A new digital publishing company has started up in Gaza and are now selling ebooks for as little as $3.00 each. Khota was established by two young Gazans in August 2016 and their current list includes about 20 books from local and foreign authors. More than 20,000 readers have downloaded them so far, and more than 5,000 hard copies have been shipped.Co-founder Mahmoud … [Read more...] about New Publishing Company is selling ebooks in Gaza
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Digital Newspaper Subscription Fees Gettings Cheaper
Digital newspaper subscriptions are poised to become cheaper this year, due to companies slashing their fees. The average price for a digital newspaper subscription is $2.31 per week, according to a new report from the American Press Institute, or about $10 per month or $120 per year. That’s actually down slightly from a 2016 API report that pegged the average weekly price of … [Read more...] about Digital Newspaper Subscription Fees Gettings Cheaper
German ebook sales increase by 4% in 2017
Digital book sales continue to soar in Germany and in 2017 29.1 million titles were sold, which is an increase of 3.9%. The actual revenue derived from e-books fell slightly by 1.4%, this is primarily attributed to readers spending less money. The average price people paid for an ebook was €6.38 and the amount of people purchasing them has declined by 7.7%.What is … [Read more...] about German ebook sales increase by 4% in 2017
Fifty Shades of Bad for You?
Whether you're a fan of the books and movie franchise or not, there's little doubt that 50 Shades and its complete line of products has made an impact. Some can argue that it brought not only indie authors but also fan fiction into the more respectable mainstream, although a growing number of critics are pointing to the unhealthy dynamics in the book as everything wrong with … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades of Bad for You?
Winds of Winter will not be released in 2018
George R.R. Martin has announced that his last book in the Games of Thrones series will not be released in 2018. The Winds of Winter delay not surprising at this point, the television series outpaced the books two seasons ago. Martin has revealed that he is writing a two volume series called Fire & Blood, which chronicles the history of the Targaryen family. The first book … [Read more...] about Winds of Winter will not be released in 2018
New York Times CEO States Print is Dead
The world is moving into digital and the newspaper industry has felt declining advertising revenues for the past ten years. Thousands of papers all over the world have been shuttered or bought out by larger organizations. The New York Times CEO Mark Thompson said newspapers have about a decade left before they are truly irrelevant.Newspapers used to be the only way that you … [Read more...] about New York Times CEO States Print is Dead
Textbook Rentals Tackle Skyrocketing Costs
College costs have risen by as much as 1200% in the past three decades, as tuition, books, housing, and miscellaneous fees have all skyrocketed. Those increases are coupled with shrinking incomes, at least from the standpoint of wages typically not mirroring increased inflation over the years.While a number of sources can offer prospective students a little financial relief … [Read more...] about Textbook Rentals Tackle Skyrocketing Costs
Amazon Kindle Singles has a New Editorial Direction
The Amazon Kindle Singles program comprise of ebooks that are too short to be a traditional novel and too long for a featured magazine article. The program has been going strong since 2012, but it looks like it is undergoing an entirely new editorial direction. The program has not been taking any new submissions since June 22nd 2017 and it appears to be invite only. New novels … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Singles has a New Editorial Direction
Scribd Reintroduces Unlimited Audiobooks and eBooks
Scribd has reintroduced an unlimited audiobook and ebook subscription system. The company has been feverishly developing this new system over the past six months and the primary intention is to make it financially viable and appealing to all of the users who quit when Scribd adopted the credit system.Andrew Weinstein is the Vice President of Content Acquisition at Scribd … [Read more...] about Scribd Reintroduces Unlimited Audiobooks and eBooks
How will the New Facebook News Feed Affect Publishers and Bloggers?
Facebook announced on January the 9th that they are augmenting their News Feed and it will begin to prioritize posts from friends and family over sponsored posts and content from online news publishers. This is primarily being done to curb all of the fake news that is rife on the platform since the US election and Russia.Facebook’s News Feed change pushes hard to create a … [Read more...] about How will the New Facebook News Feed Affect Publishers and Bloggers?
Dan Brown Donates €300,000 to Ritman Library to Digitize Occult Books
The Da Vinci code author Dan Brown has just donated €300,000 to the Ritman Library to digitize thousands of “pre-1900 texts on alchemy, astrology, magic, and theosophy.” It will include the Corpus Hermeticum (1472), “the source work on Hermetic wisdom”; Giordano Bruno’s Spaccio de la bestia trionfante (1584); and “the first printed version of the tree of life (1516): A graphic … [Read more...] about Dan Brown Donates €300,000 to Ritman Library to Digitize Occult Books
B&N Rebrands Its Self-publishing Platform – Nook Press
Self-published authors who've relied on multiple sales channels to put their books in front of readers will be excited by today's announcement from Barnes & Noble: NOOK Press is now re-launching as simply Barnes & Noble Press, which will incorporate both the ebook and print-on-demand sites.The rollout is expected to take place over the next three days, and there … [Read more...] about B&N Rebrands Its Self-publishing Platform – Nook Press
Amazon Accidentally Drops a 50% Royalty Bombshell
Indie authors who took a browse through their KDP dashboards this week might have noticed a tiny new "unclickable" feature: a 50% royalty. As reported by the Alliance of Independent Authors, there are a ton of reasons why Amazon might be prepping to make 50% an option instead of the two current choices, 70% and 35%, but those reasons are all speculation at this point.First, … [Read more...] about Amazon Accidentally Drops a 50% Royalty Bombshell