The Growing Footprint of Draft2Digital: The Next Big Ebook Distributor?
Founded in 2012, Draft2Digital is a growing ebook distributor for independent authors, with more than 16,000 authors using their service.
Day: October 7, 2015
Speaking of Ebook Distributors, There’s a Brand-New One: Pronoun
Do you remember Vook? Booklr? Byliner? They no longer exist, having been mashed up into an all-new ebook distribution service called Pronoun.
The New York Times Celebrates the Decline of Ebooks in a Very Misleading Article
No doubt you’ve already seen the headline “E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far from Dead” and encountered speculation as to whether the Times got the story right.
Profile: Athina Papa
Founding owner and president of Language+ Literary Translations, LLC.
Is Your Work Ready for the Global Stage? A Primer on Foreign Markets and Translations
At writing and publishing industry events alike this year, we’ve noticed growing attention and conversation on the growing global market for ebooks.
Book Publishers Pursue Online Education Half-Heartedly, Leaving Lots of Opportunity for Authors to Do Better
It’s been on pundit prediction lists for a while that online education is one of the next biggest publishing growth areas.
UK Literary Prizes: Is Gender a Shadow Criterion?
A new discussion worth attention has just opened in London with the arrival of an opinion piece titled “On Noticing” by Cathy Rentzenbrink.
A Small Report on Small Presses and Ebooks: Help Make It Larger
Do you work with a small press? London-based Australian editor and ebook producer Simon Collinson could use your help with his survey.
Closing Image: October 7, 2015
The Bookish Elites: Market size and new title production in relation to GDP per capita in the twenty-three largest publishing markets worldwide.
Hot Sheet Index: October 7, 2015
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the number of countries that Kobo, Apple iBooks, Nook and Amazon Kindle sells in.