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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, statistics11 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...

Amazon Continues to Ignore the Hacking of Createspace Accounts

21 November, 201821 November, 2018Amazon, Security & Privacy, Self-PubLeave a comment

As I am sure you have read both here and on The Book Designer, for the past seven months hackers have been targeting accounts on Amazon's POD service, Createspace....

Amazon Launches a New Reports Site for Authors – KDP Reports

14 November, 201814 November, 2018Kindle (platform), Self-Pub5 Comments

Word is circulating through KBoards and Facebook today that Amazon is testing a new site where authors can track their sales data. It's called KDP Reports, and looks something...

Draft2Digital Adds POD (beta)

30 October, 201830 October, 2018POD, Self-PubLeave a comment

From the D2D blog: Right now we are beta testing our new print on demand (POD) service, finding and eliminating any bugs and technical challenges, and making this a...

Data Guy Unmasked on LinkedIn as Bookstat CEO Paul Abbassi

25 October, 201829 March, 2019Self-Pub14 Comments

For the past few years one of the most widely known "secrets" was the identity of Data Guy, the pseudonymous creator of the Author Earnings Reports (at right). Many...

Guest Post: Five Things Readers Consider When Choosing Their Next Book

21 October, 201823 October, 2018Marketing, Self-PubOne Comment

For many authors, the best way to get your book to sell can sometimes be a mystery. Everywhere you look, different people suggest different things; making it hard to...

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