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The latest news on self-publishing and digital publishing with an emphasis on indie authors. Learn all about submitting your ebooks for distribution all over the world and the companies that do it.

IndieReader Announces IRDA Winners at BookExpo

IndieReader, the essential consumer guide to self-published books and the people who…

RWA’s Novel Engagement App Solves Book Discovery Issue

One of the top issues plaguing authors and publishers alike is book…

The IDPF Digital Book 2014 – In Pictures

The BookExpo America event is the largest North American publishing industry conference,…

BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles

At yesterday’s IDPF event, BiblioBoard’s Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader…

Wattpad Continues to Build Reader-Writer Engagement

Wattpad‘s founder Allen Lau spoke on a panel at yesterday’s IDPF event…

Goodreads’ Otis Chandler on Book Discovery

Goodreads has had an interesting journey, but according to Otis Chandler, that…

IDPF: Publishing Outside the Big Five

In a panel moderated by Porter Anderson of Publishing Perspectives, the IDPF…

Blurb Adds Graphicly Team to Accelerate Growth

Blurb,  a company that begin by producing limited print runs of graphics-heavy…

Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon

Smashwords‘ CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at…

New Author Earnings Report Examines Revenue of Startup Authors

Self-published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry…

Smashwords Wins Inaugural Self-Publishing Service Award from ALLi

The Alliance of Independent Authors is an advocacy organization that works to…

Will the Hachette/Amazon Battle Encourage Authors to Self-Publish?

Amazon and Hachette are currently doing battle in establishing a new publishing…

Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion

With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s…

PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform

While the company website is a little stark right now, make no…

Smashwords, OverDrive Brings Indie Titles to Libraries

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self-publishing platform Smashwords and…

Authors Guild, Authors Alliance Battle Over Speaking for Writers

A new dramatic battle is brewing in the publishing industry, this time…