Amazon Publishing is teaming up with Mindy Kaling to launch Mindy’s Book Studio, a boutique story studio that will publish books selected by Kaling from emerging and established diverse voices.
Ingram Content Group is launching a range of consumer marketing services to help publishers reach readers directly.
Kindle Unlimited started the year with a bang as the KDP Select Global Fund for January 2022 leapt by the biggest-ever monthly rise of $2.7 million to $42.9 million from $40.2 million in December 2021.
Ebook distributor Draft2Digital is taking over self-publishing pioneer Smashwords in a merger of two of the leading aggregators in the indie author market.
The Kindle Vella bonus for December 2021 for authors has risen by the usual $50,000 to $650,000 from $600,000 in November 2021. Amazon has extended the reach of Kindle Vella stories by making them available to readers in the Kindle app on Android and Fire devices.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for December 2021 rose by $300,000 to $40.2 million from $39.9 million in November to send the total amount paid out during the calendar year 2021 to $450.1 million.
Readers worldwide borrowed a total of 506 million ebooks, audiobooks and digital magazines from public libraries in 2021 through leading library distributor OverDrive.
The Kindle Vella bonus for November 2021 has risen to $600,000 from $550,000 in October 2021.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for November 2021 edged up again by $100,000 to $39.9 million from $39.8 million in October 2021 while the KENP rate for November rose to $0.0047 from $0.0045 in October.
Each year BookBub picks what it calls its best ad campaigns of the year to show advertising strategies across a variety of genres.
The Kobo Plus ebook and audiobook subscription scheme is continuing its steady expansion around the world with launches in Italy and Australia recently to add to opening in Portugal earlier this year.