Kindle Scout is expanding worldwide to offer authors the chance of a $1,500 advance, 50% ebook royalties and Amazon-backed marketing on a five-year contract.
Roger Packer
Amazon Publishing imprints take 6 of top 10 spots on Kindle best-sellers’ list
Amazon Publishing imprints are again dominating the Kindle best sellers, occupying 6 of the top 10 places, with 5 of those titles being pre-releases and all well under the prices of new ebooks from the Big 5 Publishers.
Kindle Unlimited launches in India but Amazon warns authors could see pay-per-page rate cut
Amazon has extended its Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service to India at a bargain price but is warning authors that its pay-per-page system will need to be amended eventually for ebooks borrowed in the Indian market.
Geniuslink rebrands for customized global online marketing
Universal linking service Geniuslink has rebranded from its previous name of Georiot and now offers a system offering links that work across any country, store, device and operating system.
BookBub adds four new categories for ebook promotions
True Crime is the biggest of four new categories being added by leading ebook promotion website BookBub for marketing campaigns.
Amazon updates Kindle Voyage with Bookerly font and new typesetting engine
Amazon has updated its top-of-the-line Kindle Voyage ereader which now features the new typesetting engine and the Bookerly font specially designed for electronic reading.
Women authors own UK ebook best-sellers’ list
Women writers dominate the list of the best-selling ebooks sold through the UK Kindle store this year and Amazon is getting a bonus from the craze for colouring books by selling pencils as well as books to stressed-out folk seeking mindfulness through art therapy.
Kindle Unlimited pay-per-page deal kicks off at $0.0057 per KENP for July
The first month of Kindle Unlimited's pay-per-page system for authors' royalties has seen the KENP payout rate (Kindle Edition Normalized Page) set at $0.0057 for July.
The rise of the indies over five years of Kindle in the UK
Indie authors have prospered in the five years since Amazon opened its Kindle store in the UK, with its No 1 seller being self-published initially and half a dozen other indies making it into the top 100 best-selling Kindle writers over the half-decade.
Reading is the best medicine
Most authors know that a book can change your life (particularly if it's yours and becomes a best-seller) and Fast Company writer Mike Grothaus has found that his personal experience of a life-changing book is backed by scientific research.
How a short-term Bookbub discount can bring you long-term fans happy to pay full price
Short-term discounts at low prices can bring you long-term readers willing to pay higher prices once they know and like your books, according to research by leading ebook promotion specialist Bookbub.