She Writes Press: Two Author Case Studies
Two authors who paid for a hybrid publishing deal reveal what they paid and what they sold.
Author Income
Publishing Innovators Emphasize NFTs Are about Community
The book industry discusses how to imbue NFTs with value and meaning for readers.
IMHO: Your Readers Don’t Yet Care about NFTs
Barriers to widespread adoption of NFTs include cryptocurrency, environmental concerns, transaction fees, and poorly defined value to the reader.
Trendspotting: Email Newsletter Advertising and Sponsorships
A primer on selling advertising in your email newsletter.
Print Book Prices All but Certain to Increase
The biggest US book wholesaler and distributor, Ingram, anticipates book price inflation this year
Spotify takes down comedians’ albums over royalty dispute
Given that Spotify is moving more into spoken-word content, including podcasts and audiobooks, the following case is worth watching.
Vaynerchuk’s new book is a bestseller, but it’s not on any bestseller list
Author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s self-help book Twelve and a Half (Harper Business), released on November 30, has sold nearly a half million hardcovers during its first week on sale
Amazon KDP Finally Offers Hardcover Format
Just in August, we reported on the growing sales of hardcover print on demand through IngramSpark. The country’s biggest distributor advised publishers of all sizes
Considering Crazy Maple Studio / KISS? Here’s an important heads-up
Recently, a well-established romance author posted a warning in a private Facebook group that they had an unfavorable experience with the publisher of the KISS app
Medium modifies contest rules after pushback
the fine print in the official rules contained a rights grab—giving Medium “an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, sublicensable, assignable” license to all entries