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Kindle To Give 70% Royalty to PublishersPosted by John R. on Thursday, November 11, 2010,
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Format for Shorter E-Books Coming to Amazon/KindlePosted by John R. on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
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Barnes & Noble Trumps Amazon with 'Pubit' Self-Publishing PlatformPosted by John R. on Tuesday, October 5, 2010,
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Self-Publishing or Traditional Publishing? Both Offer Writers ?????Posted by John R. on Sunday, August 29, 2010,
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Amazon To Start Charging for More Bestselling eBooksPosted by John R. on Thursday, May 13, 2010,
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On Christmas day people, armed with their newly-presented e-readers, downloaded over a million plus e-books!
The newly opened Google eBookstore has some nice surprises and offerings. The Google Store can sell books to targeted people right after they search a particular topic AND they can also create an ad-supported publishing model...delivering targeted ads from the book subject purchases...Seems this is more possible since the ebooks will be provided from the cloud configuration.
Well, that means 66% DO use the mobile device for reading books...And that is a great percentage! 
Starting 1 December 2010 Kindle will bump publishers' revenue share to 70% (minus delivery costs). 
Amazon is still proving it's ahead of the power curve in innovation of new publishing models and dynamics. 
Another chapter RE the so-called "agency model" (where publishers and not booksellers set the book prices) and what physical book and eBook prices should be.
You can now self-publish in the B&N eBookstore and BN.com! 
Self-publishing is growing up and coming into it's own right before our eyes; but, traditional publishing (TP) still has tons to offer...and with the right flexibility and adaptability, TP will continue to offer great publishing options.
E-readers are coming down in price...or "rolling back" per Wal-Mart speak...In the increasingly crowded world of digital readers the competition is heating up while the profit margin may be shrinking.
Not only has Amazon's e-book and general merchandise profits risen BUT their print book sales have jumped up by double digits!
Writer, Old-Warrior-Adventurer, Blogger... I was born in Key West, Florida. A rather famous hangout for some past famous writers: Hemingway and Tennessee Williams to name two. I just hope that I possess a glimmer of their talent. I have a bachelors degree in architecture/construction and a master's degree in industrial engineering. I have been writing for fifty plus years. Most of my writing has been in the technical, instructional and business areas. I am working on my first book: "Havana Harvest---When Cuba Was Naughty" which details my coming of age experiences in 1958 Havana, Cuba, at the age of 15. Please visit my other blog "Writers Welcome Blog" at http://alturl.com/4z88.