Amazon launched ACX in 2011 to connect up publishers, authors and producers for unsold audiobook rights. Indie authors have begun to use the program more than the publishing companies and Amazon has tweaked their program a number of times to be more appealing. Today, the company announced they were adjusting the royalties it pays on audiobooks.When the ACX program first … [Read more...] about Audible and ACX Lower Self-Published Audiobook Commission Rates
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Adobe Combines Tools to Create Unified Publishing Process
As device consumption among consumers continues to grow and more readers rely on their tablets and smartphones for digital reading, the number of available titles also continues to grow. What many consumers may not be aware of, however, is the power behind their digital magazines, newspapers, enhanced ebooks, and more: Adobe.Known for its Digital Publishing Suite that is … [Read more...] about Adobe Combines Tools to Create Unified Publishing Process
Reddit Enables Users to Create Open-Source Journalism
The internet isn't just for cat videos and goofy memes, it would seem. The power of social media has already been linked to a number of worthwhile causes and intense change, such as Twitter's role in the Arab Spring. Now, a whole new form of journalism and digital news publishing is being beta tested by Reddit, the platform that brings users slightly less intense content on a … [Read more...] about Reddit Enables Users to Create Open-Source Journalism
Macmillan Makes Complete Catalog Available for Digital Lending through OverDrive
From the very beginning of digital lending through libraries and personal consumer shares, publishers have been wary of the implications of ebook lending. Once libraries became convinced to at least experiment in the library realm with their digital titles, artificial barriers were often put in place, such as limits on numbers of checkouts and 300% increases in price over an … [Read more...] about Macmillan Makes Complete Catalog Available for Digital Lending through OverDrive
Writing the Rails: Amtrak’s Writers’ Residencies
Authors might find inspiration in some really unique places. Many writers have their favorite writing "spots," places where they are distraction free and the muse just speaks. Others plan writers' retreats where they can take their supplies to a new location and write during a planned time frame. Now, a new dimension in the writer's retreat concept is not only captivating to a … [Read more...] about Writing the Rails: Amtrak’s Writers’ Residencies
New AuthorEarnings Report Highlights B&N Sales
Massive change is being sparked in the publishing industry, thanks to the enterprising--and exhausting--work of authors who've taken it upon themselves to share sales information with the intention of helping authors make informed decisions where publishing opportunities are involved. Authors like HM Ward and Hugh Howey have been as transparent as they can be about their own … [Read more...] about New AuthorEarnings Report Highlights B&N Sales
Pubsoft, Vidalhia Sign to Deal to Foster Prison Publishing
Digital publishing has arguably opened more doors to publication than any other innovation since Guttenberg's press, but there are still segments of the writing population for whom publishing is still virtually off-limits. Sadly, it's not only geographical or language barriers that stops authors from reaching wider audiences with their work, sometimes it is actual, tangible, … [Read more...] about Pubsoft, Vidalhia Sign to Deal to Foster Prison Publishing
Towerbabel and the Launch of Social Writing
For the past several years, social reading has been an undercurrent of the possibilities of digital publishing and ebooks. A number of companies have been launched since as early as 2010 to encourage readers with tools that make it easy to share in the discussion of a book across their social networks--and even with strangers--within the digital pages of a book. Companies like … [Read more...] about Towerbabel and the Launch of Social Writing
More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms
In an interesting chain of events, ebook retailers' crackdown on erotica titles that were mislabeled as children's content--intentionally or not--led to another crackdown of sorts. During the process of examining the titles in their online stores more carefully, retailers like Amazon enforced an existing aspect of their terms and conditions that prohibits using famous book … [Read more...] about More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms
McGraw-Hill Professional Offers eBooks to Libraries through Axis 360
School and public libraries may have gotten a boost today through a new agreement between McGraw-Hill Professional and Baker & Taylor. This agreement will make more than 5,000 technical, medical, and professional titles available for ebook lending; more than 700 of these titles are recently published works.“We are at the forefront of the digital transformation in … [Read more...] about McGraw-Hill Professional Offers eBooks to Libraries through Axis 360
Snooki Sells More Books than Lynn Shepherd, and That Makes Me Happy
Critics and industry watchers can hypothesize all they want to about what's wrong with publishing. Is it these upstart authors coming along and thinking they deserve to publish their garbage? Is it the publishers who wield their iron-leashed authority while practically stealing from authors with their abusive contracts?No. It's articles like this one by author Lynn … [Read more...] about Snooki Sells More Books than Lynn Shepherd, and That Makes Me Happy
Vook Acquires BookIR, Means Realistic Book Sales Data
The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into what book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help authors and publishers. But a new acquisition, announced today … [Read more...] about Vook Acquires BookIR, Means Realistic Book Sales Data
BookBaby Helps Promote Indie Authors with New GoodReads and NoiseTrade Deal
Bookbaby has come a long way since it cut their teeth doing yet another self-publishing platform. The company has been ironing out their PR and Marketing campaigns for authors who ask the question "How do I get my book reviewed? Who are my local press contacts? Where do I begin with my promotional campaign? Most importantly: How do I let people know about my book?" One of the … [Read more...] about BookBaby Helps Promote Indie Authors with New GoodReads and NoiseTrade Deal