D&D Beyond is a new online system that sells digital editions of all of the rule books and campaigns. It is a great place to store all of your character sheets so you can make edits and add new spells/skills on the fly. One of the most exciting elements is that it offers a marketplace where Dungeon Masters can sell their homebrew modules.Many people have tablets and … [Read more...] about D&D Beyond is Utterly Amazing
E-Book News
Barnes and Noble Unveils Podcasts and Nook First Look
Barnes and Noble has just launched a new e-book promotional system called Nook First Look that offers readers a chance to buy e-books at a discount before they are released to the public. Every month the bookseller will release two or three different titles and offer varying degrees of savings.This month B&N is offering Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives by Josie Brown via … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Unveils Podcasts and Nook First Look
Scribd Launches Curated Lists by Gretchen Rubin, Tim Ferriss, and Walter Isaacson
Scribd has just launched an author advisory council with a bunch of popular authors.Gretchen Rubin Tim Ferriss, and Walter Isaacson will develop curated reading lists and will participate in select events. One of the most important aspects about the Advisory Council is that these authors will keep Scribd up to date on the important trends in the publishing industry and help … [Read more...] about Scribd Launches Curated Lists by Gretchen Rubin, Tim Ferriss, and Walter Isaacson
Barnes and Noble Nook for iPad and iPhone is Broken
Barnes and Noble has updated their iPad and iPhone app for the first time since November 2016. The new 4.80 version is supposed to bring a host of new features, if people could get it to work. Anyone who has downloaded it for the first time or updated the older version, it is broken. The only thing people are seeing is a blank screen, that they can't get past.It remains to … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook for iPad and iPhone is Broken
The Latest Amazon Kindle News – August 7th
Amazon is planning on announcing new devices within the next few months and the company is starting to discontinue a number of e-readers. Â Kindle Direct Publishing has also launched a new writing contest in India and plugged a loophole that scammers were taking advantage of.Kindle NewsOasis -Â Amazon will be announcing new Kindle e-readers soon and they are quietly … [Read more...] about The Latest Amazon Kindle News – August 7th
Simon & Schuster Revenue Increases by 10% Q2 2017
S&S has reported that they have generated $206 million for the second quarter of 2017, which is an increase of 10% from $187 million for the same prior-year period. The increase was led by growth in print book sales and digital audio sales. Bestselling titles for the second quarter of 2017 included Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare and I Can't Make This Up by Kevin … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Revenue Increases by 10% Q2 2017
How to Borrow eBooks from the Library on your Kindle and Fire Tablet
Overdrive has an exclusive agreement with Amazon to deliver ebooks in the Kindle format. If your local library does business with another provider, such as 3M or Baker & Taylor you are out of luck. Many people wonder what the process is like to borrow an Kindle ebook or download it to your Fire tablet.Kindle e-ReaderThe United States is the only market that allows … [Read more...] about How to Borrow eBooks from the Library on your Kindle and Fire Tablet
Canadians are still enamoured with eBooks in 2017
In the first six month of 2017 it is apparent that Canadians are still enamoured with eBooks. Sales increased by 3% versus the same period in 2016 and digital books are now account for 20% of all trade sales.Canadian book buyers spent a respectable $398 million on print books in the English-language trade market during the first six months of 2017.  Paperbacks continue to … [Read more...] about Canadians are still enamoured with eBooks in 2017
Kobo will No Longer Support PDF Files
Kobo has announced that they will no longer be offering PDF files to download from their online store by November 1st 2017. This change will only affect self-publishers and legacy content that was only made available in the PDF. In these rare cases Kobo will be automatically converting PDF files to EPUB/KEPUB. If there are specific titles that cannot be formatted correctly, … [Read more...] about Kobo will No Longer Support PDF Files
Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors
Draft2Digital is one of the rising superstars that indie authors should know about. They distribute ebooks to more sources than Smashwords and StreetLib. They can even get your titles into the public library via Overdrive and have a print on demand system. I spoke with  Kevin Tumlinson Director of Marketing to give you the lowdown on what makes Draft2Digital unique and how they … [Read more...] about Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors
Audiobook Sales Increase by 28% in Q1 2017
Major publishers are devoting themselves to producing audiobooks of all of their front-list titles and it appears to be working. In the first three months of 2017 digital audio sales increased by over 28% and it generated over $74 million dollars. The industry had high hopes that e-book sales would stabilize or reverse the downward trend from the past three years. Sadly, this … [Read more...] about Audiobook Sales Increase by 28% in Q1 2017
Kindle Books and Print Books Increase by 16%
Amazon released their second quarter results last week and the company experienced a 51% decline in operating income compared to the same period last year. Total was $38.0 billion and operating income was $628 million, down from $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2016. Many investors were shocked at the dramatic decrease in earnings, but there is a silver lining.Sales of … [Read more...] about Kindle Books and Print Books Increase by 16%
Wattpad Launches Tap Originals – Multimedia Chat Stories
Six months ago Wattpad launched a new app called Tap,  which offered chat-style stories. The stories unfold via chat messages, as if you’re reading someone’s text conversation. You move the story forward by simply tapping to reveal the next part.  In the first few weeks of its release, 125 million users read the stories and downloaded the app. In order to take Tap to the next … [Read more...] about Wattpad Launches Tap Originals – Multimedia Chat Stories