TNPS forecasts annual Kindle Unlimited payout to self-publishers to hit $635 million this year
This year the July payout sets a new record (probably only until next month) with $55.5 million being shared.
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Author: Mark Williams
Are romance novels literature?
In fact, some of my all time favourite “classics” are romance novels.
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Saudi Arabia – 3rd Madinah Book Fair saw visitors numbers rise 22% to 170,000
The 170,000 visitor turnout, while impressive for a regional fair, is dwarfed by the Jeddah book fair’s typical 500,000 visitor count, while the main event of the year, the Riyadh International Book Fair, routinely attracts more than one million visitors each year.
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Haiti – 30th Livres en Folie, delayed due to civil unrest, has just finished
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) reported 3,884 killings and injuries related to gang violence in the first six months of the year.
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Eurostat Survey: Cyprus performs poorly in the reading stakes
Cyprus emerged as one of the EU countries with the lowest percentage of book readers, just above Romania, which reported the lowest reading rate at 29.5%. Ouch!
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