Amazon cuts minimum ebook prices in UK as VAT is scrapped on digital publishing
The UK government has ‘fast-tracked’ its plan to end VAT on ebooks and digital newspapers and the rate of tax has been slashed from 20% to zero from May 1, 2020.
Amazon cuts KDP ebook minimum prices for eurozone countries
Amazon has reduced the minimum price that authors have to set for ebooks on Kindle Direct Publishing for European Union marketplaces.
Lockdown sends ebook sales into OverDrive
The coronavirus lockdown has boosted ebook sales and one of the channels showing the biggest rise is library distributor OverDrive.
Barnes & Noble reverses author payment delays for indie disties and pays out early for March
Barnes & Noble has restored ebook distributors to its regular payment schedule after paying late for February and bringing in a policy of 90-day payment delays.
Kindle Storyteller UK Award 2020 opens for entries with £20,000 prize again as last year’s winner advises to look for the hook in your book
The Kindle Storyteller UK Award 2020 opens for entries from May 1, 2020 and is paying out a top prize of £20,000 again. This is the fourth year for the award which has become a well-established highlight of the year for indie authors.
Kindle Unlimited KENP payout fund for March 2020 shows 21% annual rise as onset of lockdown sees readers turn to ebooks
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for March 2020 was $0.0046, up from $0.0045 in February and $0.0044 in January, while the KDP Select fund for March 2020 saw a monthly increase of 6.6% to $29 million from $27.2 million in February 2020.
Kobo builds Australian ebook and audiobook alliance with Booktopia
Kobo has teamed up with Australia’s biggest online bookseller Booktopia in a link-up that sees Kobo become Booktopia’s exclusive digital reading partner, offering ebooks, audiobooks and e-readers to Booktopia’s Australian customers.
Ebook sales and online print book orders soaring as educational books get big lift in lockdown
Ebook sales have risen significantly during the current coronavirus lockdown while print book sales initially fell as bookshops closed but online print orders to bookshops have since experienced a sharp increase.
PublishDrive adds audiobook streaming service Storytel to its channels
Ebook distributor PublishDrive has added audiobook and ebook streaming service Storytel to its list of channels.
Audible opens new free site to stream children’s audiobooks internationally as schools close during the coronavirus crisis
With schools closing during the coronavirus pandemic, Audible has set up Stories.Audible.com where ‘anyone, in any country, can enjoy unlimited streaming of hundreds of titles for kids and families for free’.
BookExpo 2020 finally cancelled
UPDATE: BookExpo 2020 has been called off. for its original dates in May and rescheduled to be held at the Javits Convention Center in New York from July 22-24.
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for February 2020 edges up as fund falls back
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for February 2020 showed a small rise to $0.0045 from $0.0044 in January while the KDP Select fund for February 2020 fell back by $1 million to $27.2 million from $28.2 million in January 2020.
The Wattys 2020 Awards aim to help writers to complete a novel
The Wattys 2020 have changed direction this year to help writers complete a novel.
SelfPubCon Spring 2020 focuses on power of indie publishing
The London Book Fair might be cancelled but The Self-Publishing Advice Conference, which is usually scheduled to tie in with the major book fairs, is going ahead with a stellar line-up set to appear online on Saturday, March 14.
London Book Fair 2020 cancelled after exodus of big publishers
The London Book Fair 2020 has been cancelled less than a week before it was scheduled to start after big publishing firms pulled out of the event.
IngramSpark bans low-content journals, summaries and classic ‘clutter’ to clean up catalog
Print book distributor IngramSpark is banning low-content books such as notebooks and journals, summary books and any books that mirror popular titles and will remove any existing content that falls foul of its new policy.
Biggest monthly rise for Kindle Unlimited payout fund in January 2020
Kindle Unlimited saw the biggest-ever monthly increase in the KDP Select fund for January 2020 as the fund rose by $2m to $28.2 million from $26.2 million in December 2019.
Indie romance authors stay strong in best-selling lists
There’s a strong showing from indie romance authors on the Kindle best-sellers list this week (February 15, 2020) amid the cascade of Amazon Publishing releases.
Self-Publishing Advice Conference set for first online event of the year
The Self-Publishing Advice Conference is all set for the first major event of the year with the Online Author Conference on Saturday, March 14 to tie in with the London Book Fair.
Penguin Random House pull digital books from subscription services as Bertelsmann take control
Penguin Random House are withdrawing their titles from digital book subscription platforms following the takeover of the company by German publishing giant Bertelsmann in December 2019.
