The global audiobook industry is currently worth over two billion dollars and digital is the fastest growing segment. Major publishes have a tremendous amount of infrastructure to create audio editions of their bestselling novels, but indie authors don't have many alternatives. ListenUp Audiobooks is a new company that is exclusively focusing on indie authors who want to … [Read more...] about Indie Authors Can Now Develop An Audiobook via ListenUp Audiobooks
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Authors Guild Study Shows Most Live Under the Poverty Line
The Authors Guild is poised to release their first author earnings study since 2009. What they found should be a cause for concern in regards to how much the average writer is generating solely from their writing. It is dramatically apparent that most of them live below the Federal Poverty line, which is less than $11,670 per year. The survey, was conducted earlier in the … [Read more...] about Authors Guild Study Shows Most Live Under the Poverty Line
Major Publishers Are Not Listening to Authors
The dream for many aspiring writers is to be picked up by a major publisher. This is often seen as the key to international distribution and being able to attain a fat advance in order to write a single or series of books. According to a recent report, there are many problems with traditional publishing and is driving authors to self-publish instead. One of the big problems … [Read more...] about Major Publishers Are Not Listening to Authors
Google Encouraging Authors and Publishers to Use Adwords
Google is planning on launching a new mobile feature for smartphones that will allow publishers and authors to instantly sell e-books at the click of a button. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is allegedly planning to launch a buy button that will accompany search results, but only on sponsored links that others have paid to put in front of Google's natural … [Read more...] about Google Encouraging Authors and Publishers to Use Adwords
Self-Publish Your e-Books in Germany via Tolino
There once was a dream in Germany that local businesses could band together to combat the Amazon threat. The Seattle company controls 75% of the digital book market in the US and 95% in the United Kingdom. Germans did not want a foreign company to have that much clout and the dream was realized. Weltbild, Hugendubel, Bertelsmann Club, Deutsche Telekom and Thalia all formed a … [Read more...] about Self-Publish Your e-Books in Germany via Tolino
Audible Encourages Authors to Give their Audiobooks Away for Free
The Audible Creation Exchange is a service that allows authors to have audiobooks generated from their novels. The online marketplace is populated by narrators and sound engineers that simplify the production process in exchange for royalty shares. In order to attract new users to the platform, Audible has just unveiled an ambitious new program that allows authors to give a … [Read more...] about Audible Encourages Authors to Give their Audiobooks Away for Free
B&N’s Nook Press in Bed with the Author Solutions Devil?
It's no secret among members of the self-publishing community that there are some names you should just run from. Some of those names, like Author Solutions--who is currently embroiled in not-its-first legal battle with authors in a class action suit--are simply synonymous with ripping off authors who have a dream of being published, but who don't have the various tech and … [Read more...] about B&N’s Nook Press in Bed with the Author Solutions Devil?
New Book Promotion has Readers Paying What they Want
The traditional book selling market has always had clearly defined prices for retail and online shopping. A publisher in New York is seeking to disrupt the conventional sales model with a pay what you want promotion. Brooklyn Arts Press has launched an intriguing initiative that is normally reserved for bands like Radiohead or comedy videos by Louis C.K. The publisher has … [Read more...] about New Book Promotion has Readers Paying What they Want
Being an Author is Sexy but Self-Publishing is Not
The writing profession as a whole, has a captivating allure. Looking at old pictures of Jack Kerouac at his type writer defined a generation. These days the people kids look up to are bloggers who became celebrities and YouTube personalities getting major publishing contracts. Now more than ever, everyone wants to write the next Hunger Games or Harry Potter or 50 Shades of … [Read more...] about Being an Author is Sexy but Self-Publishing is Not
How Readers can Avoid Buying Bad eBooks by Indie Authors
Digital Readers come in all shapes and forms. Some of them are brand new to the process of reading eBooks and just picked up their first Kindle. Others, are a more tech savvy bunch who have been reading on their smartphone, tablet or e-reader for years. We have all been looking for new books to read and stumble across numerous titles that are poorly edited, have abysmal cover … [Read more...] about How Readers can Avoid Buying Bad eBooks by Indie Authors
Nook Press and The Bookseller Team up for Indie Author Promotion
Nook Press is the self-publishing system that Barnes and Noble developed to allow authors to submit eBooks and sell them online. It has been a US exclusive since its original launch, and only recently expanded to the UK. In order to better promote Nook Press as a viable alternative to Kindle Direct Publishing and Kobo Writing Life, Barnes and Noble has partnered with The … [Read more...] about Nook Press and The Bookseller Team up for Indie Author Promotion
Amazon Has 3.4M Titles… And Counting
News that Amazon's catalog has reached 3.4 million records sounds like a good thing, for the retailer as much as for the customers searching for their next good read. Unfortunately, this may not be the case: when a new book is added every 5 minutes (an average of 12 titles per hour), how do you manage to get yours noticed? These rapid increases run the risk or burying … [Read more...] about Amazon Has 3.4M Titles… And Counting
Is Kindle Unlimited Good for Indie Authors?
Amazon has officially launched Kindle Unlimited, a US based service that has 600,000 eBooks and audiobooks available at $9.99 per month. The Seattle based e-commerce giant is now competing against companies such as Oyster and Scribd, which have friendly terms for self-published authors. Is Kindle Unlimited viable for indie authors and is it worth it to make your titles … [Read more...] about Is Kindle Unlimited Good for Indie Authors?
New Author Earnings Report Compiles Mid-Year Numbers
Author Earnings, who has a two-fold mission that encompasses supporting authors of every publishing path, has released a new report, this time looking not only at the data so far up to July 2014, but also mapping out the trends that the data can help identify. The comprehensive and exhaustingly complete report provides graphs on a variety of factors in publishing, all aimed … [Read more...] about New Author Earnings Report Compiles Mid-Year Numbers