Phibble http://phibble.com Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:45:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What Amazon’s New Kindle App Means KIndle Cloud app One of the big stories in the publishing world today was Amazon's release of their Cloud Reader. This is significant for a couple of reasons. The first is obvious, it lets Amazon have an "app" on the iPad/iPod while retaining control and all of the profit that the app generates (telling Apple where to stick their 30% fee).

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/what-amazons-new-kindle-app-means/ Control Freak The major entertainment companies (Labels, Publishers, Studios) are in the business to create content.

So am I, so are you. There's nothing wrong with making a buck with our various talents and skills - we all need to eat.

The question is, how do we control our intellectual property? Should we control it?

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/control-freak/ A Warning I've been noticing a lot of "publishing .. ummm, things" popping up. Some are doing some very good things for authors, some.. well how can I put this nicely... they don't have a clue.

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/a-warning/ Going North Indie vs. Trad. It's a never ending debate that goes on and on, and I've participated in my share of banter. If you know me, you know which side I fall on, but that's not what I want to talk about today. I want to talk about "going North".

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/going-north/ Getting The Most Out Of Klout Klout is a service that takes your social media activity (Twitter and Facebook) and gives you a "score". This score supposedly indicates how awesome you are online. I discovered Klout a while back and I thought it had died, but recently there's been a lot of talk and excitement over Klout.

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/getting-the-most-out-of-klout/ My Thoughts On Google+ Google has tried the "social thing" before. They've failed. They're a search company, not a social company- right?. Google+ (later referred to simply as G+) proves they are an Internet Company.

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/my-thoughts-on-google-plus/ What’s Your Price [upadted] Everybody is always focused on how much they charge for things. There's debates on how 99¢ books and songs devalue "art". They argue that things should cost more, but then bitch because nobody is buying their $12.99 ebook.

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/whats-your-price/ How Will People Find Me? People don't find you, YOU find them, at least some of them (I'll explain later). Waiting around hoping for people to somehow magically know you exist is never going to happen. Much like any other business, you need to market yourself, and spread the word about how awesome you are. I know, that's easier said than done.

Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/how-will-people-find-me/ Forwards, Not Backwards Continue reading →]]> http://phibble.com/forwards-not-backwards/ Independent Fortune Cookies An author can write independently of a book publisher, but a book publisher cannot publish independently of authors.

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