Reuters today reported that Bertelsmann media group is moving a step closer to acquiring the remaining 47% of Penguin Random House. In 2012 Bertelsmann and Pearson agreed a deal to merge Random House with Penguin to form Penguin Random House. The merger created the largest global book publisher of two major brands. However, Reuters reports that […]
Indie publishing platform IngramSpark has added a number of new features for authors and small publishers to its dashboard workflow. The new features were rolled out in the last week and announced in their November newsletter to account holders. Authors will now be able to avail of a e-book conversion service using their original print […]
This is the PUBLISHING SERVICE INDEX for October 2015. We are a little late with this month’s index, but it does include our latest review of Epigraph Publishing Service and all feedback up until the end of October. For the last two months IngramSpark had edged ahead of CreateSpace. However, the Amazon-owned platform returns to the top of […]
(Dan Poynter – pic via Wiki) Often considered the original self-publishing guru and consultant, Dan Poynter, passed away on Tuesday of this week after a long illness. Poynter was 77 and best known for his book The Self-Publishing Manual, first published in 1979. He was a passionate advocate of quality self-publishing long before the impact […]
Multi-award-winning international speaker, author and thought leadership strategist Mindy Gibbins-Klein reached out to TIPM this week and we discussed the subject of preparation and what strategy independently-minded authors of non-fiction work should employ prior to publication of their book projects. We asked Mindy for her top ten tips. 1. Consider all the publishing options […]
