James D. Best

One of the people who requested a free Steve Dancy short story (See the box to the right) asked if there was a way to get it transferre...

Amazon has an under-publicized program called Matchbook. By enrolling in this program, a publisher can offer a Kindle book at a steep disco...

The digital revolution continues to roil publishing, so here are a few of my recent observations. I suspect at least three of these five ar...

Many people are unaware that Amazon has a program called Matchbook. If the publisher enrolls their books in the program, Amazon purchasers...

Book Riot has published a piece on Finding Libraries in Unexpected Places . There are some great pictures and an interesting narrative ...

The "Mike Reads" blog has reviewed Tempest at Dawn . This is not exactly a New York Times book review, but I liked it because M...

It’s fun to watch sales when a new book comes out. Even though the official release date is August 15 th , The Return has been available s...

My kids called to find out what I wanted for Father’s Day. When I asked for a gift card from Amazon, they said that would be impersonal. I ...

I’m currently going through the galley proof for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . In my supposedly perfect manuscript,  I've  already ...

The Shopkeeper, A Steve Dancy Tale is a featured book today on “Kindle Books and Tips” and “Bargain Booksy .” For a short period, the Kin...

I've been tracking print versus eBook sales for years. In 2008, my print sales were four times my eBook sales. In 2009, three times....

I'm conducting a webinar today at 2:00 PM PST at Book Street Cafe. This is a new membership site for publishers, authors, and publishi...

The Kindle version of The Shopkeeper has moved to the Number 1 bestselling Western on Amazon for print or eBook formats. The print ver...

Beyond reading articles touting the eBook phenomenon, I have personally witnessed the shift in book sales from print to eBooks. In the first...

The Christmas season is behind us, and it appears the Kindle and iPad were two popular gifts. That makes us writers happy, because peopl...

Last post I said that 42% of my January books sales were Kindle. Now, two months into the year, Kindle sales are 44.2%. More startling to me...

In my last post, I said that books were the perfect gift. Judging from my sales, evidently Amazon Kindles were a popular gift as well. A yea...