Amazon Influencer is a new program currently in Beta. It is available for those of you with large social media followings and live in the United States. The premise is to get customized vanity URLS where you can sell Amazon products on your page and earn a greater commission that is currently available via the Amazon Affiliates.In order to qualify for the Influencer program … [Read more...] about Amazon Influencer Wants Big Name Social Media Stars
E-Book News
You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
The amount of pirated e-books that are publicly available on Torrent sites or forum have increased in recent years. It is estimated that pirated content costs the publishing industry over $315 million dollars in 2016. In the past, digital publishers have turned a blind eye to piracy because most of them still think people are scanning books manually and posting the PDF file. … [Read more...] about You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
Microsoft Digital Bookstore is opening on April 11th
Microsoft has developed a digital bookstore where they will be selling hundreds of thousands of bestselling and backlist titles. Every e-book you purchase will be able to be read on the Microsoft Edge browser, which will be updated with a number of enhancements such as being able to adjust the font size and font type. Cortana will also play a major role with being able to … [Read more...] about Microsoft Digital Bookstore is opening on April 11th
How to add custom fonts to your Kobo e-Reader
Kobo is one of the only e-reader companies that allow you to upload your own fonts. This is useful if you want to load in custom fonts for specific languages, such as Arabic or Amazon specific fonts fonts such as Ember, or Bookerly.In order to install the custom fonts on your Kobo e-Reader you need to do a Google Search for the ones you want to install. Â I … [Read more...] about How to add custom fonts to your Kobo e-Reader
Amazon Unveils Send to Kindle Functionality on iOS
Amazon has just pushed out an update for Kindle for iPad and iPhone today that introduces Send to Kindle. It has integration with Safari and you can select Kindle from the list of options where you can forward documents, news articles, scholarly research or your favorite tech blog to the Kindle app.In 2014 Amazon purchased the digital comic platform Comixology. They did a … [Read more...] about Amazon Unveils Send to Kindle Functionality on iOS
The Publishing Industry Relies On Midlist Authors
The publishing industry constantly bemoans the lack a true bestseller that generate significant revenue. Novels such as 50 Shades of Grey, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter not only sell millions of units in a short period of time, but consistently become huge income earners over the course of many financial quarters. Booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble also benefit … [Read more...] about The Publishing Industry Relies On Midlist Authors
The State of the European eBook Market
The European e-book market has been growing since 2007 when Amazon started selling the original Kindle. Over the course of the next ten years many companies have started to sell digital books, magazines and newspapers. Have you ever wondered what EU markets have the highest e-book penetration and how much the format is generating in revenue? Welcome to the state of the European … [Read more...] about The State of the European eBook Market
Japanese e-book sales increase by 13.2% in 2016
The Japanese e-book and digital manga industry has experienced a 13.2% increase in sales and garnered $22 million in 2016. Meanwhile the traditional publishing industry is currently worth $6.4 billion, even though it had a very small drop of 0.7%.The publishing industry in Japan saw a number of notable events that transpired in 2016 that might have reverberating effects in … [Read more...] about Japanese e-book sales increase by 13.2% in 2016
D&D Beyond is a new digital initiative from Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is experiencing a tremendous boom period with Dungeons and Dragons print and digital sales. The Player's Handbook, Dungeons Masters Guide and a handful of other titles have been in the Amazon bestseller list for the past five months. Not only are groups of friends organizing their own campaigns but Twitch has been livestreaming D&D adventures over the last … [Read more...] about D&D Beyond is a new digital initiative from Wizards of the Coast
EU Court Rules that Ebooks will not receive a lower VAT
The European Court of Justice has ruled that audiobooks and e-books are considered digital services and do not qualify for the same type of VAT as hardcover and paperback novels enjoy. This means that member states will not be able to get a blanket policy when it comes to VAT, at least for now.This case was initially brought to the court's attention by the Polish Minister … [Read more...] about EU Court Rules that Ebooks will not receive a lower VAT
E-Books are on the decline in the United Kingdom
E-Books have just experienced their first decline in the United Kingdom. 4% fewer were sold last year and this is a trend that coincides with the average price per title increasing. Meanwhile there was a 4% rise in book volume purchases through physical stores last year and 1% rise of people buying books online.Nielsen Book Research UK also reported that non-fiction and … [Read more...] about E-Books are on the decline in the United Kingdom
HarperCollins Unveils Two Book Recommendation AI Bots To Facebook
Book recommendation systems have been getting more advanced in recent years.  In late 2014 the PenguinHotline was unveiled and gave users the ability to fill out some information about their potential book gift recipient and Penguin staff would agnostically give a list of titles and last year, the NPR created an online "Book Concierge" that aggregated the titles reviewed by the … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Unveils Two Book Recommendation AI Bots To Facebook
HarperCollins Wants To Keep Canadian e-Book Prices High
In January the Canadian Competition Bureau commanded that Hachette, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster to lower e-book prices and abolish agency pricing for three years. The sole holdout of this new agreement was HarperCollins who filed paperwork and said they are not engaging in anti-competitive behaviour. The publisher also stated that the tribunal does not have any jurisdiction … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Wants To Keep Canadian e-Book Prices High
Brazil is removing the tax on eBooks
The Supreme Court of Brazil has just ruled that ebooks will no longer be taxed and they will now enjoy the same tax immunity as print. In the next few months all of the retailers that sell digital content will be removing taxes on purchases, making them more affordable.Dias Toffoli is one of the ministers of the Supreme Court and he said in a statement "The application of … [Read more...] about Brazil is removing the tax on eBooks