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Bookshop.org Expands into Ebooks, Opening New Doors for Indie Authors: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Bookshop.org is, you will recall, the platform that enables people to buy books wherever they are based and direct a slice of the sales to a local independent bookstore of their choice. It gained publicity and traction during the pandemic, and that has continued—but until now, the focus has been on printed books. Now, Bookshop.org is moving full-on into ebooks.

January 30, 2025
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Study Suggests Reading In Print Better For Us but What Does That Mean?

However popular digital formats get, there is something that seems to mean reading in print has never lost its appeal. This new study looks across recent data with some interesting results. But are they as clear cut as they seem?

December 19, 2023
Dan Holloway
News
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The Seven Processes of Publishing: Book Distribution

Once you've published your book, how exactly do you get it to readers? Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is examining the fourth process of publishing: book distribution.

June 5, 2023
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Which eBook Aggregator is Best? Other Questions Answered by Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn in our Member Q&A Podcast

Draft2Digital vs Smashwords vs StreetLib vs PublishDrive: Which eBook aggregator is best? Our #AskALLi Member Q&A is hosted by Michael…

International Insights: Amazon

For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re moving on to the giant that is Amazon. If you missed our introduction series to global book markets, you can read them here: Africa, India and China markets in Asia, the Middle East North Africa markets, the Ibero-America markets, the Asia-Pacific markets and the European markets, and also a special edition on the English-language markets. This is international insights: Amazon edition.

September 5, 2020
Mark Williams
Business & Planning, International Insights, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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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: 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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Self-publishing News: Writers Struggling to Make a Living

How much a writer earns from writing continues to make depressing reading, and a clash in Swedish audio subscription has global consequences.

From Amazon to Wattpad—A Look Back at Indie Publishing This Year: IndieVoices December 2018

I first launched my IndieVoices podcast in March 2017 as a way of helping to amplify voices that had been…

December 22, 2018
Howard Lovy
News, Opinion, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Choosing the Right Pricing Strategy: AskALLi Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon November 2018

Spend a useful half-hour listening to ALLi's latest Beginning Self-publishing Podcast to pick up top tips on book pricing, including royalty rates on different platforms, the value and use of permafree, and countdown deals.

November 3, 2018
Howard Lovy
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Photo By Katya Austin On Unsplash Of Hands On Different Coloured Lights Looking Like An Experiment

Opinion: Indie Authors – Why You Need to Experiment to Get Your Ebook Prices Right

Pick up great ideas and tips for experimenting with your ebook pricing strategy from ALLi Professional member Seeley James, who generously shares the conclusions from his price testing on the blog here

June 11, 2018
Seeley James
Opinion, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Self-publishing News: The Problem With Ebooks?

Hachette's CEO claims that ebooks are a stupid product but admits publishers are partly to blame, while Amazon's own imprints look strangely dominant in its bestseller charts, and sales of ebooks in Germany stagnate.

February 27, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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