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What’s This Amazon Not Paying Authors Thing All About Then?

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve seen a number of people in the last few days picking up on a controversy that swept through the self-publishing world last week, and almost uniformly people have picked up on the wrong end of the stick. People are … Continue reading →

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Why You Will Not Find My Books In Kindle Unlimited

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Andrew Hickey

(OK, so I lied about there being no post. I have to do something to take my mind off rubbishness.) Amazon have announced a new feature, Kindle Unlimited. This feature allows Kindle owners (so far only in the US) to … Continue reading →

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A Graphic Illustration Of How Badly The “Long Tail” Sells

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Andrew Hickey

As most of you will have seen, I put out a book last night. Here’s a screenshot of part of the Amazon (UK) page for that book as of just now: Pretty good, eh? Top thirty in its category, and … Continue reading →

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On the Rowling/Galbraith Thing, And Why Publishers Are Still Necessary

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Andrew Hickey

People seem to be reacting with astonishment to the fact that the book that J. K. Rowling published pseudonymously, through a major publisher, which got decent reviews in some newspapers, had only sold 449 copies in hardback in the last … Continue reading →

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Publishers Hate Money, Clearly

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Andrew Hickey

I quite want to read Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow’s new book, The Rapture Of The Nerds. I’m not hugely interested — I like some of Stross’ work a lot (basically the Laundry series and the near-future-Edinburgh police procedurals, all … Continue reading →

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