I have updated the Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart on this site. In the latest version: Bibliocore has been removed. According to their web site as of 31 October 2011 they are no longer involved with ebook distribution. FastPencil has been added to the chart. EBookIt has been added to the chart. For a quick...
Amazon has announced that David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer have joined the Kindle Million Club, selling over 1 million paid copies of their books in the Amazon.com Kindle Store. Amanda Hocking is now the second indie author to reach this milestone via Kindle Direct Publishing. “I’m thrilled to be a member of the...
The industry is buzzing with Amazon’s latest announcement of new Kindle readers and the new tablet, Kindle Fire. These new Kindles will begin shipping in November and Amazon is already taking orders on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. But this is more than just another product launch – it has a special significance...
That’s what Mark Coker of Smashwords, a popular ebook publishing and aggregator service, wants to find out. He has been conducting a survey at Mobileread, an online forum that is popular among ebook readers, to discover how ebook buyers discover ebooks. Respondents were asked to choose one answer from a selection of 12 possible responses. At...
If you have been spending any time around people in the publishing industry then you must have heard the term “Author Platform”. It is a term used to define the demand for an author’s work, and is often considered well before the author’s work is even produced. In essence it is a measure of how...
Amazon announced this week that Janet Evanovich and Kathryn Stockett are the two newest authors to join the Kindle Million Club. “Kathryn Stockett is the first debut novelist to join the Million Club, and Kindle customers were highly engaged with her book right from its publication,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content....
If you are active on Twitter then perhaps you have already seen some excellent lists of twitter hashtags for writers. One good example is Jon Reed’s list of writer hashtags. If however you want to use Twitter to find information relating to ebook publishing, especially as it applies to indie authors, there are some...
Sometimes instead of publishing directly to an ebook store you may decide to publish through an “ebook aggregator”. An ebook aggregator deals with ebook authors directly and interfaces between them and ebook retailers such as Apple and Sony. The ebook aggregator may offer other services besides distribution, for example ebook design and formatting services....
We have posted a new comparison chart of ebook royalties paid to self-published authors by the major ebook stores. The ebook royalty shown in the chart is the percentage paid to the publisher – so if you are an indie author that means you. Compare the various royalties here.
If you keep up with developments in the publishing industry then you know that we are witnessing an e-publishing revolution. Sales of print books are down. At the same time ebook sales are skyrocketing. As writers we should be paying close attention because these changes are very significant in terms of publishing opportunities and...
