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Happy Read an E-Book Week and “Consent or Pay” from Facebook/Meta: The Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway

In the latest episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway highlights the celebration of Read an E-Book Week, emphasizing the importance and diversity of indie e-books available on platforms like Smashwords, encouraging readers to explore and embrace the digital reading experience. Dan also brings updates from the world of digital publishing just before the London Book Fair, including the controversial “consent or pay” program by Facebook/Meta and the significant policy changes by Gmail and Yahoo Mail affecting bulk mailing lists.

The Seven Processes of Publishing: Book Production

Welcome back to the processes of publishing series where the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is advising on the seven processes of publishing. Today, we're looking at the book production process.

May 1, 2023
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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How to Publish an eBook

While print books have been the backbone and primary format for traditional publishing for... well, forever, that's not the case for indies. Typically, indie authors are digital first, focused on ebook sales and then audio and print next. So how do you actually publish an ebook? The Alliance of Independent Authors extends thanks to Linh Thoi for her contributions to this post. This is how to publish an ebook.

Self-publishing news: The Future of Storytelling

Audio is dominating the digital book market in Sweden, and the release of Audible for the Apple watch may lead to increases elsewhere.

September 25, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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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.

13 Action-Oriented posts to help you reach your self-publishing goals

Need help with determining the best self-publishing path for your book? We've put together this roundup of 13 posts from 2016 to help you with the distribution decisions you need to make to achieve your 2017 indie author goals.

December 29, 2016
Admin
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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