Category: Self-Publishing
Wiley to pocket $44 million this year from AI deals but rightly says no to author opt-outs
Just who do authors think is in charge here? Traditionally, publishers do not give authors control over where their books are sold or in what format, or what else the publisher might do to maximise revenues. If we authors don’t like that, we can self-publish.
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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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Busting publishing’s urban myths – platforms, tours and TikTok
A whole new market opportunity of casual readers who valued entertainment over perfection.
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Bowker partners with StreetLib to offer global ebook and audiobook distribution
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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Kenya – Self-Publishers welcome at the Nairobi International Book Fair
But Kenya is among the more advanced digital nations in Africa, with 47 million people online...
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The courts are not the place to try protect author career paths. Joseph Saveri LLP should stick to its primary remit
IP laws already exist. They exist to protect intellectual property, not to protect creator...
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Germany’s Thalia buys into Austria’s self-pub start-up Storylution. “A new age of book creation”?
The comparison with the music industry is bewildering. The 2020s music industry is not driven by...
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Do authors need publishers? Shatzkin concludes not
Shatzkin: “The biggest change of all is that publishers aren’t “necessary” for an author to have a...
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How self-publishers are taking digital library eyeballs from mainstream publishers
Bigger publishers might want to pay attention, not just because sometimes indies lead the way with...
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Shueisha and MediBang launch new self-publishing Manga platform in English and Spanish
Manga Plus Creators by Shueisha is what the new self-publishing platform is called, and the target...
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Self-publishing org. ALLi marks its tenth anniversary at LBF as indie publishing booms, but true scale of sales and revenue is unkown
Just as musicians make their subscription money by volume of downloads, so subscription publishers...
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Draft2Digital drops a distribution outlet as 24Symbols admits to “cash stability issues”, but don’t write off 24Symbols just yet
“We do indeed have some cash stability issues, and for this reason Draft2Digital decided to remove...
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