WSJ Fight Club: Kindle vs. Nook

The WSJ pits the two most popular ereaders against each other: Kindle and Nook.  Which one wins?  I have the conclusion after the break!

Star Wars collection coming the Digital Age

LucasBooks and Random house have unleashed the large world of Star Wars to the ereader world including Kindle, Nook and iBook!  This collection introduces more than 100 books from authors like Timothy Zahn, Michael Reaves, Kevin Anderson, A.C. Crispin, and Michael A. Stackpole, going the whole range of the Star Wars saga.  The books will start at $7.99.


The books will also include bonus content including timelines and overviews of major Star Wars eras.


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Crave calls New Nook: Best overall e-ink reader

John Falcone has kept a running tab on the best ereaders and which one is best for which purpose.  That article has just been updated today taking into consideration the new Nook Touch.  Each category is given a winner, but the over all winner (for now) is given to the new Nook Touch ereader.  Check after the break for the top contender in each category.

Why John Locke would be better off with a publisher

The Shatzkin Files has a great piece about the first independent author on Amazon to reach 1 million sales and why that author would be (financially) better off if he signed with a publisher instead of selling his books for a dollar independently.  Here's a quick section:

Let’s do the math. Locke has sold 1 million ebooks at 99 cents each. He gets 35% of the revenue, so that amounts to something less than $350,000 (credit card fees are deducted from the net). There are some production costs involved (he hires a cover designer and he gets help formatting his books), so knock off another ten or fifteen grand. That means his net for nine novels averages out to about $35,000 each. He’s getting no apparent revenue from print and he’s getting no print exposure in stores which would further stimulate online sales. At 35 cents per copy, he’s earning less than the per unit royalty he’d get from a publisher selling his books for about $2.99, the point at which the 70% payment from agency re-sellers would kick in, even if the publisher didn’t yield at all on the now-prevailing 25% royalty standard. And if his books were $9.99, he’d be getting $1.75 a copy from a publisher, or about five times what he’s getting now.

Check out the entire article here.

Indigo Struggles to Keep up With Amazon and B&N

In an exclusive interview with the Toronto Star, Heather Reisman talks about Indigo (the company behind Chapters and Kobo) and it's struggle to compete with the world powers of book selling: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.  Here are some excerpts after the break:

Check out Amazon's Best Kindle releases of 2011!

Amazon has released it's list of best Kindle books for 2011, check it out!