Self-publishing News: Facebook to Launch Self-publishing Platform
Facebook launches self-publishing platform to pay content providers. Substack accused of lack of transparency over advances.
Self-Publishing News: Amazon takes on Libraries
Amazon will not supply books it publishes to libraries, Scribd Audio offers $9.99 a month audiobook subscription.
Self-publishing News: What Opportunities do NFTs Offer Writers?
As digital creators make millions from NFTs (non-fungible tokens) what opportunities are there for writers? And Frankfurt invites exhibitors to sign up.
Self-publishing News: Super Followers
Twitter's new super followers offers newsletters and other revenue opportunities. Overdrive CEO looks at future of ebook lending.
Self-publishing News: The Changing Audiobooks Landscape
Audiblegate and Storytel have changed the audiobook landscape and what Facebook's Australian news ban means
Self-publishing News: Subscriptions and Concessions
The subscription model might be changing the industry in ways we hadn't thought, Amazon ebook antitrust case latest.
Self-publishing News: Findaway Voices Reaches out to Disgruntled ACX Authors
Findaway Voices offers royalty bonus to authors leaving ACX exclusivity and Draft2Digital offers royalty splitting.
Self-publishing News: Rise of Social Reading
Social reading apps continue to expand as Literati raises $40m. Writers & writers' groups respond to Audible's new terms.
Self-publishing News: The Sale of Wattpad
The sale of Wattpad to Naver, Audible's small movement on returns policy, and Rolling Stone's vanity publishing
Self-publishing News: Amazon faces ebook Price Fixing Suit
Amazon faces ebook price fixing charges, Publishers Weekly launches a platform for indies to get ebooks into libraries.
Self-publishing News: Wattpad for sale?
Is Tencent about to buy Wattpad, a replacement for Book Expo, first year sales figures for Bookshop.org, fake Goodreads reviews.
Self-publishing News: Unpacking the Brexit Trade Deal
The Society of Authors' statement on the Brexit Deal: problems for freelancers, copyright issues. But for indies there's also paperwork.