Romance author Lucy Day shares why she switched to self-publishing, what her biggest challenge is, and how confidence has played a role in her success. The post Lucy Day: 12th Annual Self-Published E-book Awards Winner appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-23 19:00:00 UTC ]
Congratulations to the winners of the 12th Annual Self-Published E-book Awards! Discover the titles that placed in the categories of contemporary fiction, fantasy, memoir, mystery, and more. The post Announcing the Winners of the 12th Annual Self-Published E-book Awards appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
The challenger brand to Amazon’s hegemony has big plans to build further, starting with a new e-book initiative. Andy Hunter decided something needed to be done about the endless rise of Amazon in 2018—the year that the e-commerce giant surpassed 50% of book sales in the U.S. market. “I was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-01-28 11:30:00 UTC ]
The online bookseller, which offers a profit-sharing model to independent bookstore partners, launched its long-anticipated e-book platform on January 28, allowing indies to sell e-books directly to customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-09-12 12:39:45 UTC ]
A partnership between the Digital Public Library of America and the Independent Publishers Group is offering an e-book ownership option from a wide range of indie publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
A survey from BookNet Canada found that 58% of audiobook listeners in the country obtained their books from free sources, such as the library or YouTube, while 62% of e-book readers and 51% of print book readers found free sources for their reading material. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The effort will feature a banned book every Wednesday on DPLA’s social media accounts. Last year, the group launched its Banned Book Club, a program that uses GPS-based “geo-targeting” to enable readers to check out e-book versions of banned books via an e-reader app. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Nonprofit library technology cooperative OCLC, the company behind WorldCat, has acquired CloudLibrary, a technology platform offering patrons access to digital content through libraries, from library e-book vendor Bibliotheca. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a March 13 statement, Bookwire officials said that, while they were unable to share terms of the new agreement, "relisting of the e-book titles" on Amazon, following their delisting earlier this week during tense negotiations, "is expected shortly." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge has held that “monopolization” claims against Amazon can move forward, finding that lawyers for a potential consumer class have plausibly alleged that Amazon’s conduct in the e-book market has led to “reduced competition” and “higher e-book prices." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: Georgia moves a step closer to banning the ALA; a library e-book bill is back in Connecticut; and librarian TikTok star Mychal Threets, who went viral for sharing 'library joy,' has left his job. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
The “Netflix model” of leasing e-books to public libraries is expensive, full of limitations, and potentially a boon for censorship, librarians say. It’s a growing business model that shifts power to publishers and makes access harder for patrons. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2024-02-22 16:28:54 UTC ]
Stephen Blake Mettee died from a heart attack while snorkeling in the Galapagos Islands on November 18. A serial entrepreneur across many sectors, Mettee founded independent publisher Quill Driver Books in 1994 and Hummingbird Digital Media, a hybrid e-book distributing/retailing company, in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
If you’re looking for more ways to earn an income or diversify revenue streams, e-books are a great avenue. You don’t need to be an expert, either. With My AI eBook Creation Pro, you can create premium e-books in a matter of clicks without the writing or design expertise. Powered by... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2024-01-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
Pursuing its strategy of seeking to further leverage IP, China Literature, China's dominant online publishing and e-book company, has bought Tencent Animation and Comics for 600 million yuan (US$83.6 million). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: the Alabama Public Library Service suggests moving on from the ALA's Library Bill of Rights; an Arkansas librarian recently fired for defending the freedom to read has no regrets (and a lawyer); lawmakers in Massachusetts consider a new library e-book bill; and Barack... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The reader was reading an e-book in a café. Whenever he arrived at a sentence that other readers had highlighted, a pop-up notification would display how many times it had been underlined. The reader had come to dread this feature. No matter what genre of novel he was reading, the same type of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-27 08:00:31 UTC ]
“Roughing the Princess,” an erotic e-book inspired by an actual relationship, veered too close to reality for many of Taylor Swift’s fans. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-25 13:45:13 UTC ]
If you’ve got a story to tell or advice to give, an eBook is a compelling avenue to share with the world and maybe even make a little money. You don’t even have to work all that hard thanks to My AI eBook Creation Pro. Powered by ChatGPT, this eBook creation tool takes all of the pain... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2023-10-23 08:00:00 UTC ]