Book Expo Archives

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.

January 13, 2021
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Audiblegate Ongoing

Writers' organizations unite in condemning ACX/Audible's response over returns, print on demand titles return to Bookshop.org

December 2, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
6 Comments

Self-publishing News: Apple Books for you

Apple Books for authors is here, Ingram Spark introduce changes including free ISBNs, audiobooks drive publishing stability

Self-Publishing News: Selfies Awards Come to America

The Selfies Awards come to the USA at Book Expo 2020, and StreetLib becomes a global audiobook player with Il Narratore deal.

Conference Report: Digital Book World 2018 – The Top Takeaways For Independent Authors at DBW

ALLi Director Orna Ross shares the key takeaways from the groundbreaking Digital Book World conference 2018, including exciting opportunities and calls to action for indie authors who want to be a part of selfpublishing 3.0.

October 18, 2018
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Campaigns, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Self-publishing News: Amazon’s Latest Sledgehammer

Amazon has introduced new rules aimed at stopping the abuse of Kindle Unlimted, and authors fighting back against Faleena Hopkins over Cockygate score an initial win in court.

Self-publishing News: When the News is the News

Wattpad are giving viewers the chance to decide if they like the look of a series with short pilot adaptations taken from the site, while a court rules if you embed copyright-infringing content from elsewhere on your website, you may be liable, and Book Expo gets a makeover but may have forgotten a key ingredient in its core business...authors.