Bella Andre Archives - Book Business

June 27, 2014Amazon adds four new Kindle Worlds platforms

Kindle Worlds is expanding by adding four new platforms, Amazon announced on Thursday. Kindle Worlds allows writers to create stories based on licensed worlds. The new worlds are (based on the Amazon press release): • Barbara Freethy’s The Callaways–The hit series from the best-selling Kindle Direct Publishing author of all-time on Amazon • Bella Andre’s […]

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August 1, 2012Four Smashwords authors make the New York Times Bestseller List

“We knew this day was coming,” writes Smashwords founder Mark Coker, on his company’s blog. ”Self-published ebook authors are landing on the New York Times bestseller list in a big way.”

As for myself, I cancelled my subscription to the Sunday Times ages ago (too expensive; impossible to read in one week), so I probably won’t get a chance to experience the irony of seeing this on newsprint.

April 10, 2012IDPF Unveils Program, Speakers for Digital Book 2012 at BEA

The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announced today the preliminary program and speakers for Digital Book 2012 at BEA (idpf.org/db12). The conference, held in partnership with BookExpo America (BEA), will be held June 4-5, 2012, in New York City's Javits Center, and is expected to draw global leaders in the publishing industry, including technologists, marketers, retailers, solution providers, publishers, authors, and agents.

Featured speakers at Digital Book 2012 will include best-selling authors Seth Godin and Bella Andre, as well as publishing CEOs and senior executives including Jane Friedman (Open Road Media), Madeline McIntosh (Random House), Otis Chandler (Goodreads) and more.

November 28, 2011[TeleRead] A Bright Future for Scandinavian Publishing

From Publishing Perspectives comes an article by Mark Coker: Approximately 90 Scandinavian publishing executives gathered earlier this month in Copenhagen at the historic Carlsberg brewery for the annual invitation-only Scandinavian Publishing Executive Meeting. Schilling, a strategic consultancy for Scandinavian publishers, organizes this annual confab. For the first time, Schilling held the conference entirely in English. Also [...]