Roger Packer

The Kindle Vella bonus for December 2021 for authors has risen by the usual $50,000 to $650,000 from $600,000 in November 2021. Amazon has extended the reach of Kindle Vella stories by making them available to readers in the Kindle app on Android and Fire devices. READ MORE >>

Readers worldwide borrowed a total of 506 million ebooks, audiobooks and digital magazines from public libraries in 2021 through leading library distributor OverDrive. READ MORE >>

The Kindle Vella bonus for November 2021 has risen to $600,000 from $550,000 in October 2021. READ MORE >>

Each year BookBub picks what it calls its best ad campaigns of the year to show advertising strategies across a variety of genres. READ MORE >>

The Kobo Plus ebook and audiobook subscription scheme is continuing its steady expansion around the world with launches in Italy and Australia recently to add to opening in Portugal earlier this year. READ MORE >>

Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is making proof and author copies available for authors in Canada and New Zealand. READ MORE >>

RBmedia has bought self-publishing audiobook specialist Author’s Republic a month after RB owner KKR sold off Audiobooks.com to Storytel for $135 million. READ MORE >>

An investment group has bought Open Road Media to build on the company's highly successful Ignition reader marketing service for publishers. READ MORE >>

Audiobook streamer Storytel has added to the growing heat in the audiobook market by buying Audiobooks.com from RBmedia owner KKR for $135 million to make a move into the US market. READ MORE >>