The Bookseller Opens an Indie-Sales Tracking Project in the UK
The Bookseller in London has given us advance word of its rollout of a new call for voluntary ebook sales data sharing among UK independent authors.
Author Income
Publishing’s Spider-Man Tweaks Author Earnings
It’s now roughly the two-year anniversary of Author Earnings, first launched in February 2014 by indie author Hugh Howey and “Data Guy.”
Philip Pullman Successfully Leads Charge for Author Event Compensation
Author Philip Pullman, longtime speaker at the UK’s Oxford Literary Festival, announced in mid-January that he would no longer be a patron.
For Richer and Poorer, and Something In-Between
The Bookseller’s Tom Tivnan has revealed that around 0.1 percent of all authors in the U.K. market earned 13 percent of BookScan sales last year.
The Author Contract Battle Takes on Global Scale
The Authors Guild has pulled off a surprise for the new year, launching a letter on Jan. 5 to publishers’ associations.
What Self-Published Authors Can Expect to Earn Through Kindle Unlimited in India
We’ve been avidly following developments in Amazon’s new per-page payments for books that are published via KDP Select, then borrowed by readers via Kindle Unlimited.
If $3.99 Is Mark Coker’s Favorite Price, What Works in Germany?
Munich-based journalist and self-publishing author Matthias Matting has offered a response to the article at Smashwords we’ve mentioned elsewhere in this issue.
Survey Blues: The Latest Handwringing Over Author Income
The headline results of the new Authors Guild “The Wages of Writing” author-income survey probably didn’t shock you.
Authors Offer Insight into Their Sales, Or: Audiobooks May Pay Your Bills in the Future
Two authors, one independent and one traditional, shed light on the diversity of formats and product types that contribute to their bottom line.