Self-publishing News: New Version of EPUB Bakes in Reader Accessibility W3C's new EPUB standard has accessibility baked in. Literary groups bring lawsuit against Arkansas legislators. Naver's NFT move. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Is UK Sales Tax on Audiobooks About to End UK parliament to debate dropping sales tax on audiobooks. Paper shortage threatens print publishing's supply chains. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Kindle Unlimited Raises its Price Kindle Unlimited raises its subscription rate. Association of American Publishers lays out publishing's questions on AI. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Are Younger Adults Reading More? German study shows new adult readers are getting through a book a month. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Bookseller Survey Exposes Reality of Being a Traditionally Published Debut Author Bookseller survey of traditionally published debut authors reveals publishing shortcomings. Supreme Court refuses AI patent challenge. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Selfies Awards Winners Announced at London Book Fair Selfies Awards winners announced at London Book Fair. TikTok ban in Montana and Jaron Lanier calls for everyone to be paid for data used to train AI. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Indie Author Income Survey Shows Indie Authors Earn More Tree to Me: a new campaign wants authors to ask questions of publishers over their sustainability, carbon footprint, and environmental governance. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Amazon to Close Book Depository Amazon to close Book Depository. IPA welcomes Internet Archive ruling. Twitter takes on Substack, and can AI commit libel? Read more→
Self-publishing News: Sustainability Centre Stage at London Book Fair Senior tech figures sign open letter calling for a pause on AI as London Book Fair goes all in on sustainability. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Celebrating Indie Awards Success In this week's Self-Publishing News Special, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway takes a look at the shortlists for this year's Selfies Awards. Read more→
Self-publishing News: A New US Group Seeks to Protect Copyright from State Legislation US groups launch Protect the Creative Economy coalition to protect copyright from state bills. US Copyright Office issues AI guidance. Read more→
Self-publishing News: Lay-offs at Wattpad Layoffs at Wattpad and technology has a really bad week following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Read more→