More British children aged ten and under are reading ebooks on laptops rather than on designated devices like the Amazon Kindle, according to a new report from Bowker, Understanding the Digital Consumer. For children 11 to 15, however, the Kindle is the most widely used device for reading ebooks. “The e-book market is developing...
I am thrilled to announce that Publish Your Own Ebooks has been named by the Association of Independent Authors’ as one of the Best Websites for Independent Authors. The list recognizes those sites that offer information and resources of relevance and value to independent authors. Other web sites on the list include JA Konrath’s...
Amazon’s KDP Select program has now been running for more than three months so I thought it would be good to take a quick look back over what has happened with this program so far. At the beginning of November 2011 Amazon first announced their Kindle Owners’ Lending Library for Amazon Prime members. Then...
I have just updated the Ebook Publishing Quick Reference Card (PDF). This is an excellent resource for indie authors and ebook publishers who would like to be able to see at a glance: The Main Ebook Formats The Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major...
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is reporting today that ebook sales grew by an estimated 117.3% for the year of 2011. For the US publishing companies that report revenue to AAP, ebooks (excluding the religious category which is tracked separately) generated revenue of $969.9 million during 2011 compared to $446.3 million in 2010....
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 of KDP Select from Amazon. However without some idea of...
I nearly forgot to post this because it happened so quietly a few weeks ago. Admittedly I’ve also been very busy on a couple of projects including the new indie author guide. Amazon, known for their veil of secrecy over sales figures, let slip in November a couple of key figures relating to their...
Would you like to learn how to publish an ebook for the Kindle, Nook, iPad and other ebook readers? Would you like to know how to get your ebooks into Amazon’s Kindle Store, B&N Nook Books, Apple’s iBookstore and other major ebook stores? My new guide explains how to do it. Click here for...
Amazon has announced the launch of two new Kindle stores. The new Italian Kindle Store at Amazon.it includes over 16,000 Italian-language Kindle books. Amazon also announced that the new Kindle is available on Amazon.it for 99EUR . Amazon.it customers can order the first Italian-language Kindle directly from the Amazon.es store. More on this announcement...
