Ebooks are having a boom year in Denmark where the total of ebooks borrowed from libraries is set to double.
Roger Packer
Publish early for Thanksgiving
If you're planning an ebook launch for Thanksgiving, you should take into account that some distributors and most of the ebook retailers will be closing for a long weekend over the holiday period.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for September stays steady at $0.0050
The Kindle Unlimited payout per page for September 2015 stayed relatively steady at $0.0050, just 2% down on the August figure.
AmazonCrossing gets $10 million for translation expansion and seeks author submissions
AmazonCrossing is celebrating its fifth birthday with a $10 million investment to increase the number and diversity of books in translation and is looking for submissions from authors of foreign-language books.
Pubslush and Liberio shut down in bad week for book bootstrappers
Two book bootstrapping set-ups have closed down with publishing platform Liberio and book crowdfunder Pubslush both shutting up shop.
Pressbooks offers book printing service
Publishing platform Pressbooks is adding book printing to its range of services. The company offers online themes designed to produce ebooks and print books and now users of the service can also opt to have soft-cover copies of their book printed.
Analysis reveals strong ebook earnings trend for indie authors
A new approach to charting authors' earnings reveals the growing earning opportunities for self-published indie writers and shows that in the past five years of the ebook revolution new indies now lead recently published traditional authors on earnings from Kindle ebooks.
Oyster shutting in ebook subscription shakeout as staff go to Play for Google
Ebook subscription service Oyster Books is shutting down in a mysterious deal with Google which will see Oyster staff moving to work on Google Play Books.
Amazon lights a Fire under tablet prices with new $49.99 Kindle
Amazon has undercut tablet prices with a new 7-inch Kindle Fire model for under $50.
Massive sales shift seen in ebook market from trad publishers to indies
Indie authors and publishers have seen an upsurge in their Kindle ebook market share and royalties at the expense of the big traditional publishers.
Kindle Unlimited KENP payout for August falls 10% to $0.0051 per page
The August 2015 Kindle Unlimited KENP payout to authors fell from July's level to $0.0051 per page read (half a cent) or £0.003 in the UK (a third of a penny).