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Self-Publishing News: Author Earnings (Again)

A report by the UK government on why author earnings are at such low levels ignores the self-publishing landscape, we celebrate indie bookshop week, and explore the massive ebook potential of African markets.

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Self-Publishing News: Subscription Reading

Subscription reading and audio services show no sign of slowing down, KDP launches new report features, and Kindle supports Traditional Chinese Language.

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Self-publishing News: The Challenge to Print Books

A shortage of paper causes concern for resurgent print book sales, and half of Americans have listened to an audiobook.

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Self-publishing News: Global Market

KDP and Audible offer new features, and StreetLib expands to the Middle East and South Asia following its plans for Africa.

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Self-publishing News: A Plagiarism Problem?

Plagiarism is in the news, possibly targeting indies and on KDP in general and we examine the indie presence at London Book Fair.

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Self-publishing News: Poetry Please

Poetry is taking the publishing world by storm, and new players enter the blockchain sphere while Kindle page read payments dwindle.

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Self-publishing News: Author as Publisher

We look at how the role of author as publisher is changing, and the expansion of ebooks in Africa and audiobooks in India.

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Self-publishing News: Booksellers Square Up to Amazon (Again)

Booksellers stand up to Amazon and force a backdown over the withdrawal of the Abebooks website from several countries. Smashwords celebrates its half millionth title with a radical site overhaul.

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Self-publishing News: How Writing is Changing

Writing gives us freedom. Being indies gives us even more freedom. But new research asks how much freedom we really have in this marketplace.

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Self-publishing News: The Meeting of Media

34% of people listened to a podcast last month, and most of them listened to nearly all of it - audio really is the future. And Wattpad remains a great way for authors to develop loyal fans and sell their work.

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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.

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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.

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