Porter Anderson sets up Wednesday's #EtherIssue live Twitter discussion with a look at perceptions of self-publishing: Hard? Easy? What does it take to do well? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bricks-and-mortar bookstores are missing a huge opportunity by failing to take advantage of the self-publishing revolution, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month’s starred reviews of self-published books includes a pair of notable new novels, one about dysfunctional childhood in Western and another about a busy single mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
One might not be able to share an ebook, but it's possible to highlight and annotate them for all to see.There is a moment in The Confessions when Saint Augustine is astonished to find another scholar, Saint Ambrose, reading silently to himself. This quiet encounter 16 centuries ago might be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Previously, independent bookstores tended to stay away from marketing self-published authors, but in the age of Amazon, some are embracing local authors no matter how they released their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Choc Lit has bought world rights in self-published author Kirsty Ferry’s adult fantasy The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month's starred reviews of self-published books includes a "stellar" historical novel and a "touching" memoir of life as a teacher of disadvantaged students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The self-publishing ecosystem in Germany is expanding into more dramatic experimentation, from crowdsourcing to offering author advances. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A self-published title has been included in the shortlist for the CMI Management Book of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A German art foundation is experimenting with an open-access self-published monograph as an ebook. Could this be a model for other institutions looking for greater exposure? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Germany, where fixed price laws demand a level playing field, Amazon's KDP gave its self-published authors an edge when it came to ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired five self-published and two unpublished novels by bestselling ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month's starred self-published books of note include a fictional tragedy in pre-colonial Nigeria and a memoir where beer pong meets sado-masochism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Several self-publishing ebook platforms have censored rape, incest and other objectionable titles while others appear to continue profiting from them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo removed self-published pornographic titles from their sites and Kobo stopped sales of self-published titles altogether. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrews McMeel Publishing has moved quickly to produce and promote Lang Leav’s Love & Misadventure, a 176-page volume containing 75 poems, as well as prose and illustrations, in which the author ruminates upon the highs and lows that inevitably accompany romantic relationships. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what is rumored to be a deal worth $500,000, Jennifer Brehl at HarperCollins’s William Morrow imprint bought North American rights to Tina Seskis’s novel, One Step Too Far. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new analysis of ISBN data by Bowker found that the number of self-published books in 2012 rose 59% over 2011, growing to over 391,000 titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month's recipients of starred reviews from BlueInk include a novel about a schizophrenic New Yorker who believes he is Beethoven and a timely look at profiteering in American medicine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A discussion with nine experts from Frankfurt Academy's CONTEC 2013 interactive learning lab on self-publishing's implications for the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]