Some news for self-published writers: this week, Publishers Weekly reported that Naver, Korea’s leading internet platform, is acquiring Wattpad for over $600 million in cash and stock. For those who aren’t among the 90 million people that used Wattpad in 2020, or who don’t have any fanfiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-22 18:51:40 UTC ]
Self-published writers and digital only publishers will continue to grow their share of the digital content market while traditional publishers over-price ebooks, according to early results of the FutureBook Census, launched ahead of this year’s FutureBook Conference, taking place on 2nd December. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published writers have voiced disgruntlement about a perceived sidelining of the Author HQ area at London Book Fair, calling it a “step backwards” for the independent author movement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and publishers have just a day left to submit work to the relaunched Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, which is open to self-published writers this year for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) has unveiled its Ethical Author code, which includes guidance on how self-published writers should conduct themselves when it comes to reviews, book promotion and more. Ethical Author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six titles from indie publishers plus three from self-published writers, have been longlisted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published writers who have an agent, or who use the DIY route to get a traditional deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
As much as a quarter of fiction ebooks sold in the UK could be from self-published writers, as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]