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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.

Amazon Announces Writing Grant

There’s little doubt that Amazon has made a significant amount of money…

Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers

In what has to be the winner of the Captain Obvious Award,…

It’s Not Too Late to NaNo

If you’re connected to any writers on social media, your timelines are…

It’s NaNo Time Again…

Ordinary folks may be stringing a few more fake cobwebs around the…

CreateSpace Is Closing Its Online Bookstore

Amazon owns CreateSpace, the print-on-demand solution that allows indie authors to produce…

New Bowker Study Finds Increasing Growth in SelfPub ISBNs

If there was still doubt in anyone’s mind that self-publishing is not…

Amazon is celebrating indie authors this October

During October, Amazon will be celebrating great writing self-published via Kindle Direct…

New Collaboration Brings Indie Authors Much-Needed Attention

In the nearly ten years or so since the recent self-publishing revolution…

Thinking of Scamming Amazon? Think Again.

For years, the members of both the reading and writing public have…

We Live in a Literary World of Terrible Self-Published Authors

There are a copious number of online self-publishing companies that promise aspiring…

Books and Scandal: Gaming the Bestseller System

Indie authors have had to get pretty creative over the years in…

HarperCollins Christian Publishing Launches New Self-Publishing Business

If you are a self-published author who writes Christian fiction there are…

Barnes and Noble Nook Press is Purging Erotica Titles

Barnes and Noble Nook Press is a self-publishing solution for indie authors.…

Smashwords Announces New eBook Promotion Tool

In the ongoing debate about whether or not to list your indie…

Driving Down the Price of Publishing

Not too long ago, self-published authors were collectively admonished about the need…

Profanity in Books: Is It a Good Thing?

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very,’” Mark Twain famously…

Bookselling 2017: What’s Amazon Up To?

Digital publishing and ebook retailing are still quite the numbers game, as…

Amazon Launches Pen to Publish Contest in India

Amazon has just unveiled a new writing contest for self-publishers in India. …

Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors

Draft2Digital is one of the rising superstars that indie authors should know…

Amazon has Changed Kindle Edition Normalized Pages to Calculate Royalties

Amazon has just unveiled KENPC v3.0 today and it will dramatically change…

Amazon Announces Kindle Storyteller Award Winner

The Kindle Storyteller Award is the first writing contest that Amazon has…

StreetLib is a viable self-publishing solution for Independent Authors

Streetlib is an online self-publishing solution that is geared towards independent authors.…

Draft2Digital Will Distribute e-books to Overdrive in August

Draft2digital is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the world and…