It's been a wizard year for J K Rowling's digital publishing operation Pottermore which brought in a total of £32.8 million from sales of ebooks and audiobooks in its last financial year ending March 31, 2018.
Roger Packer
Barnes & Noble opens up new self-service advertising portal for indie authors
Barnes & Noble has become the second major ebook retailer to offer independent authors a self-serve advertising portal.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for December 2018 falls back but annual total paid out by KDP Select fund rises by 20%
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for December 2018 fell back to $0.0048 after hitting a two-year high of $0.0052 in November as the KDP Select Global fund again rose by $100,000 to $23.7 million from $23.6 million.
Library digital loans leapt by 22% in 2018 as audiobooks continued to outpace ebooks
Leading ebook library distributor Rakuten OverDrive says public library spending and usage of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines rocketed by 22% in 2018 with more than over 274 million digital books issued to cardholders.
Self-publishing star L J Ross sets up £2,500 crime fiction prize
One of the biggest stars of the self-publishing world is sponsoring a new crime fiction award celebrating the area where she has set her best-selling books
How to run a top-performing ad on BookBub
It's not often you get to discover other authors' click-through rates for advertising but BookBub has set out a selection of the most successful self-serve display ads on its platform over the past year.
Ireland leads way in cutting tax on ebooks in Europe but there’s a catch
The Republic of Ireland has reduced VAT (value-added tax) on ebooks from 23% to 9%, effective from January 1, 2019.
Amazon adds ebook gifting to Kindle UK store
Amazon has finally added the ability to gift Kindle books in the UK, which could come in handy if you need to give someone a late festive present.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for November 2018 leaps to a two-year high of $0.0052
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for November 2018 rose by 8% to hit a two-year high of $0.0052 from $0.0048 in October, while the KDP Select Global fund rose by its customary $100,000 to $23.6 million from $23.5 million.
Wattpad sees a year of growing diversity in stories
Wattpad says it is breaking new ground in literary representation and creating a safe space online for marginalized voices and their stories as the site has seen growing support for social engagement and diversity during 2018.
Back to the backlist as crime author Faith Martin sells over a million Hillary Greene ebooks in a year
British crime author Faith Martin has sold more than one million copies of her Detective Inspector Hillary Greene novels over the past year.