The Kindle Direct Publishing Pen to Publish Contest 2021 has picked the winners of its fourth annual awards for self-published authors in India writing in long-format and short-format categories across English, Hindi and Tamil languages.
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Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for June 2021 stays steady as KDP Select Fund hits $36.5 million
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for June 2021 showed a monthly increase of $600,000 to $36.5 million from $35.9 million in May 2021 while the KENP rate for June 2021 stayed at $0.0044., the same level as seen in May 2021.
Clare Balding joins judges for the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award 2021
Broadcaster and author Clare Balding is joining the judging panel for this year’s Kindle Storyteller Award, which offers the winner a £20,000 cash prize and a marketing promotion for their title on Amazon.co.uk.
Kindle Vella kicks off with the hope that readers will Wolf down serial stories
Amazon's Kindle Vella platform for serialized stories launched on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, with tens of thousands of episodes available to readers, including stories from well-known self-publishers, such as Hugh Howey.
Kindle Vella stories set to go live to readers in July
Amazon's new self-published serial story venture is going live next month with Kindle Vella stories becoming available to readers in the Kindle iOS app and on Amazon.com by mid to late July.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for May 2021 falls back as KDP Fund shows strong rise
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for May 2021 rose strongly by $400,000 to $35.9 million from $35.5 million in April 2021 while the KENP rate for May 2021 edged back to $0.0044 from $0.0045 in April 2021.
Winner of Amazon Canada First Novel Award picks up $60,000 cash prize with survivors’ story
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good is the winner of the 45th annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award which offers a cash prize of $60,000 for first-time Canadian novelists. Good is a member of Saskatchewan’s Red Pheasant Cree Nation and now lives in British Columbia.
Amazon adds cut-price color printing choice for KDP Print books
Amazon is introducing a new color printing option for KDP print books which can almost halve the cost of color printing when compared with premium color. The cut-price choice could open up a new market for indie authors looking to offer color print books at a more economical price to readers.
Amazon offers new text editor with format options for Kindle book descriptions
Amazon has launched a new text editor for Kindle book descriptions which provides options for formatting the description and previewing before publishing.
Kobo Elipsa is a 10-inch e-reader that doubles as a notebook with stylus but non-Kobo epubs are locked out of annotation
Kobo is launching the Elipsa e-reader which includes a stylus that turns the device into a notebook where you can mark up or annotate an ebook or write documents of your own.
The Wattys 2021 looks for novels and adds Best Cover category as Wattpad Paid Stories hits $1 million paid out to writers
Details for The Watty Awards 2021 have been revealed and this year the Wattys are looking for completed novels across a dozen categories and have added a new contest category for Best Cover, which is backed by Canva.