How to succeed at blogging
My new book on how to build up a blog has just been published and is now available at Amazon worldwide.
Amazon Publishing wins bidding battle for London plague thriller
Amazon Publishing in the UK has won a rights auction for Cath Quinn’s historical thriller The Thief Taker in a bidding war with three other publishers.
New analysis reveals the startling truth about self-publishing
Self-published bestselling author Hugh Howey has data-mined a mass of ebook sales information to come up with some game-changing findings that show self-published titles dominating traditional publishers in sales and author earnings.
Ebook pioneer E-Reads takes to the Open Road in merger
Ebook publishing trailblazer E-Reads has been taken over by Open Road in a move which will add 1,200 titles with a science fiction speciality to the Open Road roster of 4,000 books.
Singles can double up on royalties
Best-selling author Richard Bach has published Illusions II exclusively as a Kindle Single and has gone straight to the top-seller spot in the Singles chart. The Singles section is open to all and indie authors can submit their work for consideration, with the added bonus of getting 70% royalties at all price points.
Self-published out-of-print novel leads the way to a million sales
An author who self-published her first novel after it went out of print has sold a million books in two years.
How serial success with Wattpad lights the way to publishing deals
Another day, another vampire novel deal for a Wattpad star, with Macmillan snapping up UK writer Nikkei Kelly’s Stylcar Saga trilogy.
Cheers for Amazon Publishing with first No 1 bestseller breakthrough
Amazon Publishing got their first No 1 bestseller this week when The Barkeep by William Lashner hit the top spot in the Digital Book World list
Ebooks on the move as Kobo takes over customers after Sony quits ebook business
Ebook pioneer Sony has quit the e-reader business in North America and is handing over all its customers to Kobo.
Now you really can Master self-publishing
Inspired, apparently, by the commercial success of 50 Shades of Grey, a UK university is offering a Master's Degree course in self-publishing, claimed to be the first of its kind on the world.
Scribd adds Kindle Fire app after hitting 3 million mobile downloads
Ebook subscription service Scribd has added a Kindle Fire app and has reached three million downloads of its mobile app.