Createspace offers bulk book printing discount deal
Amazon’s Createspace print-on-demand division is responding to rival Ingram Spark’s push into self-publishing by offering substantial discounts if you order at least 1,000 copies of the same book.
Readers don’t draw a line between self-publishers and trad publishers
Consumers don't make a distinction between traditional publishers and self-publishers when buying ebooks, according to a wide-ranging new study of the market.
Oyster Books opens up to gift subscriptions
Ebook subscription start-up Oyster Books is offering gift subscriptions.
Big bucks for Big Brother
Here's a slightly confusing but nonetheless informative and graphic infographic showing the most popular books of all time.
Judge to authors: Google scans are good for you
US authors have lost an eight-year legal battle to stop Google scanning books.
How The Wimpy Kid conquered the world
The eighth outing for Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, sold a massive 1.3 million books in all formats around the world in its first week.
Millions writer gets millions for first novel
After Dan Brown's Inferno, Knopf has snapped up a hot deal for another fiery book, paying $2million for Garth Risk Hallberg's debut novel City on Fire where the film rights were sold before the book was.
Hop it, Amazon! Aussie booksellers offer cash to kill Kindles
Australian boooksellers are offering cash to customers to dump their Kindles as Amazon finally gets around to launching an Australian Kindle store.
How to become a publisher in 4 hours a week
The man who found fame and fortune with The 4-Hour Work Week is setting up a company to publish the books that changed his life.
BookBaby links up with social marketing engine
BookBaby has added social marketing engine PagePusher to its distribution network.
Kobo adds facility to schedule price promotions
Authors can now schedule price promotions and permanent prices for their books on Kobo.