Self-publishing News: Pay the Creator
A mixed week for Amazon Prime as Amazon spends $8.5bn to access MGM’s catalogue but makes it harder to cancel Prime membership. And #PayTheCreator campaign seeks to end payment by "exposure".
Self-Publishing News: New York Launches 18 Month Guaranteed Income Scheme for Creative Artists
A new scheme from Creatives Rebuild New York that will pay creatives from minority backgrounds $1000 per month for 18 months.
Self-publishing News: What does Brandon Sanderson’s record-breaking Kickstarter mean for those who inevitably attempt to follow?
What Brandon Sanderson’s record-breaking Kickstarter means for indie authors. PublishDrive seals series A investment, and success for Mary Jane Wells at the Audie Awards.
Self-publishing News: Is Print on Demand the Answer to Publishing’s Paper Crisis
World Book Day survey reveals which genres people read in which countries. Print on demand might solve publishing’s paper shortage.
Self-publishing News: Amazon Reaches Global Agreement With Visa Ending Extra Fees and Concerns of a Ban
Amazon reaches a global deal to keep allowing payments using Visa credit cards, and bookstore sales recover as paper prices rise.
Self-publishing News: Book Fair Confusion
Leipzig Book Fair cancels in person event a week after announcing it would go ahead. Apple launches Strombo's Lit Book Club. $50m investment in Papier.com another step in the analogue revolution.
Self-publishing News: Draft2Digital Acquires Smashwords
Book fairs move back to exhibition halls, Amazon Prime raises price, Audie Awards success for indie Mary Jane Wells.
Self-publishing News: Kindle Unlimited and TikTok Hint at a Future Where Creators’ Earnings Potential is Capped
TikTok's new creator pool the latest move to cap creator earnings from subscription while Kindle Unlimited paid indies $450m in 2021.
Self-publishing News: Publishers Criticise EU’s Watered Down Attack on Piracy
The EU's Digital Services Act waters down anti-piracy amendments. Print costs rise 40% in 3 months. Pandemic consumer trends are ending.
Self-publishing News: Amazon Backs Down Over Threatened Credit Card Ban
Amazon backs down on threat to stop accepting UK Visa credit cards. RB Media, owner of Overdrive, celebrates record year.
Self-publishing News: Overdrive Records Half a Billion Digital Lends in 2021
People borrowed half a billion times from Overdrive's catalogue last year. Is Spotify set to advertise in your audiobook?
Self-publishing News: Are Piracy Sites the Reason Amazon is Removing Authors’ Works Without Warning?
A $7.8m judgment against piracy site Kiss Library might not help authors actually get compensated. Amazon removes authors' books from KDP without warning, possibly because its overzealous bots have discovered pirated copies of the works elsewhere.