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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 Encourages Indie Authors to be Shady

Amazon introduced a radical new change for their Kindle Unlimited and Kindle…

Publishing startup raises more than $1 million in funds for authors

Publishizer is a crowdfunding platform that queries publishers for authors, their overall…

Kobo Writing Life is a Boon for Indie Authors

Kobo Writing Life is the self-publishing arm of Kobo and it launched…

Kobo Announces Emerging Writer Prize Winners

Over the course of the last three years, Kobo has been orchestrating…

New Opportunities in International Indie Book Space

A lot of authors have found new opportunities in the digital publishing…

KDP Offers Authors a New Sales Dashboard

There’s little doubt that Amazon has been the driving force behind the…

Publisher Charged with Stealing Royalties from Authors

The world of publishing is a tricky one, and as recent years…

When Authors Have to “Resort” to Self-Publishing

Yes, that’s a mildly click-baitish headline, but that’s absolutely the ironic sentiment…

Reedsy, Blurb Collaborate for Author Services

With the rise of the print-on-demand, digital publishing, and self-publishing age, authors…

IndieReader Announces Discovery Award Winners

For years, IndieReader has been hard at work, helping self-published and independently…

Who Cares about the Indie Authors?

A new article about the current blockbuster novels has spurred some intriguing…

The Power of a Book Tweet

Self-published authors have resorted to “buy my book” tweets for so long…

Draft2Digital and Streetlib are now distributing e-books to Kobo Plus

Streetlib and Draft2Digital are two self-publishing solutions for authors looking to get…

Winning the Buy Box: What Does Amazon Owe to Authors?

Amazon is once again ruffling the feathers of publishers and authors alike,…

New Feedback App for Writers Taking Beta Testers

By now, most serious indie authors understand what it takes to produce…

IndieReader’s “Buff” Book Checkup

For years, authors and readers alike have bemoaned the “glut” of content…