In today’s latest publishing news Amazon expands south and Smashwords goes east, more gushing ASI reviews, and one not so gushing review, and a comparison review. President Obama writes to booksellers about that trip to Amazon, but doesn’t really say much about anything. Two big hitters in the self-publishing world have announced expansions in different […]
This morning’s TIPM Morning Brief looks ahead to a post-TOC Frankfurt Book Fair, why we need to show constraint and perspective on the Goodreads abuse debate, and another author from the traditional world opts for the choppy self-publishing waters. With the Frankfurt Book Fair due to take place in October, we are already seeing the […]
Here are the latest publishing headlines for over that past couple of days in our TIPM Morning Brief. Libiro is an new e-book store dedicated to self-published books. It looks promising and is still in beta form. Like all e-book stores, the big challenge will be getting the word out and cracking the issue of discoverability. […]
We have an interesting bag of publishing briefs this morning; from author glee to author woes; a traditional publishing representative getting it in the neck at the Edinburgh Festival; a Christian self-publishing service provider entering the freemium DIY publishing arena; and one small US publisher decides to bundle e-book editions with all new print editions. […]
This is the first post of TIPM’s new daily aggregated news and link feature for independent authors and publishers. This post will appear most days and will contain the latest news of specific interest to authors and small independent publishers in one place. I have been experimenting with various ways to do this over […]
One author’s experience using Author Solutions’ self-publishing service imprint, Xlibris. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Wattpad, one of the leading writing communities with traffic of 16 million visitors every month, has announced the launch of a Kickstarter-style fan-funding program for self-published authors. While Wattpad makes much play on this new crowdfunding option as an original for its writing community, it certainly is not the first, even as a dedicated program for […]
In a time of publishing consolidation, mergers and ‘shrinkage,’ it is welcome news to hear of a publishing story working in the opposite direction. Gill & Macmillan, an established Irish trade publisher since 1968, and provider of distribution and publisher services to several small publishers in the Irish marketplace, has announced that it has bought out […]
From Digital Minds Conference day at this year’s London Book Fair, 2013. The Rise of Self-Publishing and the Hybrid Author Featuring: Chairman: John Bond (Whitefox) Guest Speakers: Mark Coker (Smashwords), Sophie Rochester (The Literary Platforms), author Steena Holmes and Mark Lefebvre (Kobo) The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
1. “Look, we’ve nothing to worry about. They’re all just glorified printers and author mills. We’re the real cultivators and promoters of literature.” 2. “I mean, it’s easy to make money if you just sell services to authors and not their books.” 3. “Martha, it’s like I said about e-books years ago. Those service […]
