I’m still travelling in Australia (hopefully somewhere near the Great Barrier Reef by the time you read this), so I’ve invited the very helpful Lisa Grace here today to talk about keywords and how to use them to maximise your Amazon exposure… Amazon and Keywords: How to Choose Keywords that Work by Lisa Grace Recently [...]
Goodreads Members’ E-reading Devices: E-readers or Tablets?

Before Amazon announced its plans to purchase Goodreads, I noticed the results of a survey on the Goodreads blog that examined what devices members use to read ebooks. Naturally, Goodreads members don’t just read ebooks on Kindles and other devices that are specifically e-readers. The blog points to a New York Times article (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/e-book-reader-tablets-cannibalized/) that [...]
Breaking News: Amazon to Acquire Goodreads

TGIF, WG2E-Land!!! Got some Breaking News for ya… Yesterday afternoon, I got an email from one of Amazon’s PR Peeps letting me know that Amazon has acquired Goodreads! Wow, right?! Here’s the official Amazon Press Release: Amazon.com to acquire Goodreads I luuuvvved this quote from the article: “I just found out my two favorite people [...]
Not so freely free: Amazon’s 20K/80% vision

Not so freely free: Amazon’s 20K/80% vision Who doesn’t like free books, right? How about the company that has to deliver all those books…and store them for people…and deal with the Customer Service…and the accounting costs…and… Well, free books even have their benefits for that company, of course. Free books can inspire the sale of [...]




