Film and TV production companies are increasingly turning to self-published authors to pick up potential screen blockbusters and the latest indie to get a call from Hollywood is thriller writer Mark Dawson.
Roger Packer
Kindle Unlimited April 2017 KENP rate shows small fall as KDP fund hovers around record high
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for authors edged down in April to $0.0045 from $0.0046 in March.
Ebook promotion sites are thriving as reader demand grows for bargains and curation
BookBub isn't the only game in town when it comes to ebook promotion sites as Written Word Media has been growing fast over the past couple of years and now has four sites with a total of more than 700,000 subscribers and heading towards the million mark.
Indie Author Fringe conference will focus on Selling Your Book
The Indie Author Fringe free online conference for self-publishing authors is getting ready for its second conference of the year to coincide with BookExpo America and the focus is on Selling Your Book.
Deadline looms for entries for £20,000 Kindle Storyteller prize
You have only a few more days to enter your book in the new Kindle Storyteller Award for the UK which offers a £20,000 cash prize for the winner.
How non-fiction best-selling books have got shorter and shorter
Non-fiction best-selling books have been getting shorter over the past over the past seven years, according to a new survey.
Draft2digital adds Kobo Plus ebook subscription service to distribution options
Leading ebook distributor Draft2Digital is now offering the Kobo Plus subscription service as an option for authors and publishers.
Kobo makes a splash with new edition of Aura H2O waterproof e-reader
Kobo is obviously thinking about its summer holidays as it's just launched a new version of its waterproof e-reader the Aura H2O, saying it's 'just in time for the summer reading season'.
Kindle Unlimited KENP payment rate for March 2017 falls by 6%
The Kindle Unlimited March 2017 payout for authors fell by 6% to $0.0046 per KENP from the February figure of $0.0049. The KDP Select Global fund rose by nearly $1 million to $17.7 million from $16.8 million in February but didn't quite reach the record high of $17.8 million seen in January.
Amazon’s free Kindle Create app offers a simple way to convert Word files to ebooks
Amazon has launched the Kindle Create software program which is a very useful new tool that can help you to produce ebooks from Word files.
Kobo adds to its technology power by snapping up Shelfie
Kobo's owner Rakuten has made another technology play by taking over the Shelfie ebook platform.