latest-ebook-in-line-of-nearly-a-dozen-titles/

CES 2013: McGraw-Hill to Debut Adaptive E-Book “SmartBook” for Students – Digits – WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/07/mcgraw-hill-to-debut-adaptive-e-book-for-students/?mod=yahoo_hs&utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=a39f3fcda7-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

Guy Kawasaki Goes APE Over Self-Publishing

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-c-sansevieri/guy-kawasaki-goes-ape-ove_b_2415590.html

Does Kickstarter work as a platform for books?

http://www.thedominoproject.com/2012/12/does-kickstarter-work-as-a-platform-for-books.html