NoiseTrade: A Way to Build Direct Reach to Potential Fans
NoiseTrade is a little-known site in the book-publishing world that got its start in the music industry in 2008.
Day: November 4, 2015
Two No-Fee Contests for Book Manuscripts
Within the last couple weeks, we’ve heard news about two brand-new contests with no entry fees for book-length manuscripts.
Amazon KDP Select Payouts Will Reflect Territories
The news that Amazon is opening a physical bookstore almost eclipsed the fact that the company is also making a potentially potent change in Kindle Direct Publishing Select payouts.
Profile: Sangram Surve
Sangram Surve is an author-strategist and founding director of Think WhyNot Pte. Ltd., based in Mumbai.
… And about That Amazon Store
Calling it “a physical extension of Amazon.com,” the world’s largest retailer has opened its first “terrestrial” bookshop in Seattle’s University Village.
Ellora’s Cave and Dear Author Settle Defamation Lawsuit
The lawsuit against Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe (a.k.a. Jane Litte) has been one of the more chilling stories for authors in the past year.
For Optimism in Publishing, Look No Further Than Audio Storytelling
Digital audiobooks are the biggest growth area for the book publishing industry. In 2014, the category grew about 27 percent in terms of units and revenue over 2013.
Closing Image: November 4, 2015
Pew Research Center survey conducted March 17 through April 12, 2015. Smartphones, tablets grew in recent years. Other devices declined or stayed flat.
Hot Sheet Index: November 4, 2015
A snapshot of current industry data.
Links of Interest: November 4, 2015
To increase its ability to market and sell directly to readers, HarperCollins has acquired The Midlist, a daily email newsletter featuring ebook deals. HarperCollins already runs an existing service called Bookperk that offers discounted ebook titles, so the two services will merge, resulting in an email list of 1 million readers. Whereas The Midlist originally … Read more