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Self-publishing News: Kindle Unlimited Raises its Price

Kindle Unlimited raises its subscription rate. Association of American Publishers lays out publishing's questions on AI.

Self-publishing News: How Can Writers Monetise Social Media?

Tumblr Posts Plus offers creators the chance to monetise social media, and the Metadata Capabilities Directory offers a glimpse behind the discoverability curtain.

Self-publishing News: Patreon and Radish show the Size of Subscription Market

The value of subscription reading platforms shown as Patreon raises $155 valuing it at $4bn while Radish sells for $354m.

International Insights: Subscription

For this week's edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re moving on to subscription models.

Self-publishing News: RWA Launches New Prize

The RWA launches a new prize, the Vivian, replacing the Rita, Scribd launches Scribd Perks with an increased bundle and publishers count Covid-19 cost.

Self-publishing News: 2019 in Indieland

A look back at 2019's self-publishing news: libraries, audiobooks, global markets, and an existential question: what is reading?

Self-publishing News: Will Audiobooks overtake ebooks?

Smashwords launches a presales feature, and a newspaper makes a confusing claim that audiobook sales will overtake ebooks in 2020.

Self-publishing news: The Growth of Createspace’s ISBNs

Createspace's ISBN registration grows 50% to more than a million and StreetLib partners with Voxnest to allow authors to podcast from their platform.

Self-Publishing News: Self-publishing at a Turning Point

Scribd snapshots offers a new way to entice readers, reports into the publishing industry show continued increase in audio sales, and major players ask whether self-publishing is reaching a turning point similar to the launch of the Kindle.

Self-Publishing News: Subscription Reading

Subscription reading and audio services show no sign of slowing down, KDP launches new report features, and Kindle supports Traditional Chinese Language.