Self-publishing News: Going Wide is Getting Wider
Overdrive, Pratilipi, and Substack offer new opportunities for going wide, and the book industry starts to reopen.
Self-publishing News: Copyright Protection for Writers Lags Behind Streaming Surge
Delays in implementing copyright directive leaves writers unprotected as streaming services grow. New York libraries win ebook lending rights
Self-publishing News: Amazon faces ebook Price Fixing Suit
Amazon faces ebook price fixing charges, Publishers Weekly launches a platform for indies to get ebooks into libraries.
Self-publishing News: Android Update uses AI to create Audiobooks
Android update uses machine learning to generate realistically narrated audiobooks from ebooks. Amazon offers ebooks to libraries.
Self-publishing News: Concerns over Internet Archive’s Actions
Internet Archive and its National Emergency Library sparks piracy claims, print sales in crisis while Storytel capitalises on digital boom
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: Overdrive is sold
Rakuten sells Overdrive to the same equity firm that bought audiobook platform RB Media, and Romance Writers of America implodes.
Self-publishing News: Educational Opportunities
Educational publishing offers opportunities for indies, as does the changing way people are reading - more on mobiles, less on ereaders.
Self-publishing News: ALLi Discount for DigitalBookWorld
ALLi members get a 75% discount code for DigitalBookWorld, Audible Captions delayed and Bibliotheca blames Amazon for libraries dispute.
Self-publishing News: Rise of the Podcast
Spotify and Pandora both launch a new podcast dashboard, and ALLi members flourish on the DigitalBookWorld awards shortlist.
Self-publishing News: Hurrah for Indie Bookstores
500+ bookstores celebrate Indie Bookstore Day, Young Adult fiction sparks sales growth & Kindle store survives Amazon's China retreat.
Self-publishing News: When Retailers Become Bookstores
Walmart is going into the ebook market in a big way including audiobook subscription, thanks to a new partnership with Rakuten's Kobo and Overdrive. And Amazon has finally merged KDP Print and Createspace.
