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Self-Publishing News: Canadians Reading More Free Books Than Paid Across All Formats

More Canadians are now reading free books than paid ones across all formats. Remember what feels like many moons ago in a (just) pre-pandemic world when publishers started to get vociferous about libraries cannibalizing their sales and used it as a pretext to ramp up what they charged libraries for e-books? Today’s story feels like something that might have been leapt on as “evidence” during those fractious times.

ALLi Out & About Australia: Melissa Addey Reports From Queensland

In our regular ALLi Out & About posts, the ALLi team and wider membership share their takeaways from conferences, events and other travels. This week ALLi’s Campaigns Manager, Melissa Addey, shares her reflections from a trip to Queensland in this Out & About Australia Special.

Self-publishing News: New Version of EPUB Bakes in Reader Accessibility

W3C's new EPUB standard has accessibility baked in. Literary groups bring lawsuit against Arkansas legislators. Naver's NFT move.

Successfully Selling Books Wide: Authorpreneur Feature Kris Michaels

Last week saw the first in a series of features we're running highlighting the successes of our authorpreneur members. Today, we're featuring another Alliance of Independent Authors authorpreneur member and the inspirational work they do. Today, it's Kris Michaels, who has found success selling books wide.

Self-publishing News: Barnes and Noble adds audiobooks to Nook app

Relaunch of Barnes and Noble’s Nook app adds audiobooks, and libraries criticise platforms distributing self-published conspiracy titles.

How Library Distribution Works for Indie Authors

We all know that having our books in a library is a good thing. More readers, a segment of readership we don't always reach, and income. But how do you even get your books into a library and how does their distribution system work? These are questions we answer today in our post how library distribution works for indie authors.

April 5, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Self-publishing News: Wattpad and Nike – when Corporations meet Creativity

Wattpad Brand Originals pairs up brands and writers, Society of Authors conducts a contribution publishing survey, and questions continue over whether libraries cannibalize ebook sales.

Amazon Attacks Libraries, What are Non-Fungible Tokens? Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy

Today, we will talk about Amazon's attack on libraries, pay homage to the late Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and answer the question,…

Self-Publishing News: Amazon takes on Libraries

Amazon will not supply books it publishes to libraries, Scribd Audio offers $9.99 a month audiobook subscription.

Self-publishing News: Libraries Surge Ahead

Libraries see surge in ebook lending during lockdown, while a new survey suggests ebook & audio sales do not cannibalise each other.

October 28, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Ending Sales Tax on Ebooks

The end of sales tax on ebooks in the UK and the impact of coronavirus: libraries with a leading role in delivering digital reading and Amazon's priorities.

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.

January 21, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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