Just over a week into National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo, run by NaNoWriMo.org), USA Today has a short guide to self-publishing. In the article, they discuss different printing options like LuLu.com and Create Space, but they also cover the importance of making your book available...

Despite excitement over Amazon listings for the Kindle version of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol ranking higher than the hardcover version, The LA Times says it’s not quite the boom in e-books that might appear to indicate. An article in the Times points out that the Kindle version’s moment in the...

It was no secret that Dan Brown’s follow-up to the best-selling The DaVinci Code was going to be huge, but did anyone predict that The Lost Symbol was going to be huge on Kindle? A recent CNet article has a screenshot of the Mystery & Thrillers section of Amazon’s site, showing the Kindle...

Micro-blogging website Twitter is becoming more mainstream every day. Talk show hosts Oprah and Ellen Degeneres have joined, while Twitter power-user Ashton Kutcher has surpassed 3 million followers (and counting!). Authors have started to utilize Twitter for book promotion, giving away Kindles, answering...

One of the most hotly anticipated books of the year – Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol – almost caused a massive headache for Amazon. Kindle customers have been fighting against a price point higher than $9.99 and have also been encouraging Amazon and publishers to release Kindle editions...

All the hype about the Amazon Kindle must be getting under Barnes & Noble’s skin. In the past few weeks, they’ve unrolled a series of changes that appear to be aimed at bringing some customers back into stores or at least get them thinking about the Barnes & Noble brand more often....

Barnes & Noble has released a free iPhone App called B & N Bookstore that allows users to browse books, search for local Barnes & Noble stores, and utilize the iPhone’s built-in camera to find products just by taking a snapshot. The App is cleanly designed and matches Barnes &...

I recently reviewed Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, the zombie-classic literature mashup, and I loved it. (For my full review, click here.) Just a day after I posted my review, the Amazon blog Armchair Commentary posted an article about how much they loved the book, and that it was being made...

Copyright infringement by piracy is a huge problem for the movie and music industries, and looks like it might be a a burgeoning problem for the book industry. Thanks to devices like the Kindle and the Sony E-reader, book pirates are becoming more prevalent. A recent New York Times article covers the...

Best-selling author Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons) has announced his latest book. It is called The Lost Symbol and is set for release September 15, 2009. There’s very little information available about the plot, but it will feature Robert Langdon, the main character in Brown’s...