Self-publishing Success Story: A Kindle Scout Win for Debut Novelist Jo Ullah

Debut novelist Jo Ullah shares the success story of how a Kindle Scout win has got her self-publishing career off to a great start, and includes top tips on what she's learned from the experience to help you do the same.

March 18, 2018
Jo Ullah
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Self-publishing News: New Ways to Connect

Streetlib launches a marketplace for authors and service providers, the Audible Romance controversy rumbles, on, and we look at the differing trends in ebooks across the globe.

March 13, 2018
Dan Holloway
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1 Simple Marketing Tip to Build Read-Through of Your Self-published Book Series on Amazon

If you write books in a series, are you making the most of sales opportunities by listing them correctly on Amazon? A startling number of authors miss this trick - don't be one of them! Simple instructions in this post by series author Debbie Young.

Self-publishing News: A Not So Fine Romance

Initial royalty payments from Audible Romance are distinctly underwhelming, Amazon sponsors DigitalBookWorld, and Publica announces a blockchain-based alternative to DRM.

March 6, 2018
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: The Problem With Ebooks?

Hachette's CEO claims that ebooks are a stupid product but admits publishers are partly to blame, while Amazon's own imprints look strangely dominant in its bestseller charts, and sales of ebooks in Germany stagnate.

February 27, 2018
Dan Holloway
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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
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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
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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
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Book Promotion: 11 Top Tips for Best AMS Advertising Practice

Wondering how to make your AMS advertising more effective, with more impressions, more clicks and a better return-on-investment? Read ALLi Watchdog John Doppler's list of his top tips, gleaned from collaboration within his indie author collective.