KDP Print Expands to Canada
Amazon's POD service has expanded into the land of moose and snow. The retailer announced in the KDP support forums last week that KDP Print could...Continue reading
Category: Formats
November is National Podcast Post Month – Why Not Launch One?
Everyone knows (in my circles, anyway) that November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This is an annual event where aspiring authors commit to writing...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
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
AAP Files Doomed Lawsuit Over Audible’s Caption Feature, Alleges Copyright Infringement
When detractors complained after Audible launched Audible Captions last month, I asked myself how anyone could know that this feature infringed on copyrights when no one...Continue reading
Publishers’ Audiobook Sales Increased 24% in 2018
The Audio Publishers Association released the results of a survey yesterday that showed audiobook sales for a limited group of publishers totaled $940 million in 2018, up...Continue reading
Audible Launches Fix for SF, Fantasy Audiobooks
I have probably told you this once or twice, but one reason I don't listen to audiobooks is the authors I like to read often use...Continue reading
Amazon Prime Subscribers Can Get One Year of Audible for $119, and Add an Echo Hockey Puck for $0.99
Amazon has a deal right on a one-year Audible subscription, and it's only available to Prime subscribers. Amazon Prime subscribers who do not currently have an...Continue reading
POD Giveth, and POD Taketh Away (Piracy)
About four years back I uncovered a massive textbook piracy operation running unchecked in Createspace. Enterprising scammers were stealing dozens of digital textbooks, then pirating them...Continue reading
Audible Renames Audible Romance Package as “Audible Escape”
Audible launched its Netflix-style subscription service in late 2017, the focus was strictly on romance audiobooks. Now it is beginning to look like Audible will be...Continue reading
Pokemon Manga Titles Now Available Through OverDrive
Overdrive announced on Tuesday that Pokemon digital graphic novels are now available for libraries to purchase through Overdrive. Patrons and students of participating public libraries and schools...Continue reading
Couple Accused of Stealing $10k in Textbooks from College Bookstore
A pair of thieves have been arrested on the charge of stealing $10,000 worth of textbooks from Fayetteville Technical Community College, which is located in North...Continue reading
Findaway Launches Wonderbook, a Hybrid Print-Digital Audiobook Player
Cleveland-based Findaway gets most of its attention on this blog for its audiobook distribution (as well as services like Chirp) but in the library market it...Continue reading
Google Play Books 5.1.9 Adds Audiobook Download Quality Settings, Custom Skip Duration Settings
When Google started selling audiobooks last January, the Play Books Android app made the experience so frustrating that only masochists would try it more than twice....Continue reading