Self-publishing News: Ingram Will Enter UK Wholesale Business
International Publishers Association publishes InSPIRe initiative; Ingram to entre the UK wholesale market.
Self-publishing News: Twitter Facets – pseudonyms for social media?
Twitter Facets, now being trialled, would let you tweet to different audiences from the same account, Jane Friedman breaks down indie author income streams.
Self-publishing News: What is Kindle Vella?
Amazon launches Kindle Vella offering serial subscription publishing and reading, and London Book Fair 2021 announces it will be digital.
Self-publishing News: Audiblegate Ongoing
Writers' organizations unite in condemning ACX/Audible's response over returns, print on demand titles return to Bookshop.org
Self-publishing News: What Will a Vaccine Mean for Publishing?
Will the prospect of a Covid vaccine bring changes to the book world, KDP introduce a new series feature, and Amazon may struggle in Sweden.
Self-Publishing News: How Covid-19 Changed Sales, Supply, and Events
Covid hasn't lowered book sales but people have bought from Amazon not bookstores; Amazon in Sweden; Audio white paper at Frankfurt.
Self-publishing News: How Big is Subscription?
Subscription reading platforms continue to grow, but they remain small and vulnerable to Amazon. Ingram's print on demand grows as print sales rise.
Self-publishing News: Frankfurt wants to Hear From You
Frankfurt Book Fair wants to hear from you, the latest insights on audiobooks, and Amazon makes a move in Sweden and India.
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.
Self-publishing News: Data and the Indie Author
As figures for 2019 in the book industry continue to come in, we ask what our relationship with data should be, and ask why publishers are pulling their titles from Storytel.
Self-publishing News: The Impact of Overdrive
Audio platforms continue to expand, record numbers of ebooks and audiobooks are downloaded from libraries through Overdrive
Self-Publishing News: The Value of Libraries
Big publishers change ebook terms for libraries, while libraries create new opportunities for indies, and what does Libra, Facebook's new cryptocurrency, mean for indies?
