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.
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.
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.
Self-publishing News: The Impact of Overdrive
Audio platforms continue to expand, record numbers of ebooks and audiobooks are downloaded from libraries through Overdrive
Your Book in Libraries Worldwide Quick and Easy Guide
All ALLi members can download the ALLi guidebook publications for free in the member area (once you've logged in) over at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Recently, we've published a number of Quick and Easy Guides alongside the guidebooks. Today we've taken an extract from the 'Your Book in Libraries Worldwide' guide.
