Self-publishing News: Spotify to Move From Subscription and Sell Individual Audiobook Titles
Spotify plans to sell individual audiobook titles and a new award for disabled writers open to indie authors.
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.
Self-publishing News: Publishers Criticise EU’s Watered Down Attack on Piracy
The EU's Digital Services Act waters down anti-piracy amendments. Print costs rise 40% in 3 months. Pandemic consumer trends are ending.
Self-publishing News: Overdrive Records Half a Billion Digital Lends in 2021
People borrowed half a billion times from Overdrive's catalogue last year. Is Spotify set to advertise in your audiobook?
Self-publishing News 2021: Subscription’s Breakthrough Year and a Time of New Technology
2021 in self-publishing saw Spotify buy Findaway, the rise of all you can eat subscription, NFTs and digital narration.
A Report from the Futurebook Conference; Spotify Buys Findaway in Audiobook Game-Changer: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Dan Holloway reports from the Futurebook conference, and the future belongs to audio. Also, Spotify buys Findaway in a potential audiobook game-changer.
Self-publishing News: Futurebook 2021 – Very Different Visions of the Future of Audio
At Futurebook 2021 audiobook subscription was a big focus, with large publishers seeing it as a threat while many saw it as a boon for consumers.
Self-publishing News: New Sponsor for Indie Inclusive Prize Promises to Double Prize
A new sponsor for one of the biggest prizes open to indie authors, the Young Writer of the Year & the size of Amazon's fake review problem
Storytel Hooks Up With Spotify for Audiobooks; Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Today, we will talk about the audiobook partnership between Storytel and Spotify, which should give Amazon's Audible a run for…
Self-publishing News: Storytel Partners with Spotify
Spotify sets out audiobook ambition in a deal with Storytel. Amazon Publishing signs deal to allow libraries to lend its ebooks.
Self-publishing News: Paid Podcast Wars
Spotify and Apple offer new but different paid podcast models. Sales of digital books closing in on print.
Self-publishing News: Super Followers
Twitter's new super followers offers newsletters and other revenue opportunities. Overdrive CEO looks at future of ebook lending.