Self-publishing News: Person of the YearWho is the book business' person of the year? Two major studio announcements mark a film industry increasingly moving to streaming subscription. Read more→December 23, 2020Dan HollowayNews0 Comments
Self-publishing News: Record Year for Comics on KickstarterKickstarter celebrates a record year for comics, Audiblegate latest, Libraries in America need financial Covid support. Read more→December 16, 2020Dan HollowayNews1 Comment
Self-publishing News: Android Update uses AI to create AudiobooksAndroid update uses machine learning to generate realistically narrated audiobooks from ebooks. Amazon offers ebooks to libraries. Read more→December 9, 2020Dan HollowayNews2 Comments
Self-publishing News: Audiblegate OngoingWriters' organizations unite in condemning ACX/Audible's response over returns, print on demand titles return to Bookshop.org Read more→December 2, 2020Dan HollowayNews6 Comments
Self-publishing News: Bookshop’s Disappearing BooksIndie titles disappear from Bookshop.org UK's catalogue and ACX Audible back down over royalties on returns. Read more→November 25, 2020Dan HollowayNews8 Comments
Self-publishing News: Audible/ACX Have Questions to Answer over ReturnsAudible still have questions to answer over their returns policy, Frankfurt Book Fair will continue to be partly digital. Read more→November 18, 2020Dan HollowayNews2 Comments
Self-publishing News: What Will a Vaccine Mean for Publishing?Will the prospect of a Covid vaccine bring changes to the book world, KDP introduce a new series feature, and Amazon may struggle in Sweden. Read more→November 11, 2020Dan HollowayNews3 Comments
Self-publishing News: Are Bookshops Essential?What a second lockdown means for bookstores, Bookshop.org launches in UK, and Covid grants for writers in Scotland that's open to indies. Read more→November 4, 2020Dan HollowayNews3 Comments
Self-publishing News: Libraries Surge AheadLibraries see surge in ebook lending during lockdown, while a new survey suggests ebook & audio sales do not cannibalise each other. Read more→October 28, 2020Dan HollowayNews2 Comments
Self-publishing News: What The Barnes and Noble Data Breach MeansWhat the Barnes and Noble data breach means, Spotify moves further towards spoken word, and a new tool for libraries. Read more→October 21, 2020Dan HollowayNews2 Comments
Self-publishing News: Bookshop.org comes to the UKBookshop.org is coming to the UK, Disney Plus goes large on subscription, and ALLi holds its Self-publishing Advice Conference. Read more→October 14, 2020Dan HollowayNews3 Comments
Self-publishing News: Literary Prizes Still Not Open to IndiesOn the even of the Nobel Prize For Literature, a new prize for young adult fiction shows literary prizes still exclude indies. Read more→October 7, 2020Dan HollowayNews6 Comments