Amazon has increased the Kindle Vella launch bonus for September 2021 to $500,000 from $450,000 in August and $200,000 in the launch month of July.
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is starting to insert a transparency code on the barcode it adds to book covers if you don't provide your own.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for September 2021 slowed down from recent strong increases to rise by $100,000 to $39.7 million from $39.6 million in August 2021 while the KENP rate for September 2021 rose to $0.0045 from $0.0042
A British company has developed AI that can cut the costs of publishing audiobooks without losing out on voice quality.
The shortlist for the Kindle Storyteller Award 2021 features five series novels across crime, romance and science fiction/fantasy genres.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for August 2021 showed another strong monthly increase of $1.5 million to hit a new high of $39.6 million from $38.1 million in July 2021 while the KENP rate for August 2021 fell slightly to $0.0042 from $0.0043 in July 2021.
Literary stars Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club author, and Salman Rushdie, author of Midnight's Children, have signed up with newsletter platform Substack to publish serialized novels and other content.
After launching KDP Print hardcovers in beta phase earlier this year, Amazon is extending the program to more authors.
Amazon is paying out a Kindle Vella launch bonus of $200,000 for July and says it will also compensate authors for episodes unlocked using free tokens at the 200-token bundle rate until the end of the year.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for July 2021 rose strongly by $1.6 million to $38.1 million from $36.5 million in June 2021 while the KENP rate for July 2021 fell slightly to $0.0043 from $0.0044 in June 2021.
An author who has sold 30 million copies of his books around the world turned to self-publishing when traditional publishers rejected his new series.