An Author’s Garden in August
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BookLocker.com has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com in response to Amazon’s recent attempts to force all publishers using Print on Demand (POD) technology to pay Amazon to print their books. You can read the complaint here.  read more »

This is a post from one of my writer's groups from JD Webb:

This is from Authors Guild written to members about Amazon.com's recent action:  read more »

If anyone would like some information about how to utilize the "Inside the Book" program on Amazon, you can take a look at my article in the Write Words newsletter - this is the link - http://www.ebooksonthe.net/news.html.  read more »

As always, I don't like seeing independent bookstores falling on hard times.

I can't remember the last time I was in Austin, Texas, where BookWoman--one of only twelve independent women's bookstores in the country--is struggling to stay alive.  read more »

When Amazon.com announced its Kindle electronic book reader, two large camps of people appeared out of the woodwork. One camp praised the device with for it's paper-styled screen and ease of use. And one camp started listing the problems with it, calling it outmoded and doomed to begin with.  read more »

If you're an unpublished author and have a novel just about done, consider the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

The deadline is November 5. The winner will receive a contract from Penguin Group and a media suite from Hewlett-Packard.

For more information on the Amazon web site, click here.  read more »

What do you like in recent paperbacks and how are those books doing at Amazon and The New York Times? Bestseller lists vary. Amazon's list usually gets high marks since it's updated hourly.  read more »