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Amazon Launches Worldwide Full-Language Support for Traditional Chinese in Kindle eBooks

24 May, 201924 May, 2019Kindle (platform), Self-Pub2 Comments

Amazon first started selling Chinese-language Kindle ebooks in 2012, but only in China. Chinese expats or foreign-language learners either had to find another source or use a VPN, but...

KDP Reports Dashboard Now Has a Royalties Estimator

23 May, 201923 May, 2019Kindle (platform), Self-PubLeave a comment

I have just heard via the 20Booksto50K group on Facebook that Amazon has added a new royalty estimator to the KDP Reports dashboard that launched last November. I have...

Nine Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair (updated)

19 May, 201919 May, 2019Conferences & Trade shows, Self-PubOne Comment

Book fairs and other local events can be a great way for authors to connect with readers and make new fans. They are immensely valuable, but at the same...

Google Play Books is Cutting Out the Middleman, Now Wants a Direct Relationship with Authors and Publishers

16 May, 201916 May, 2019Google Books, Self-Pub10 Comments

Many authors and publishers use a company such as PublishDrive or Draft2Digital to handle their distribution to smaller ebook retailers. They trade a small cut of their revenue for...

Amazon: Over 1,000 Authors Each Earned Over $100 Grand in Royalties in 2018

7 May, 20197 May, 2019Amazon, Self-Pub3 Comments

Amazon released an advert a report on Tuesday concerning its impact on small and medium businesses. Or as Amazon put it: Amazon today published the 2019 SMB Impact...

DC Public Library Wants to Add Local Self-Published Authors to Their Catalog

18 April, 201918 April, 2019Library eBooks, Self-Pub2 Comments

A couple weeks ago I shared a link to a DCist post about the DC Public Library launching a program where local indie authors can submit their books for...

Exclusive: Bookbaby to be Spun Off Following Acquisition of Parent Company AVL Digital Group

31 March, 201931 March, 2019Self-PubOne Comment

Here's an important piece of ebook news from last week that literally no one has noticed yet. The parent company of Bookbaby, AVL Digital Group, announced last Wednesday...

B&N Press Now Offers eBook Coupon Codes

30 March, 201930 March, 2019Barnes & Noble, POD, Self-Pub2 Comments

B&N Press continues to add features, lending credence to rumors about an impending sale of the Nook division. I just got an email from B&N, informing me that B&N...

The End of Author Earnings Report, Redux

29 March, 201929 March, 2019Self-Pub, statistics12 Comments

Writing over at TNPS, Mark Williams reported earlier this week that Paul Abbassi's (AKA Data Guy's) 5-year-old Author Earnings Report website had been down for a couple weeks. Williams...

Reedsy Launches a Book Discovery Service

4 March, 20194 March, 2019Marketing, Self-Pub6 Comments

In a time when many authors buy Facebook and Amazon ads to catch the attention of readers, Reedsy is launching a book discovery service called Reedsy Discovery. Throwing humility...

Books-a-Million is Shutting Down its Self-Pub Portal, BAM Publish

27 February, 201927 February, 2019Self-PubOne Comment

It's been hard to keep an eye on the USA's second largest bookstore chain, given that B&N continues to be such a distracting train wreck. You would be forgiven...

Draft2Digital Now Distributes to Google Play Books

27 February, 201927 February, 2019Self-PubOne Comment

Draft2Digital announced on Tuesday that they're beta-testing a new distribution channel that will help authors reach more readers. According to the email going out to authors, D2D now...

KDP University

7 February, 20197 February, 2019Self-PubOne Comment

Chris McMullen has brought my attention to one of Amazon's educational programs for publishers. Amazon is now holding webinars online (there's even one scheduled for later today) and also posting...

Barnes & Noble Launches Ad Portal in B&N Press

22 January, 201922 January, 2019Barnes & Noble, Marketing, Self-PubLeave a comment

Barnes & Noble sure likes to send mixed messages. They may have stopped promoting the Nook with in-store signage, but at the same time the B&N Press team is...

How to Set Up and Edit Your Amazon.com Author Profile

6 January, 20196 January, 2019Kindle (platform), Marketing, Self-Pub2 Comments

KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is widely seen as a self-publishing portal. This is funny both because publishers use it to manage their titles in the Kindle Store, and also...

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