Self-publishing News: KDP Select paid $522m in 2022 – so just how big is the indie ebook market?
KDP Select paid $522m in 2022. Wizards of the Coast Agrees to Dungeons and Dragons Creative Commons License.
Self-publishing News: ChatGPT to Launch Premium Service as Microsoft Set to Invest $10bn in its Parent OpenAI
ChatGPT to Launch Premium Paid Service while Microsoft will Invest $10bn in OpenAI
Self-publishing News: Overdrive Figures for 2022 Demonstrate Digital Popularity
Record Overdrive lending figures confirm non-fiction audiobook popularity. Apple launches AI narrated audiobook collection.
Self-publishing News: Now Someone Has Written and Illustrated a Complete Children’s Book with AI
ChatGPT and Midjourney used to write and illustrate a children's book. Waterstones demands 85% discount from publishers, and will streaming content become fee and ad supported rather than subscription-based?
Self-publishing News: AI is Writing Poetry. Will it Get Good at it in 2023?
AI is Writing Poetry. Will it Get Good at it in 2023? And Covid continues to influence the way the book industry does business.
Self-publishing News: Amazon, Audio, and AI – was 2022 a Triple A Year for Indies?
2022 in Self-publishing: Spotify sells audiobooks, artificial intelligence makes book covers; Amazon changes returns policies.
Self-publishing News: What Are the Highest Indie Author Earners Doing?
How much time indie authors spent marketing in 2022, and concerns grow over the use of AI generated text getting too good.
Self-publishing News: Author Surveys Show Earnings from Writing are Low and Falling
Australian National Author Survey shows author earnings remain low. Bookbeat moves away from all you can eat subscription.
Self-pub;ishing News: Spotify’s Continuing Audiobooks Roll-out Fails to Smooth out Initial Bumps
Spotify's roll-out to English-speaking markets outside the US. ?Half of 16-25 year-old readers say BookTok got them into books.
Self-publishing News: TikTok Bookshop
TikTok sells books in app through TikTok shop. Danielle Steel has nearly sold 1 billion books. Fanfix launches Superlink link in bio service.
Self-publishing News: Congratulations to Clare Flynn, RNA Indie Champion of the Year
Clare Flynn is the Romantic Novelists' Association's Indie Champion 2022. Penguin Random House ruling finds $250,000 advances a major market.
Self-publishing News: Writers Leave Twitter for Mastodon as Several Platforms Offer Enticing New Features
Twitter charges for blue ticks may mean paying for visibility. Writers move to Mastodon but the decentralised platform comes with its own issues.