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5 Advantages of Publishing Your Work as an eBook

A lot of authors are shy when it comes to the idea…

Apple News has 100 million monthly users

Apple News is available in more countries and this has provided an…

WordPress is allowing publishers to charge for blog articles

WordPress has just ironed out a deal with credit card provider Stripe…

Apple News+ is a flop

Apple News+ is an unmitigated disaster, according to many publishers who offer…

Academic Piracy – Where are we now?

In 2018, e-book piracy websites received over 800 million visits; a number…

Facebook is launching a dedicated news tab

Facebook is going to be implementing a dedicated news tab for web…

Self-Publishing increased by 40% in 2018

Self-publishing grew by a rate of 40% in 2018 and it will…

HarperCollins is now including ebooks in Kindle Unlimited

HarperCollins has shunned Kindle Unlimited since it first launched in 2014. The…

News Corp planning on launching a new platform called Knewz

News Corp, the company that owns HarperCollins is developing an online news…

Digital Publishers see strong gains in audiobooks and ebooks

Major publishers have all reported that the second quarter of 2019 that…

Wattpad books now available in Europe via Penguin Random House

Wattpad Books has just announced that Penguin Random House UK will be…

Founder of Waterstones Not Sorry About Loss of Indie Bookstores

A rather biting article appeared in The Guardian in which brick-and-mortar bookstore…

Amazon Publishing Nabs Several Top Authors

  Amazon Publishing certainly isn’t new to the industry anymore, but somehow,…

Last year the ebook piracy industry cost American publishers $300 million

Ebook piracy is on the rise and last year in the United…

A New Indie-Like Day Is Dawning for Barnes and Noble

If you’re lucky enough to live in a town with a thriving…

Google News is revising the Desktop Experience

Google News is going to overhaul the Desktop experience with a new…

Mozilla is launching an ad-free subscription service

Journalism depends on advertising revenue in order to stay viable. Some users…

ebook sales decrease by 4.5% in the first quarter of 2019

In the first three months of 2019, digital book sales have fallen…

JK Rowling Blesses Readers with Four New Harry Potter Books

If you’re still pining for the excitement of Harry’s childhood journey through…

Simon and Schuster experiences ebook declines

Publishing revenues of $164 million for the first quarter of 2019 increased…

Anti-Vaxxers Target Children Through Amazon Orders

The most recent report of a malicious actor using Amazon orders to…

Mueller Report Already a Bestseller

The long-awaited “fake news! witch hunt! no collusion!” Mueller report has finally…

EL James Has a New Book Out and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame

It was bad enough when billionaire Christian Grey had his violent way…