As book discovery continues to plague authors of every ilk in a market that is saturated with content, platforms like Smashwords continue to look for new ways to help authors bring readers to their books easily. Today, the ebook distribution platform announced a new feature, Series Manager, aimed at helping authors lump their series titles together for easier search … [Read more...] about Smashwords Launches Series Manager, Receives Award Nomination from BISG
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Wattpad and Sourcebooks Form a New Partnership
Wattpad and Sourcebooks have announced a partnership that will create new opportunities across multiple publishing platforms for Wattpad writers and Sourcebooks authors. The two companies aim to build more synergy between their businesses and are going to be engaging in a number of new initiatives to accomplish this.First, Sourcebooks will edit and produce select new … [Read more...] about Wattpad and Sourcebooks Form a New Partnership
Wattpad Unveils Exclusive Content from Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy
Today, to coincide with the global release of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam, Wattpad and Doubleday have teamed up to share an exclusive essay from Atwood revealing insights into the development of the critically-acclaimed dystopian trilogy, which also includes Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. This behind-the-scenes glimpse into Atwood’s inspiration for the series mixes … [Read more...] about Wattpad Unveils Exclusive Content from Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy
BiblioCrunch, Wattpad Connect Authors with Readers
There is so much that goes into creating a book, regardless of whether it is traditionally or indie published. Cover designers, editors, proofreaders, public relations and marketers... the list goes on. While the work of writing the book is only the first step, a behind-the-scenes team of professionals takes over to bring the book to readers. One site, BiblioCrunch, serves as a … [Read more...] about BiblioCrunch, Wattpad Connect Authors with Readers
BiblioCrunch to Host Twitter Chat for Indie Authors
BiblioCrunch, the closely vetted clearinghouse of service professionals who offer support to authors, will be hosting a Twitter chat tonight at 9:00pm Eastern with Maria Cootauco of Wattpad. BiblioCrunch took over the #indiechat hashtag for weekly conversations in support of self-published authors.Tonight's online event will help authors understand what Wattpad can do for … [Read more...] about BiblioCrunch to Host Twitter Chat for Indie Authors
Wattpad – 2 Billion Minutes of Reading Daily
Wattpad is an extremely successful digital publishing site that somehow doesn't seem to get as much press as other well-known names like Smashwords, yet the company has 11 million monthly readers. Wattpad authors post their stories in a format that can be read on a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Perhaps most importantly, Wattpad stories can be read on java-based "feature … [Read more...] about Wattpad – 2 Billion Minutes of Reading Daily