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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.

#CockyGate Continues With Cringeworthy Victim-Blaming

Authors and readers alike have been following the saga of #cockygate, the…

SelfPubbed Romance Author Ignites Rage With Cocky Trademark

In the world of self-publishing, authors have to do whatever it takes…

Authors Can Take Advantage of eBook Piracy via YouTube Videos

There are millions of authors who find that some of their ebooks…

Is Amazon Destroying Indie Authors Careers?

Ask any self-published author about their thoughts on Amazon, and you’re likely…

Publishing Suicide: Indie Authors Turn into the Bullies

Over the years, this news site has covered far more news of…

Traditionally Published Authors Want What Indies Have

When self-published authors like Amanda Hocking became book industry names, it was…

Is Audible Romance Ripping Off Authors?

When Amazon launched ACX, its KDP or CreateSpace-style self-publishing platform for audiobooks,…

Amazon Review Fraud Hits New Categories

Authors have been accused of buying reviews of their books for years.…

New Amazon Scam Hits Authors and Consumers

It’s tax filing season for US consumers, so all across America, paperwork…

Ingram Spark vs CreateSpace vs KDP Paperback

With the signs and portents in self-publishing pointing to the eventual closure…

Author Earnings: “The Pool Is Open”

The number-fanatics behind the Author Earnings report have released another installment in…

B&N Rebrands Its Self-publishing Platform – Nook Press

Self-published authors who’ve relied on multiple sales channels to put their books…

Amazon Layoffs in SelfPub Division

According to a report from a local newspaper, Amazon is the latest…

Amazon Accidentally Drops a 50% Royalty Bombshell

Indie authors who took a browse through their KDP dashboards this week…

Wattpad Secures $51M in New Funding

Whether you’re a reader or a writer, if you’re not on Wattpad,…

The Gatekeeper Is Back, Authors…

In the era of ebooks and at-the-touch-of-a-button access to hundreds of millions…

Smashwords Was NOT Hacked…But Change Your Password

Self-publishing platform recently sent out an announcement to its authors containing the…

Smashwords Unveils Publishing Predictions for 2018

Smashwords’ CEO and founder Mark Coker has once again unveiled his annual…

Your 2018 Writing Resolutions

For a variety of political and societal reasons, authors have been coming…

Kindle Create Available to All Authors

Back in the spring, Amazon launched a beta test of a new…

Authors Asked, Goodreads Listened: Kindle eBook Giveaways Are Here

Indie authors have fought for years to be considered “real authors” by…

Here is the New Scam that Targets Authors and eBooks

Millions of authors and publishers depend on Amazon for their physical and…

New eBook Platform Solves Promo Problems

As reading consumers, we’ve gone from having no digital content to have…