Self-publishing News: a Tale of Three Platforms
This week's top self-publishing news stories for indie authors, including Amazon's crackdown on fraud, Kobo's new audio service & falling ebooks sales.
Writing: How Authors Can Speed Up Research with Speed Reading
How indie authors can use speedreading to help them self-publish faster by shortening research time - and other exciting benefits, by world champion Dan Holloway.
Self-publishing News: Barnes and Noble in the Spotlight
This week the Alliance of Independent Authors’s self-publishing news bulletin investigates B&N rumours, reports upbeat news from libraries, and shares a great new free image resource.
Self-publishing News: When is a Bestseller Not a Bestseller?
This week's news round-up turns the spotlight on an author caught gaming the system, B&N banning - then unbanning - certain authors, & AMS profits.
Self-publishing news: Diminishing Returns?
I type this on what a seat of the pants thriller would romantically call the red-eye shift. To you and…
Self-publishing News: Where Are We With Ebooks?
Our weekly news roundup from Dan Holloway includes updates about the future of ebooks, Digital Rights Management, Geoblocking, the launch of Inara (a new ebook platform whose business model is driven by in-book adverts), Indies and Libraries, Amazon updates in Poland, and the demise of America Star Books.
Self-Publishing News: Changing Platforms
Libraries are magical places. I am absurdly lucky in Oxford to spend a great deal of time in some of…
Self-publishing News: Are ebooks Thriving or Dying?
Oxford is a strange place to be in the summer. It's a pretty small city, and for much of the year…
Self-publishing News: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
One of the most popular genres on YouTube these days features "unboxing" videos. That is, literally, videos of people taking…
Self-publishing News: Is Amazon Broken?
With apologies, I turn once for inspiration again this week to the world of endurance running (don't worry, next week I…
Self-publishing News: In Overdrive
This week's must-read round-up of self-publishing news for indie authors includes news on key distributors, aggregators and bookstores - brought to you by ALLi's news editor Dan Holloway.
Self-publishing News: Twilight of the Idols
It's been a tough week for anyone even remotely my age, certainly anyone who grew up in the UK with…