Brandon Sanderson distributes his audio on Spotify, not Audible
Sanderson ran the most successful Kickstarter in history last year for four “secret” novels that will be self-published.
Self-Publishing
New tool for self-publishing authors: Amazon attribution links
Indie author Nicholas Erik calls it “nothing short of a marketing gamechanger.”
Book Visibility on Amazon Has Changed (for Now)
Amazon has new category ranking limitations; whether these changes are intentional or a glitch remains unclear
Draft2Digital authors can now sell in the Smashwords store
To get started, Draft2Digital authors need only login to their account.
Tor will publish print editions of Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter Novels
Tor announced release dates for “commercial editions” of the four novels that Sanderson first offered through his Kickstarter campaign.
IngramSpark dramatically improves sales reporting dashboard
If you rarely check your IngramSpark sales because it’s a huge pain to pull a report and view data, it’s time to rejoice.
Self-Publishing Sales Collectively Represent a Whole Other Penguin Random House
Executives from Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Rakuten Kobo discuss the hard-to-measure but growing audience for independently published ebooks and digital serializations.
New effort underway to measure self-publishing book sales
The Big Indie Data Drop is a collaboration between the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), Draft2Digital, K-lytics, and Written Word Media.
Draft2Digital expands international print support
Draft2Digital has improved the ability for its authors outside the US to order author copies of their books without paying high shipping fees.
Be aware: scam solicitations see an uptick
As self-publishing has proliferated, indie authors have increasingly become the target of illegitimate and fraudulent solicitations.