Author Earnings has been chronicling the rise of self-publishing on Amazon and is one of the definitive sources on how their sales directly affect the big 5 publishers. Data Guy has been quietly anonymous this entire time, he has been responsible for diving deep into big data and making sense of it for the entire publishing industry. He spoke publicly for the first time at … [Read more...] about Here is the Full Author Earnings Report from DBW 2016
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Why is Amazon removing Thousands of Kindle eBooks?
Amazon has begun a quiet campaign of removing Kindle e-books that have the table of contents at the end of the book, instead of the front. Amazon has a new algorithm that is automatically emailing authors and telling them they have five days to make the changes or the BUY button will disappear. In some cases authors aren't even getting the emails and their e-books have just … [Read more...] about Why is Amazon removing Thousands of Kindle eBooks?
Penguin Random House are getting behind Editions At Play e-books
Google Editions At Play is a new digital book platform that showcase titles with interactive features and are not meant to be printed. The project launched in February with a pair of new titles: Entrances & Exits by Reif Larsen, and The Truth About Cats & Dogs by Sam Riviere and Joe Dunthorne. The first is essentially a point-and-click adventure game in Google Street … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House are getting behind Editions At Play e-books
Amazon Will Soon Be Selling Educational Course Materials
Amazon is hoping to disrupt the educational market with their new Education Wait List program. The Seattle company is looking to sell course materials with a new website they are launching an are looking for schools and teachers to sign up.The message on the website says "Someday soon, educators everywhere will have free and unlimited access to first-class course materials … [Read more...] about Amazon Will Soon Be Selling Educational Course Materials
Hachette Laments e-Book Decline
The parent company of Hachette has announced that their revenue has declined and this sent their stocks tumbling by 8.2%. Industry experts had forecast that the publisher would see a profit of $466, but they also managed to generate $439 million in all of 2015. This has prompted CFO Dominique D’Hinnin who had been working for company for the past 26 years to leave.Of its … [Read more...] about Hachette Laments e-Book Decline
Self-Published e-Books With No ISBN Do Not Exist
The entire publishing industry has nothing but scorn for self-published authors who submit e-books with no ISBN number. These titles belong to the shadow realm, because its impossible to track metrics and sales data.ISBN numbers are critically important for an author to claim ownership of their work and support the self-publishing movement. Over the course of 2014, 30% … [Read more...] about Self-Published e-Books With No ISBN Do Not Exist
Barnes and Noble Closes Digital Textbook Division
Barnes and Noble Education has announced that they have shuttered Yuzu, their digital textbook division. They have closed down all of their offices in California and Washington and eliminated all of the staff.Barnes and Noble is not giving up on digital textbooks entirely, they are just abandoning their own platform. The company has just signed an agreement … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Closes Digital Textbook Division
You Can Now Export Google Docs into EPUB
Google Docs has just unveiled a new feature that allows users to export their documents into EPUB. This is one of the worlds most popular e-book formats and is compatible with almost every e-reader, smartphone and tablet. This should be a boon for authors and publishers who want to easily convert their doc files into EPUB. Simply go to the File menu > Download as EPUB … [Read more...] about You Can Now Export Google Docs into EPUB
Apple Will Begin Processing e-Book Refunds Within 60 Days
Earlier this morning the United States Supreme Court has announced that they have denied Apple's request for an appeal of the e-book anti-trust case. The courts decision brings to an end a multi-year courtroom saga that had major publishers and Apple colluding to fix e-book prices. Apple now has to pay $400 million in damages and $50 million in court fees.Within the next 60 … [Read more...] about Apple Will Begin Processing e-Book Refunds Within 60 Days
DriveThruRPG Suspends D&D Book Scanning Bounty Program
Wizards of the Coast and DriveThruRPG announced a bounty program in February. They were looking for old Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, modules and boxed sets. They solicited the public to produce high quality scans and convert them to PDF, if they accepted your materials there was a bounty of $50 per title. We have official confirmation that the bounty program is on hold and … [Read more...] about DriveThruRPG Suspends D&D Book Scanning Bounty Program
e-Reader and Digital Publishing Week in Review
Over the past week a number of notable news stories have developed and our week in review series puts the spotlight on digital publishing, e-book and e-reader news from other websites only.Seattle Library offers story time for grownups - “Thrilling Tales” convenes every first and third Monday at SPL’s downtown branch, led by librarian David Wright. It features masters of … [Read more...] about e-Reader and Digital Publishing Week in Review
e-Book Sales Fall 12.3% in the first 10 months of 2015
The big tend of 2015 has been the consistent decline of e-book sales. The Association of American Publishers have proclaimed that in the first 10 months of last year, e-book sales fell 12.3%. This data comes primarily from 1,200 publishing companies and does not account for titles written by indie authors that do not have an ISBN number.Trade:Trade book revenues were … [Read more...] about e-Book Sales Fall 12.3% in the first 10 months of 2015
Hachette Acquires Perseus
Hachette has announced that it has just purchased the Perseus Books Group, which merges two of the largest publishers in the United States.Over the course of the past few years the publishing landscape has been dominated by mergers and acquisitions. In 2013 Random House and Penguin joined forces to account for 1/4 of all books published and in 2014 HarperCollins acquired … [Read more...] about Hachette Acquires Perseus