Stephen King Publishes New Kindle Single “Guns”
[Press Release] Best-Selling Author Stephen King Publishes Kindle Single “Guns,” Available Exclusively in the Kindle Store—You Won’t Find it Anywhere Else King’s essay available for $0.99 to read on...
View ArticleA Shared Circle of Indie Publishing Experts at Google+
One of my objectives for 2013 is to be very active on the Google Plus social network. Today I am sharing a circle of key people I follow on Google Plus who provide great advice on indie publishing,...
View ArticleDigital Publishing & Self-Publishing Conferences in 2013
Attending conferences is always a good way to keep up with industry trends, learn some new tricks, and network face-to-face with others in the industry. I thought it might be helpful to compile a list...
View ArticleBook Awards for Indie Authors
This post has been updated for 2013. When you browse the shelves at your local bookstore have you noticed that some books have small gold seals declaring outstanding achievements such as “Gold Medal...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Announces Nook Press
Barnes & Noble today announced a new innovative publishing platform for independent authors called Nook Press. This new platform will replace its predecessor, PubIt!, and offers a number of new...
View ArticleEbooks Up 41% to $1.54 Billion in 2012
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has released their official statistics for 2012 and ebook revenue among the publishers surveyed was $1.54 billion, up 41% from 2011. Keep in mind that these...
View ArticleDigital Publishing Hackathon Aims to Improve Discoverability
On 18th-19th May a group of hundreds of digital designers, engineers, programmers, and entrepreneurs spent 36 hours in a Publishing Hackathon. The mission? To develop new approaches to digital book...
View ArticleHow to Add Soundtracks to Your Stories
Plus don’t miss the opportunity to win prizes in the Halloween Short Story Contest further below… Most of us already know about how to get a book published, and we’re becoming more familiar with how to...
View ArticleThe Ebook Publishing Quick Reference PDF has been Updated
There is now a new version of my ePublishing quick reference tool. The Ebook Publishing Quick Reference PDF is a handy reference tool for writers who are self-publishing ebooks. At a glance you can...
View ArticleNew Release: The Indie Author’s Guide to Publishing Ebooks, 2nd Edition
I am very pleased to announce the release of “The Indie Author’s Guide to Publishing Ebooks, 2nd Edition“. It also reveals my new strategy, or recommended path, for creating ePub and Mobi formats as...
View ArticleSony Reader Store to Close on 20th March
It is now more than a month since Sony announced their plan to close the Sony Reader Store in the U.S. and Canada and it is only a few days until the closure takes place. Here is a quick heads up for...
View ArticleIndie Publishing News Roundup for 27 April
Here is a quick round-up of some of the news in ebook publishing over the past week. Kiwis Still Love Indie Bookstores “…Lincoln Gould of Booksellers New Zealand said the indie booksellers’ recent...
View ArticleAuthor Earnings Releases 3rd Quarterly Report on Amazon’s Kindle Store
Author Earnings have just released their 3rd quarterly report into who’s earning what at Amazon’s U.S. Kindle Store. The findings of the latest report include is a very significant statistic, an...
View Article7 Reasons Why Amazon’s Kids Fire HD is a Game Changer
The release of the new Kids Fire HD tablet by Amazon is not only a clear indicator that the company wants to encourage kids to read… it also shows that Amazon is smart enough to recognize the huge...
View ArticleIndie Publishing in 2015 – What Do You Need To Do?
“It’s that season when people love to post resolutions and predictions for the year ahead. Along with others in the publishing industry I have been reviewing “where we’re at” and “where we’re heading”...
View ArticleThe Most Important Book Formats for Indie Authors
As an indie author it takes some keeping up with all of the different book formats. First there are various book sizes, then there are multiple formats for ebooks and audiobooks. Over at my main author...
View ArticleDigital Publishing News for 4 April 2016
Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest digital publishing news for early April 2016. There’s No One Way to Sell an Ebook At Publishers Weekly, a survey of independent digital-first publishers...
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