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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.

Authors Suing Penguin’s Self-Publishing Platform

As if Penguin’s legal battles in the Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit…

A Little Competition for Smashwords?

When the free ebook distribution platform Smashwords was created, critics claimed that…

Independent Booksellers Pick Year’s Top Books

With all of the prestigious accolades an author can earn for his…

Ganxy Updates Features to Steamline Sales, Promotion for Authors and Publishers

A number of companies will be piggybacking off the buzz and attention…

BiblioCrunch, Wattpad Connect Authors with Readers

There is so much that goes into creating a book, regardless of…

Amazon Owns Goodreads… What Now?

So far, the official press releases and arranged interviews about Amazon’s purchase…

Tensions Between Barnes and Noble, Simon and Schuster Hurt Authors

The publishing industry is full of surprises, and the latest conflict is…

Random House Revamps the Unpopular Model of Its eBook-Only Imprints

News circulated this week on Random House’s digital imprints Hydra, Flirt, Alibi,…

Short List for the ABNA Awards Announced

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, which opened to the maximum 10,000 entries…

EL James to Publish Journal for Aspiring Writers

While critics may rightfully scoff at the writing quality of the 50…

ForeWord Reviews Names Its Book of the Year Finalists

As independently published authors continue to gain new ground with readers and…

Authors Warned Away from eBook-Only Imprints

A number of blogs and news sites posted uncharacteristically wary responses to…

eBook Review: Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

Verdict: 5 STars Finally. FINALLY. A romance title for the rest of…

HP and Mass-Market Print-On-Demand

The early predictions for almost every facet of digital publishing have proven…

The Hybrid Publisher

So much industry attention has been given to a concept that first…

Little, Brown UK Creates Digital-Only Imprint

A far cry from the days when ebooks were denounced as a…