Self-Publishing News: Welcome to Read an eBook Week
This coming week is the annual renewal of Smashwords's Read an eBook Week while writer Gabriel Smith pranked the singer Charli XCX.
Self-publishing News: Author Surveys Show Earnings from Writing are Low and Falling
Australian National Author Survey shows author earnings remain low. Bookbeat moves away from all you can eat subscription.
Self-publishing News: Draft2Digital Acquires Smashwords
Book fairs move back to exhibition halls, Amazon Prime raises price, Audie Awards success for indie Mary Jane Wells.
International Insights: Indie Friendly Aggregators
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 indie friendly aggregators.
Self-publishing News: Subscription Reading Insights
Bookbeat Insights offers transparency for authors making their work available on subecription services; new opportunities from Twitch.
Self-publishing News: Barnes and Noble Royalty Wobbles
Barnes and Noble struggle with royalties to ebook distribution platforms, Patreon lays off staff, and good news for bokosellers might not be what it seems.
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: A Fair Deal for Indies
Bogota Book Fair opens its doors to indies, StreeLib opens 20 new portals & there are new offerings from Smashwords and Draft2Digital.
Self-publishing News: A Plagiarism Problem?
Plagiarism is in the news, possibly targeting indies and on KDP in general and we examine the indie presence at London Book Fair.
Self-publishing News: Booksellers Square Up to Amazon (Again)
Booksellers stand up to Amazon and force a backdown over the withdrawal of the Abebooks website from several countries. Smashwords celebrates its half millionth title with a radical site overhaul.
Self-publishing News: Dog Day Afternoon
What did Amazon Prime Day deliver except pictures of dogs? New distribution opportunities from Smashwords and PublishDrive.
Older Authors Refuse to Fade Away: May 2018 AskALLi IndieVoices Broadcast
Welcome to AskALLi, the self-publishing advice broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it's our monthly IndieVoices' self-publishing…