Sony Electronics has signed deals with self-publishing behemoth Author Solutions and ebook platform Smashwords to distribute their ebooks through Sony’s own online epub portal. This has the potential to be a huge step forward for self-publishing authors using the family of companies owned by Author Solutions. They include iUniverse, AuthorHouse, Xlibris, Trafford and Wordclay. Exact […]
It seems CreateSpace have decided to go down the same avenue of marketing their services as Lulu. Although CreateSpace offered many individual services to authors – their focus has shifted to the familiar self-publisher packages. While CreateSpace say the packages offer significant savings to authors when compared to their individual prices for each service – […]
As widely expected Judge Denny Chin has acceded to the request of the plaintiffs in the Google Book Settlement case and agreed to put back the date for the Fairness Hearing scheduled for October 7th. However, in its place, Judge Denny Chin will instead preside over what is now being declared as a ‘status conference’ on the same date. […]
Apex Publishing, a UK based subsidy/partnership publisher, say they have acquired the autobiography of singer and reality TV star, David Van Day. The autobiography, entitled ‘Another Day, Another Dollar’ is due for release in hardback next June and was co written with Derek Clements. Van Day came to musical prominence in the 1980’s with British […]
Lawyers representing the US Authors Guild and the American Association of Publishers in the Google Book Settlement have formally requested the US Federal Court to postpone the date for the Fairness Hearing scheduled for October 7th. This follows last week statement by the US Justice Department that the Google Book Settlement should be rejected. Instead, […]
The US Department of Justice may very well have dealt the Google Book Settlement, as it stands in current form, the final and fatal blow in its statement released late yesterday, Friday, September 18th. In no uncertain terms, the Department of Justice declares that the Google Book Settlement should be rejected. “As presently drafted the […]
On Demand Books, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) have announced that they have now added Google’s public domain list to their database of available books. On Demand already have 1.8 million titles available through their POD database including most of Lightning Source’s listing. On Demand Books continues the roll out and promotion […]
Federal Court Judge, Denny Chin, presiding over the Google Book Settlement fairness hearing, scheduled for October 7th, has received in the region of 400 objection submissions to his office up to the deadline last week. With this amount of objections, Judge Chin has indicated he may have to consider imposing limitations on the amount of […]
Lightning Source, the global provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, are teaming up with Hachette Livre France to create a large print on demand operation based at Hachette’s distribution. The POD service will have the potential to provide any books on their database to the French book market. Hachette hope to […]
I try to keep updated with as many newsworthy items and developments in the self-publishing world as much as possible, but occasionally something comes across my desk and either gets pushed to the bottom of the ‘to do’ pile or slips by in the quiet of night. I remember a couple of weeks ago coming […]
