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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...

KDP Reports Dashboard Now Has a Royalties Estimator

23 May, 201923 May, 2019Kindle (platform), Self-PubOne 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...

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

19 May, 201914 July, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The End of Author Earnings Report, Redux

29 March, 201929 March, 2019Self-Pub, statistics13 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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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