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The End of Author Earnings Report, Redux

29 March, 201929 March, 2019Self-Pub, statistics14 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, 201924 October, 2019Self-Pub2 Comments

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,...

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-Pub3 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...

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...

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,...

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...

Data Guy Unmasked on LinkedIn as Bookstat CEO Paul Abbassi

25 October, 201829 March, 2019Self-Pub19 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...

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...

B&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales

11 October, 201811 October, 2018Barnes & Noble, POD, Self-PubOne Comment

Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new...

The Four Bios Every Author Needs

1 October, 201810 January, 2019Self-Pub10 Comments

If you Google author bios you will find a million different articles, each with their own recommendation. Be short and too the point. Use the third...

Nate’s Big List of Free Courses for Authors

27 September, 201810 January, 2019Self-PubOne Comment

Between marketing, social media, ads, writing, and book formatting, there are a million and one skills authors and other creators need to learn over the course...