Amazon Publishing imprints have swept through the Top 20 Kindle Best-Sellers of 2017 so far with 15 books on the list, nearly doubling the performance of 2016 when the company's titles took eight places in the Top 20.
Roger Packer
Amazon Publishing adds new short-form imprint with Original Stories
Amazon Publishing has introduced a new imprint to its successful line-up of publishers --- Original Stories.
Christmas publishing deadlines for ebook distribution
Ebook distributor Draft2digital is warning indie authors to get their books in early if they want them to be on sale over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Kindle Direct Publishing offers help to authors hit by Pronoun shutdown
Kindle Direct Publishing is offering authors who have been hit by the shutdown of ebook distributor Pronoun a route to publish direct with KDP and keep the existing reviews and sales rank for their books.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for October 2017 is up by 2% to $0.0045
The Kindle Unlimited KENP payment rate for October 2017 saw a slight rise of just 2%, edging up to $0.0045 from $0.0044 in September.
Self-publishers in swift switch to Draft2digital after Pronoun shuts up shop
Leading ebook distributor Draft2digital has seen a 30-fold increase in the intake of new books to its platform since last week's news that aggregator Pronoun was shutting down and D2D had finally prised open the door to Kindle distribution.
Now another ‘100% royalty’ ebook distributor closes as Type & Tell shuts after just eight months
Another ebook distributor offering '100% royalties' to self-publishers and owned by a traditional publishing house has followed Pronoun's closure this week with its own decision to shut up shop after opening just eight months ago.
Draft2digital adds Kindle to ebook distribution options
While two ebook distributors (Pronoun and Type & Tell) shut their doors in the space of a week, another has just flung open the doors to the biggest ebook retailer as Draft2digital is now offering distribution to Amazon Kindle stores.
Ebook aggregator Pronoun shuts down as Macmillan pulls the plug
Ebook distributor Pronoun which offered self-publishers '100% royalties' is shutting down after its owner, traditional publisher Macmillan, admitted it couldn't cope with the challenges of indie publishing.
Amazon adds ‘all-new’ Kindle app to boost book reading on phones
Amazon has released what it claims to be an all-new Kindle app for phones and tablets. The app is available now in the Amazon App Store and Google Play and will be delivered in a free over-the-air update starting this week.
CreateSpace crushing it in self-publishing print book market as rivals see falls
Amazon's CreateSpace print book service is continuing to dominate the self-publishing market and stretched its lead further in 2016 with a big increase in the number of ISBN-assigned titles published while rivals saw substantial falls.