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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: 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.

February 19, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: DigitalBookWorld Stands with Libraries

DigitalBookWorld bans MacMillan over library charges and Amazon tops $1 trillion market cap, and KKR shape up for a serious digital move.

February 4, 2020
Sacha Black
News
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What Amazon Ads Dashboard Changes Mean for Authors

Amazon made a variety of welcome changes to their advertising dashboard in 2019. These changes create opportunities and challenges for authors. Laurence O'Bryan, ALLi partner member and founder of ad agency for books, BooksGoSocial, is here to explain the latest Amazon ads dashboard changes and what they mean for you.

February 3, 2020
Laurence O'Bryan
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Self-publishing News: Futurebook 2019

Data Guy keynotes at Futurebook 2019, Dean R Koontz's deal with Amazon, Amazon's new store layout, and the death of the long tail

November 12, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: What’s in an Amazon Title?

Libraries tell readers it's publishers' fault they can't borrow books, and Amazon seem to be ignoring their own rules about titles.

November 5, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing news: The Growth of Createspace’s ISBNs

Createspace's ISBN registration grows 50% to more than a million and StreetLib partners with Voxnest to allow authors to podcast from their platform.

October 22, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Subscription for Authors

PublishDrive launches a subscription-only model for authors, Amazon pilots a one-tap rating feature, and librarians take on publishers at DigitalBookWorld.se

September 17, 2019
Sacha Black
News
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Opinion: Future Audiobook Trends

The audiobook market has grown in double figures for six straight years with a 37.1% growth in the USA in 2018. If you haven't entered the audiobook market yet, now is seriously the time. Author member Dawn Brookes is here with a look forward at where she thinks the future of audiobook publishing is heading.