Apr 20, 2015
Nate Hoffelder Kindle Unlimited adoption continued to grow last month, but unfortunately it grew faster than Amazon ‘s willingness to fund it. Earlier this week Amazon released the latest statistics on KDP Select, the program used to fund indie author and...
Apr 19, 2015
by Adriana Bielkova ┬®. You know the drill: revise the structure; look at plot flow; do more work on this or that character; check grammar and spelling; proofread. Hang on a secondÔǪ you forgot to line edit! Line editing makes your sentences the best they can be....
Apr 19, 2015
by Andrew Albanese | Once again, events tailored to independent and self-published authors at the London Book Fair’s Author HQ were jam-packed, and among the London Book FairÔÇÖs most popular offerings. PW checks in with a leading indie service provider,...
Apr 19, 2015
WhatÔÇÖs the value of the New Streaming Platforms? By: Murray Izenwasser Two similar apps recently took the social media universe by storm: Meerkat and Periscope. Both allow you to live-stream video directly from...
Apr 9, 2015
By  Susan Lulgjuraj There have been plenty of stories over the years of authors who have gone a bit off the deep end when reacting to negative reviews. However, what should authors do when a good review comes along? Some have thanked the reviewer for their opinion,...
Apr 9, 2015
By Mercy Pilkington It was only a year ago that the publishing industry sat riveted as it waited to see how the storm between Amazon and publisher Hachette was going to play out. Hachette wanted new terms in light of the DOJ price fixing investigation, and Amazon...
Apr 7, 2015
ItÔÇÖs The London Book Fair again! From 14-16 April, authors, agents, publishers and everyone else involved in the book industry will gather at the new venue of Olympia for conferences, seminars, networking and those all-important meetings. The fair is primarily a...
Apr 6, 2015
We know that good metadata can drive sales. What we sometimes forget is that a lack of good metadata is a sales killer. By Nick Ruffilo Metadata has been a buzz topic in the publishing industry lately, and as a metadata evangelist, I think this is great. In practice,...
Apr 4, 2015
by Chris Day When it comes to raising your profile, and establishing yourself as an ‘expert’ in people’s eyes, there is nothing to beat being seen as the author of a book on your specialist subject. As a published author you have status and are...
Apr 4, 2015
by Terrence O’Brien The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that libraries have the right to digitise books and distribute them to dedicated reading terminals without first obtaining the publisher’s permission. The decision rests on...
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