Bertelsmann Buys Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS
The hot news in the publishing world today is that one of the world’s largest media conglomerates just got a little bigger. Bertelsmann, the parent company...Continue reading
Author: Nate Hoffelder
Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader. He has been blogging about indie authors since 2010 while learning new tech skills weekly. He fixes author sites, and shares what he learns on The Digital Reader's blog. In his spare time, he fosters dogs for A Forever Home, a local rescue group.
Audible Makes Tiny Change to Its Execrable Return & Royalty Policy
It seems that if multiple author groups line up against it, Amazon can be forced to make a change to it policies – just not a...Continue reading
Basic Kindle Now $59, Oasis & Paperwhite to go on Sale on Cyber Monday
Amazon announced a confusing number of sales today for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some items are on sale today, while others won’t be going on...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 23 November 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Here are 13 of Margaret Atwood’s tips on writing. Victoria Strauss has an in-depth look at...Continue reading
Here’s Why ALLi Downgraded Audible to “Caution”
When I reported a few weeks ago that Audible was actively promoting returns as a benefit of subscribing, I apparently missed the bigger picture. It’s not...Continue reading
E-ink is Beta-Testing Electronic Window Tint (video)
Tinted windows are great – they give you privacy and limit the amount of sunlight which can penetrate. But they are not so great when lighting...Continue reading
Disney Reportedly Withholding Royalties From Alan Dean Foster Over Star Wars, Aliens Novels
Disney has replaced Amazon at the top of many people’s shit-lists this week when the SFWA publicly criticized the media giant for not paying royalties to...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 16 November 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. European antitrust regulators caught Amazon with their hand in the cookie (data) jar. Educators in the...Continue reading
Amazon Launches New Author Portal
About three years back Amazon started beta-testing a new author portal called Amazon Author (not to be confused with Author Central). That new portal officially launched...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose by $300K in October 2020
Kindle Unlimited maintained its position in October 2020 of being the market that all of Amazon’s competitors (with the possible exception of Apple) wished they owned....Continue reading
Infographic: World Reading Habits in 2020
2020 was a strange year, for obvious reasons. Many of us spent a lot of 2020 in lockdown, either trying to keep up with work or...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 9 November 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Here’s what to do if your favorite children’s book didn’t age well. The next unsuccessful Amazon...Continue reading
Annotate The Web With Hypothes.is
A new web design project is going to involve embedding a story online, and letting readers annotate it, and said project has brought my attention back...Continue reading
Read at Triple Your Normal Speed with One of These Five Chrome Extension
They say that the typical person is capable of reading at a speed of 300 words per minute. Given the sheer volume of news and other...Continue reading
Build and Manage Series Pages in the Kindle Store
For a number of years now Amazon has been making series pages for Kindle ebooks. One of their bots would identify all of the books in...Continue reading