Self-publishing News: Trouble at Bertrams Raises Distribution Doubts
Wholsealer Bertrams confirms its future is uncertain as owner of Barnes and Noble buys its online bookstore, UK cuts sales tax on ebooks
Self-publishing News: Barnes and Noble Royalty Wobbles
Barnes and Noble struggle with royalties to ebook distribution platforms, Patreon lays off staff, and good news for bokosellers might not be what it seems.
Self-publishing News: Audiobooks in lockdown
The fate of audiobooks during the coronavirus crisis is unclear: some publishers are very concerned but in Europe streaming is booming. And Publishers Weekly launch #booksareessential
Self-publishing News: Online Events
the book world moves to online events, Barnes and Noble warns of delays to royalty payments, and libraries turn to ebooks
Self-publishing News: Concerns over Internet Archive’s Actions
Internet Archive and its National Emergency Library sparks piracy claims, print sales in crisis while Storytel capitalises on digital boom
Self-publishing News: 2020 Selfies Winners
ALLi members Clare Flynn and Jemma Hatt win the 2020 Selfies Awards, and the Internet Archive gets into trouble over accusations of piracy
Self-publishing News: Writers Respond to Covid 19
How CoVid 19 is changing the way the book industry works from writers helping writers to how we think of books. And questions about Bookstat
Self-publishing News: Ending Sales Tax on Ebooks
The end of sales tax on ebooks in the UK and the impact of coronavirus: libraries with a leading role in delivering digital reading and Amazon's priorities.
Self-publishing News: The Impact of Coronavirus
Coronavirus continues to have an impact on book conference season;details of ALLi's Self-publishig Advice Conference; new research into reading habits.
Self-publishing News: Coronavirus and London Book Fair
This week has been about whether coronavirus would cause London Book Fair to be cancelled. Wattpad introduce a new feature to support mature content.
Self-publishing News: Ingram Spark Cracks Down on Questionable Content
Ingram Spark announces new content guidelines and a review of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act begins while Coronavirus hits book fairs.
Self-publishing News: What Amazon Knows
A BBC documentary looks at what Amazon knows about the way you use your Kindle. New research will look at whether other media poses a threat to reading.