Self-publishing News: What does the EU Copyright Directive mean for you?
What the EU Copyright Directive (Article 17) means for indie authors, and Bologna Children's' Book Fair puts self-publishing centre stage.
Self-publishing News: AuthorSHARE offers payments for sales of secondhand books
AuthorSHARE will pay royalties to authors for sales of second hand books. Amazon faces antitrust lawsuit over marketplace.
Audiblegate Updates Campaign Updates Series: Part Two
This post marks the first in what will be a series of update post combining the most important news and information as the campaign progresses.
Self-publishing News: London Book Fair Still on Pause
No decision on how London Book Fair will go ahead, more price fixing claims against Amazon; and Maryland libraries win first step in ebook case.
Amazon Attacks Libraries, What are Non-Fungible Tokens? Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Today, we will talk about Amazon's attack on libraries, pay homage to the late Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and answer the question,…
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.
The Principle of Publishing Non-Exclusivity for Authors
Today's authors can be creative business owners building independent publishing enterprises based on intellectual property (IP). Yet many independent authors forgo their independence, and compromise the value of their IP, by signing or assigning their books exclusively to another business without due diligence. This post explores the important principle of publishing inclusivity for authors and the dangers of going exclusive with one publisher or one self-publishing service.
Findaway Voices Steps in for Indies in Wake of Audiblegate: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Today, we're going to talk about Findaway Voices, an audiobook service that's an alternative to Audible, which is causing headaches for indie authors after the Audiblegate controversy. We'll also talk about something called social reading. And we'll look back on the legacy of Jeff Bezos at Amazon.
TwitterChat: What does being an Amazon Bestseller mean?
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about What does being an Amazon Bestseller mean?
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.
Calling Out Amazon on Audible Refund Policy: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
ALLi is calling out Amazon on their Audible refund policy, which is resulting in unknown numbers of audiobook authors and narrators around the world being deprived of income. Bookshop.org suffers a glitch, confusing some indie authors, and the end of an era with the end of Book Expo America.