Just when you were getting used to a new normal of around $1.40 for Kindle Unlimited borrows, the payout for March has slumped to $1.33, although the KDP Select fund has hit a new high.
Roger Packer
The Photography Show lights the way
The Photography Show recently showed there's still a lot of life left in illustrated print books and was also a great example of just how a show should be run.
A new chapter for Vearsa in data drive
Epubdirect has changed its name to Vearsa and shifted the scope of its distribution business to focus on its powerful data tools.
Oyster opens up online shop to sell new ebooks and goes Unlimited
Ebook subscription service Oyster Books has made a move away from the lending business to open up an ebook retail outlet selling front-list titles from major publishers, including all of the Big Five, but its prices for some new books are double the Kindle prices.
Breaking Bard — how to get inspiration for your book title from Shakespeare and The Bible
Do you have problems finding just the right title for your book? You could try taking a leaf out of two of the best-selling books of this year and last year which both have titles inspired by Shakespeare and The Bible.
Indie authors get their own Fringe Festival after London Book Fair
The London Book Fair is coming up very soon (April 14-16 at Olympia) and this year it has grown a Fringe. IndieReCon, which is a packed online programme for indie writers running from April 15-17, is featuring an LBF Indie Author Fringe Festival at Foyles bookshop on Friday, April 17.
Copyblogger brings blog back from the dead
And this is my final addition to who's fooling who on the April 1 internet --- the King of Content, Copyblogger, announcing, Why Copyblogger Is Killing Its Blog.
Smashwords’ spoof reveals the automatic Kindle Author
Ebook distributor Smashwords added to the general April 1 hilarity with a blog post headed, New Amazon Service Eliminates the Need for Authors (at least I hope it's a hoax).
Amazon’s April Fool takes us back to the future
Who ever doubted that Amazon had a sense of humor? For its celebration of April Fools' Day, Amazon.com set its home page to a 1990s' Web 1.0 version of itself, but there was a commercial method to the prank as it was full of links to books and products featuring practical jokes or legendary April Fools' hoaxes.
Cover story — Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman US cover is a slow train coming
The finished covers of Harper Lee's eagerly awaited 'new' book, Go Set A Watchman, have now been released and the US cover wins my vote over the artwork for the UK edition.
How stepping up pricing and quality is the key to profitable print books
IngramSpark has dropped its annual distribution fees so authors now don't have to pay a yearly charge to have their books made available through the company's wide international network of 39,000 retailers and libraries.