The Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book is offering $6,000 worth of advertising for prize winners
The hidden meaning of the Amazon logo
Did you know the Amazon logo has a hidden meaning?
Wattpadder wins six-figure deal for fanfic phenomenon
It’s been a while, but another Wattpad writer has been snapped up by a trad publishing company in a six-figure deal.
Self-publishing marketing advice
Discount Books Daily have put together a useful infographic which collects some of the book marketing advice they've found for self-published authors.
$11,000 cash prizes on offer in Writer’s Digest self-published ebook contest
Entries are now open for the Writer’s Digest second Annual Self-Published Ebook Awards which offer $11,000 in cash prizes. The content is exclusively for self-published ebooks and covers eight fiction and non-fiction categories. There are no word-count or page-count limits.
You can read a whole ebook on Amazon’s Fire Phone without ever touching the screen
A new auto-scroll feature built into Amazon’s first Fire smartphone launched this week means the device could be an ideal ebook reader.
Draft2Digital adds ebook subscription service Scribd to sales channels
Distributor Draft2Digital has added ebook subscription service Scribd to its range of sales channels and authors will get normal royalties for sales through Scribd, plus a partial-read deal.
Hachette reveals Amazon’s grip on the ebook market
The extent of Amazon's tight grip on the ebook market is shown graphically in a presentation given by Hachette at a recent investor meeting.
Smashwords adds daily sales reports and charts
Smashwords has added daily sales reporting and interactive charting for sales at iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, OverDrive and the Smashwords store, including daily and total order accumulation numbers for pre-orders at iBooks.
Amazon image untarnished by Hachette battle
The discount war between Amazon and Hachette isn't hitting Amazon's public image as new international surveys by YouGov show consumers' perception of Amazon is staying strong across its main markets.
$20,000 prizes on offer in Hugh Howey Booktrack fan fiction contests
Self-publishing advocate and super-prolific best-selling author Hugh Howey is backing an innovative literary competition which offers total prizes of $20,000.