Apple’s has launched a new ebook creation tool, iBooks Author. It is a Mac-only software application for creating media-rich, interactive books for the iPad. This new app was launched by Apple’s Phil Schiller at a special event in New York’s Guggenheim Museum on Thursday 19th January. Apple also announced the release of iBooks 2,...
Finally we have some hard data on Amazon’s new KDP Select program. How many “borrows” were there in December? When Amazon divided up the $500,000, how much did an author get for each book borrowed? In December I posted about the pros and cons...
If you are anything like other ebook authors I know, then you probably spend a fair amount of time checking your ebooks’ sales figures and rankings. The reports offered at some major ebook stores, however, tend to be quite basic. Fortunately there are a...
I am sure that most ebook authors would like to reach as many readers and sell as many ebooks as possible. So much attention in the industry right now is focused on publishing via major ebook stores such as Amazon’s Kindle Store and Barnes...
Amazon recently introduced their new KDP Select option for authors who are publishing ebooks via Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. But what exactly is KDP Select, and should indie authors select it or not? What is KDP Select? KDP Select enables indie authors to include...
There have been a number of developments recently at Amazon regarding their new Kindle Owners’ Lending Library so I thought it might be helpful to provide a summary here. Amazon first announced the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library at the beginning of November 2011. The...
Online ebook piracy remains a major concern for ebook publishers just as it is for the music industry. Without some form of protection it is very easy for people to copy and share ebook files with others. That’s where Digital Rights Management (DRM) can...
