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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.

Should Indie Authors Give their Books Away for Free?

There are so many national and global debates that rage endlessly–marriage equality,…

Here are the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners

Over the course of the last two years Kobo has orchestrated an…

Using Book Awards to Drive Indie Author Sales

When self-publishing first began to gain some measure of respect in the…

Do We Still Need to Disrupt Publishing?

When the digital and self-publishing revolution took off only a handful of…

Ebook Piracy Still Plaguing Authors

It started out not-so-innocently enough with a now-deleted, vapid Facebook post from…

Big 5 Publishers e-book revenue starts to rebound

Author Earnings has just released their May 2016 report and it is…

Indie Authors Are Forcing E-Book Stores To Close

The e-book landscape used to be bright and vibrant. All over the…

Indie Authors are fools thinking ISBN numbers are not important

The vast majority of independent and self-published authors do not believe that…

Indie Authors Are Responsible for the US eBook Decline

Over the course of the last two years the modern bookstore has…

Wattpad is now promoting Indie eBooks from Smashwords

Wattpad has just inked a deal with Smashwords to promote 127 indie…

GoodReads really wants authors to spend money

GoodReads really wants to start making money. The social book discovery network…

Hugh Howey and Jane Friedman Set Indie Authors Up For Failure

Self-publishing your first novel can be a daunting endeavor, but Jane Friedman…

These are the key findings of the Smashwords survey

What are the writing habits that successful indie authors employs?  When it…

Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced

Kobo has just announced the shortlist for its second annual Emerging Writer…

Kobo is recommending these services to indie authors

Kobo knows that there is a large demographic of writers that are…

London Book Fair Does Not Respect Indie Authors

The London Book Fair is the largest publishing event in the United…

QueryTracker is the best way for self-publishers to find an agent

If you are a self-published author with aspirations to get a traditional…

Self-Published e-Books With No ISBN Do Not Exist

The entire publishing industry has nothing but scorn for self-published authors who…

Kindle Previewer 3 Lets You Experience Enhanced Typesetting

Amazon has just released Kindle Previewer 3. It allows authors and publishers…

The KDP Select Global Fund for January is $15 million

Amazon has just announced that their KDP Select Global Fund for January 2016…

Indie Authors Will Love Reedsy Book Editor

The Reedsy Book Editor is going to be released next Tuesday and…

Kindle e-Book Warning System is Now Live

In January Good e-Reader broke the story that Amazon was going to…

Kobo Just Announced a New Writing Contest

Debut writers face an uphill battle with getting their titles noticed. It…