Ten Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair (updated)
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...Continue reading
Category: Self-Pub
Kobo and FNAC Partner to Launch a POD Service
Earlier this month Kobo partnered with the French retailer Fnac to offer a print-on-demand service through Bookelis. Authors who have their books in Kobo Writing Life can...Continue reading
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
Is Anyone Else Not Seeing the New Audiobook Section in Kobo Writing Life?
One of the more interesting news stories last week was Kobo's announcement that Kobo Writing Life now distributed audiobooks (I didn't expect this to happen until...Continue reading
Amazon Launches Worldwide Full-Language Support for Traditional Chinese in Kindle eBooks
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...Continue reading
KDP Reports Dashboard Now Has a Royalties Estimator
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...Continue reading
Google Play Books is Cutting Out the Middleman, Now Wants a Direct Relationship with Authors and Publishers
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...Continue reading
Amazon: Over 1,000 Authors Each Earned Over $100 Grand in Royalties in 2018
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...Continue reading
DC Public Library Wants to Add Local Self-Published Authors to Their Catalog
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...Continue reading
Exclusive: Bookbaby to be Spun Off Following Acquisition of Parent Company AVL Digital Group
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,...Continue reading
B&N Press Now Offers eBook Coupon Codes
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...Continue reading
The End of Author Earnings Report, Redux
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...Continue reading
Reedsy Launches a Book Discovery Service
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...Continue reading
Books-a-Million is Shutting Down its Self-Pub Portal, BAM Publish
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...Continue reading
Draft2Digital Now Distributes to Google Play Books
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,...Continue reading