Audible's New Royalty Model - ACX

That's it. I'm finished for the day.

Panzer made a stop at the ACX site. There our kitty pilot discovered a post about Audible's new royalty model. 

 

According to the post, the current royalty system will be discontinued at the end of the year. There's a long section of questions and answers.

 

 Panzer says, "You'll need to enroll your material in the new model."

 

 Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what you want to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Audible 

Amazon One palm payments technology is coming to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores in the U.S. - About Amazon News

The future is here.

Today, Panzer stopped in at the About Amazon site. There our intrepid traveling kitty boy found an interesting post about Amazon One.

 

The post is by Sanjay Dash, VP, Identity Checkout Technologies, AWS Applications. The post gives information about current Palm One users in the retail, sports and travel industries. The post begins with an information video and has a FAQ at the end. It also includes links to other posts with information about Amazon.

Panzer says, "This little kitty can't wait to sign-up so he can use his palm (paw) to check out."

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on while you read.

 

To read the post tootle over to Whole Foods Market Palm Scanning

Why You Might Not Want to Use Wire Transfer or Payment Apps to Pay For Publishing Services - Writere Beware

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Writer Beware site. The post our inquisitive little kitty boy found there is about the payment systems scammers use to defraud writers.

 

I didn't know any of this.

Victoria Strauss' post exams how payment systems work and the rules governing them. She also covers which of the systems offer the best protections for authors to recover their money in a fraudulent transaction. Several links to other information about the payment systems are included in the post.

 

Panzer says, "Every author should read this post."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to wire transfer or payment apps

All About Amazon Vella

 

Let's look into this.

For the last week all Panzer has been hearing in the Catosphere is about Amazon's Vella. To help you learn about it our inquisitive kitty began a search of his own to gather information.

 

Panzer found opinions and information in a post on a blog, in a YouTube video and on the Amazon site. Vella is Amazon's newest publishing endeavor. On it you can read serialized stories and novels. In that way it's similar to Wattpad. The reader does, however, pay for each installment after the first. That's how Amazon and authors get paid.

 

Panzer says, "Here's some of the interesting stuff I found out there."

 

Note: This will be a day long project for you, so make your own eating and camping arrangements.

 

To read the Kindlepreneur's post tootle over to Vella information  

To read Amazon's instructions tootle over to Amazon Vella

To watch the YouTube video about Vella tootle over to Vella

Facebook Strikes Deal to Restore News Sharing in Australia - The New York Times

 Today Panzer decided to make a stop at The New York Times site. There our illustrious kitty boy found a post about Facebook in Australia.

 

What's happening without news?

According to the post by Mike Isaac and Damien Cave, Facebook is allowing Australians access to news sources again. Facebook had completely eliminated news from the company's Australian digital platform. In January Panzer told you about a proposed Australian law. The law would force news platforms such as Facebook and Google to pay media companies for their news content. The post contains links to other information about the proposed bill and persons involved in the negotiations.

 

Panzer says, "Hmm ... It's all so confusing. Would Facebook and Google have to pay for this little kitty sharing a link to an Australian news item?"

 

Note: This is a long medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, bring a cup of tea and a muffin for each link you follow.

 

To read the post tootle over to Facebook

To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to Google 

US Beta for 'Wattpad Next': Centgage Subscription for Missouri - Publishing Perspectives

Today, Panzer made a quick trip to the Publishing Perspectives site. With a little digging our inquisitive kitty traveler found a post about Wattpad.

Thanksgiving is coming. I can see it!

According to Porter Anderson,Toronto, Canada, Wattpad has introduced it's new author payment system Wattpad Next in the U.S. Wattpad users pay an author to read their story. Wattpad Next has already been available in Canada, the U.K., Mexico, and the Philippines. There are several links included in the post. There is a second section to the post which is about the Centgage Subscription service for college students and isn't part of Wattpad, so you can skip it if you want.

Panzer says, "Only certain authors are available through the program."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a thermos of hot cocoa and half a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Wattpad

Booksellers unite in protest as Amazon's AbeBooks withdraws from several countries - The Guardian

Panzer was eating his lunch when his tender ears were assailed by the sound of crying and shouting coming from the Catosphere. Not even finishing his lunch our brave kitty hopped in the Panzermobile to go investigate. Following all the noise took him to The Guardian site. With no digging at all he found a post about Amazon's AbeBooks.

According to The Guardian's Alison Flood, members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and other organizations have joined together to protest Amazon's AbeBooks. The company sent notices to secondhand bookstores in South Korea, Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic that AbeBooks is closing the bookstores' sales channels through the company. In protest 460 booksellers are taking a "vacation" from AbeBooks and will not have their books available there. AbeBooks says the company is changing their third party payment service. While not explained in the post, it appears that for whatever reason the bookstores specified aren't compatible with the new payment service.

Now for my lunch.

Panzer says, "This kitty is confused. Is it a software problem between the new payment system and the secondhand bookstores' system?"

Note: This is a h-u-g-e post. Bring half a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon AbeBooks