The new report from Author Earnings shows conclusively there has been a major changing of the guard for authors, with indies now dominating earnings across the market.
Roger Packer
Booming Amazon Publishing imprints take seven places in top 10 best-selling Kindle ebooks
The massive growth of Amazon Publishing imprints is illustrated vividly this week as they took seven of the 10 top spots on the Amazon.com Kindle ebook best-sellers' list while indie publishers had two entrants and traditional publishing had just a single book on the list.
Data lure sees Macmillan take over free self-publishing platform Pronoun
Data was the driving force behind the deal that has seen publisher Macmillan buying Pronoun, the free platform that was among the pioneers of self-publishing way back in 2009 when it was set up as Vook.
BookBub opens up advertising scheme for indie authors separate from Featured Deals
Leading ebook promotion site BookBub is launching an advertising scheme for authors and publishers that will run in a dedicated space in the firm's daily emails to millions of readers.
Color me blue — British publishers face big VAT bill as 20% back-tax crackdown looms
Print books in the UK have so far escaped having to charge VAT even while ebooks have had the 20% tax slapped on them but now the VATman is coming for coloring books.
Waterstones exits ebooks and switches customers to Kobo
Leading UK bookstore Waterstones has become the latest business to quit the ebook sector and is shutting down its ebook operation on June 14 and switching its customers to Kobo.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for April holds steady trend at $0.0048
The Kindle Unlimited KENP payment rate to authors for April continued the recent steady trend at $0.0048 per page.
Audible members can now give their audiobooks to an unlimited number of people
Audiobooks are a hot sector for indie publishers and leading supplier Audible is now allowing members to give any audiobook they own to an unlimited number of people for free via email, text, Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, using their iOS, Android and Windows 10 devices.
Goodreads adds Kindle ebooks to giveaway promo deals but the first titles are free already on Kindle Unlimited
Goodreads has offered authors a promotional deal for print book giveaways for some time but now it's finally adding a Kindle ebook giveaway program.
Kindle Fires up bright new colors and boosts storage
The Kindle Fire now comes in new colors and more storage options, with the massively popular tablet now available in magenta, blue and tangerine as well as the original black and with either 8Gb or 16Gb of internal storage.
Kindle Oasis de luxe e-reader gets new font, 5-star review and strong launch sales
Amazon is adding a new ebook font choice for the Kindle Oasis e-reader and, despite the high price of the Oasis, it seems to be pulling in impressive sales figures.