ISBN Registrations Jump 40% After Createspace is Merged Into KDP Print
Bowker, the private company responsible for issuing ISBNs in the US, released its annual report on the number ISBN's sold last year. The data doesn't tell...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.
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Skyrocketed in September 2019
Amazon announced on Tuesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by one hundred thousand dollars in September 2019, to $25.9 million, from $25.8 million in...Continue reading
The Lost Art of Paste-Up (video)
Back before we used computers to lay out the text of a book, magazine, or newspaper, publishers used various methods to manually lay out text before...Continue reading
Tor.com’s Free eBook for October 2019 is K Arsenault Rivera’s “The Tiger’s Daughter”
Tor.com's ebook of the month club is giving away K Arsenault Rivera's The Tiger's Daughter. The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach—but...Continue reading
Has Anyone Used Hometown Reads?
I was at the James River Writers conference this past weekend. Even though it was the type of conference where "writer" was a synonym "book author",...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 14 october 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. This browser extension lets you insert zero-width characters in text you post online, and can be...Continue reading
Kindle for iOS v6.23 Adds Library eBook Filter
Did you know that iOS no longer tells you when you have an app that has an update? I just learned that myself today when I heard...Continue reading
How to Vet Podcast Guests
I am in the early stages of launching a podcast called The Website in a Box show. My show is going to explain why websites are...Continue reading
How to be a Better Podcast Guest (Updated)
Virtually every marketing expert agrees that if you want to get your message out there in 2018, podcasts are the way to go. We're told...Continue reading
Kindle Voyage On Sale for $69 at Woot
I don't know where Amazon keeps finding these things, but they have the Voyage on sale again at Woot. The five year old Kindle Voyage is...Continue reading
New Kindle Kids Edition Costs $109
In addition to launching a new Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon also released a new Kindle Kids edition bundle. The $89 entry-level Kindle released in March is...Continue reading
New Kindle Fire HD 10 Gets a Specs Bump, Keeps the Same Price
That Kindle Fire tablet that showed up at the FCC in July now has a name, a price, and a launch date. Amazon announced on Monday...Continue reading
Monday Morning Coffee – 7 October 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Why do we feel so compelled to make maps of fictional worlds. The original Grimm's fairy...Continue reading
Did You Know Calibre Can Make Epub 3 eBooks?
I was working on the calibre 4.0 post this morning when I discovered a new calibre feature. Well, it's not new so much as I hadn't...Continue reading
Users Hate Calibre 4.0’s New eBook Viewer
If you use calibre to manage your ebook library and are fond of its ebook reading function, you might want to hold off on the latest...Continue reading