Dan Holloway, Author at The Self-Publishing Advice Center

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Self-publishing News: Amazon Ventures Forth

Amazon moves into from-your-doorstep delivery and releases a Wordpress plug-in to turn your blogs into podcasts, the EU fails to do away with geoblocking, and earning a living through self-publishing non-fiction on Medium proves tricky.

February 13, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: .epub and You

Eyewatering sales figures for Amazon and Apple, new EPub possibilities with Libre Office, new features from Barnes and Noble, and independent bookstores in the UK talking about forming an alliance.

February 6, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: Direct Publishing Platforms Get a Makeover

Nook and iBooks get a makeover, Rakuten Kobo partners Walmart, and a new prize for thrillers opens its doors to indies

January 30, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: All About the Readers

Amazon has finally opened its first staff-less shop to the public, Wattpad has secured $51m funding to expand its machine learning, and several platforms have expandd their offerings to readers.

January 23, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: When the News becomes the News

Facebook has changed the way it decides what shows up in your newsfeed to avoid content from businesses, but what does that mean for indies? And Amazon has been tinkering with KDP.

January 16, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: Who Owns an Indie’s Works?

New opportunities open up for indies in Arab reading markets while Barnes and Noble have another bad period and a new crowdfunding site launches for author services.

January 9, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

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Writing: Why the Prologue Deserves a Place in Modern Indie Fiction

Prologues - love 'em or hate 'em? Don't dismiss them for your own books as outdated or cliched devices until you've read this spirited defence of the prologue by indie author and editor Dan Holloway.

January 3, 2018
Dan Holloway
Writing

Self-publishing News: Leaping into 2018

Why Magic Leap might open new opportunities for writers, and new opportunities for ebooks in Arabic and in India.

January 2, 2018
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: A Brief History of 2017

ALLi rounds up the key stories of 2017 for self-publishers from the rise of Blockchain to the downfall of distribution platforms backed by big publishers.

December 26, 2017
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: Net Neutrality and You

ALLi's Self-publishing news looks at what the vote on net neutrality means for you, the reversal of Patreon's plans to charge fees on funding, and the Society of Authors' complaint against Open Library.

December 19, 2017
Dan Holloway
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution

Self-publishing News: Grand Decentral Station

ALLi's Self-publishing News looks at how changes to Patreon's business model will affect indies, new developments in blockchain, an exciting breakthrough for indies in dealing with European Union tax law complexity, and the growth of the digital textbook rental market.

December 12, 2017
Dan Holloway
News

Self-publishing News: Putting it on the Blockchain

ALLi's self-publishing news looks back at the 2017 Futurebook conference, with an emphasis on inclusion and blockchain, and explores exciting news on audiobooks from Storytel and on the expansion of PublishDrive, while the news of Kindle giveaways from Goodreads makes less enticing reading.

December 5, 2017
Dan Holloway
News

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