Self-publishing News: Literary Prizes Still Not Open to Indies
On the even of the Nobel Prize For Literature, a new prize for young adult fiction shows literary prizes still exclude indies.
Self-publishing News: What Streaming Means for Your Earnings
As Tik Tok and Spotify show, streaming could be catastrophic for author revenue, net neutrality upheld in European courts.
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: 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: DRM – for or against?
International Day Against DRM, the expansion of aubiobook platform Storytel, Youscribe's growth in Africa and audiobooks at Frankfurt.
Self-publishing News: A New Business Model for Authors?
Publishdrive offers a new subscription service for authors to replace a flat royalty rate. KDP offers ebooks in five new Indian languages, and this year's Futurebook shortlist is announced.
Self-publishing News: Rise of Subscription Publishing
Subscription services are the talk of Frankfurt Book Fair while Comic Con's success demonstrates the continued rise of graphic literature. Amazon faces increased postal costs while Barnes and N oble Press has something new.
Self-publishing News: What Is Amazon Actually Doing?
ALLi's weekly self-publishing news round-up brings the top stories of the week: the closure of the Createspace estore, selling magazines through Issuu, and an increase in ISBNs for self-published books
Self-publishing News: Doors Close on Amazon’s Forum
A handy summary of top self-publishing news stories this week including the closure of Amazon's Forum, a new Wattpad initiative, and indie author activity at Frankfurt Book Fair
Indie Author Fringe – Back Cover Competition is now Open
We've officially opened our Back Book Cover Competition. Enter for your chance to win a copy of Dragon software from Nuance for Mac or PC, which offers fast, accurate dictation and transcription that can increase your daily word count and productivity.
Bringing Frankfurt Book Fair to you via the Indie Author Fringe
Find out how Orna and David are bringing the Frankfurt Book Fair into the Indie Author Fringe, and see how you can help us spread the word about our final Fringe event for 2016.
Self-publishing News: Indie Author Fringe
Dan is back with his weekly self-publishing roundup that includes Indie Author Fringe, Self-publishing in print, and Kindle sales in India news. Plus speech recognition tech news.