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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, Dystel&Goderich Partner on Taking Indie Authors to a New Level

In what is sure to be viewed as a stigma-erasing coup for…

Baker & Taylor Aids Indie Book Discovery, Booksellers with Promo Tools

Last night’s Spreecast discussion with guest Miral Sattar of Bibliocrunch included some…

ABNA Winner Rysa Walker on her Publishing Journey

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards got a bit of a facelift this…

UK Author Returns to Her Self-Publishing Roots After Traditional Disappointment

While this week has proven to be filled with interesting discourse on…

New Camp Seeks to Introduce Girls to App Development

There are a wide variety of themed summer camp programs out there…

The New Indie Author: Artisanal Publishing

A new publishing industry term was born at this year’s Digital Book…

Counterpoint: Self-Published Authors Are the Salvation of Literature

Full disclosure: Per yesterday’s comments, I wish to state that I am…

What Do Authors Really Need to Know about Copyright?

  the digital reading revolution opened up readers’ eyes to the potential…

Amazon Hosts BEA Roundtable to Get KDP Feedback

Several industry experts were invited to a closed event at BookExpo to…

Launch of Kindle Worlds Pays Authors, Originators for Fan Fiction

Fan fiction is an often hotly-contested issue in publishing. The concept of…

Bowker Reaches Out to Self-Published Authors

Most industry professionals know Bowker as the source for ISBN numbers. And…

Smashwords Releases Data from eBook Sales Study

The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often…

Indie Authors Help Each Other with Book Promotion

One of the great struggles in the current climate of digital and…

Penguin’s Vanity Press Still Under Fire

Ask an indie author about self-publishing platform Author Solutions, and you’d better…

Partnerships Help Self-Published Authors

One of the great paradoxes in the recent growth in digital and…

Too Famous to Write: Patti Davis on her Self-Publishing Journey

As the digital publishing revolution continues to turn the publishing world on…