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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.

Publishers Going Rogue: Bonnier’s SelfPub Platform

Despite a rocky relationship with the digital publishing revolution as recently as…

Mall of America is looking for a Writer in Residence

The Mall of America is celebrating their 25th year of operation with…

Does KDP Paperback Publishing Really Solve Anything?

Never one to be a naysayer, we at GoodEReader ordinarily go fan-girl…

Are Your Favorite Characters Taking Over Your Life?

To rephrase a line from the really fun comedy The Truth about…

New Author Services Startups Focus on Speed

A day in the life of a traditional publishing deal… According to…

One Wattpad Story Has 282 YEARS’ Worth of Reads

Indie authors have long had a phenomenal tool that helped them reach…

Is Crowdfunding Your Book Worth It?

There’s little doubt that crowdfunding has reshaped the way we function as…

Samhain Closes: Is Amazon to Blame?

Well-known romance publisher Samhain Publishing sent out a recent email to its…

Tate Publishing Company Closes As Others Step In to Fill the Void

It’s been a rough patch for the publishing industry, especially where indie…

Authors and Politics Don’t Mix

We’ve probably all been there. We come across a great book by…

Amazon Kindle Write On will be Closing in March

Amazon Kindle Write On is a community where writers share their works…

Kobo Announces 3rd Annual Emerging Writer Prize

Kobo has been orchestrating a writing competition for the past three years…

Amazon Launches Kindle Storyteller Award in the UK

Amazon has just announced a new writing contest in the United Kingdom…

Smashwords Pays Out Royalties and It’s NOT the End of the World

A number of authors opened their email inboxes yesterday to a pleasant…

Pronoun Announces Changes to their Royalty Rates and New Author Pages

Pronoun is a free self-publishing platform and they have just announced that…

Does Publishing Have a Future without Amazon?

With the end of a pretty rough year behind us and the…

Who’s Surviving in the Publishing Evolution? Indie Bookstores

With all the talk of digital revolutions and self-publishing turning mainstream, there’s…

The Industry Finally Acknowledges Indies Are Authors

The gates have finally been thrown open, all are welcome here… Such…

The 2017 State of Self-Publishing

It’s been twenty-two years since Jeff Bezos hung out the shingle on…

All Romance eBooks Closes Its Doors

As if 2016 hasn’t taken enough from us–and as of only moments…

Authors Behaving Badly…This Time on Social Media

If social media has taught us anything, it’s that you probably shouldn’t…

GalleyCat Closes as Industry News and Review Site

In more dark news for the publishing industry, media mainstay GalleyCat has…

Kobo Writing Life Shutdown Notice

Kobo Writing Life manually vets the e-books submitted to their service to…