NetGalley has been bought by Japanese ebook distribution company Media Do in a takeover deal for…
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Wattpad will join Webtoon in $600 million sale deal with Korean search engine company Naver
Wattpad is set to join the Webtoon brand in a takeover deal by Korean search engine…
Former head of Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer UK joins Bonnier to launch new digital-first genre imprint
The former head of Amazon Publishing’s UK crime and thriller imprint Thomas & Mercer has joined…
NetGalley site hacked in database attack
Book review service NetGalley was hacked just before Christmas in a data security incident. The company…
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for November 2020 edges up while KDP Select Fund runs at 25% above 2019
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for November 2020 rose slightly to $0.0046 from $0.0045 in October…
Amazon moves fast to widen reach of Estimated KENP Royalties metric
Amazon only launched the Estimated KENP Royalties metric in the US just a few weeks ago…
Audible rethinks royalty clawbacks and pledges to pay audiobook authors for sales returned more than a week after purchase
Audible is pledging to pay authors royalties for any title returned more than seven days following…
Prime time to put forward your ebooks for Kindle Deals promotions
Amazon is now inviting authors to nominate their ebooks to be included in Kindle Deals and…
Authors can now build book series pages on Amazon through KDP
If you’ve got a series of books on Amazon you can now publish and update ebook…
Non-fiction travel book wins £20,000 Kindle Storyteller 2020 Award
A non-fiction book has won the Kindle Storyteller UK Award for the first time with the…
Indie author cradles the Unputdownable accolade on Amazon Charts
An indie author has burst into the Amazon Charts this week with the distinction of being…
Check your ebook formatting as KDP warns of new ‘file ingestion’ requirements
Ingestion is the keyword for Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing which is tightening up on ebook formatting…
PublishDrive research shows ebook business boost is continuing as library sales double
Ebook distributor PublishDrive’s monthly reports on the digital book market are continuing to see substantial rises…
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for August 2020 holds steady as KDP fund shows 26% annual increase
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for August 2020 stayed steady at $0.0043, the same rate as…
KDP authors can now advertise their books through Amazon Advertising in Canada and Australia
Amazon Advertising for KDP authors has widened its geographical range to now offer Sponsored Products ads…
StreetLib adds audiobook distribution deals plus comics channel
Worldwide digital book distributor StreetLib has signed a double deal with Scribd and Bibliotheca to widen…
Storytel streaming on with more than 1.2 million subscribers
European audiobook and ebook subscription service Storytel has seen total subscribers leap by 42% to 1,257,000…
Amazon streamlines promotional access for authors with new KDP marketing resources page
Amazon has added a new Marketing page to the Kindle Direct Publishing website to make it…
Wattpad Books pick up London lockdown love-life stories
Data-driven publisher Wattpad Books is to publish a contemporary romance story collection, Lockdown on London Lane…
Kobo Plus ebook subscription service expands to Canada
The Kobo Plus ebook subscription service is opening up in Canada after launching in Europe in…
UK turns to crime and lifestyle books as reading time nearly doubles and tastes change
Nearly half of adults in the UK adults say they read books more since lockdown and…
The Fussy Librarian adds transparency with promotion data showing click numbers and CPC details
The Fussy Librarian ebook promotion website has started to publish some valuable data detailing numbers of…
Claudia Winkleman joins the judges for £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award
TV presenter Claudia Winkleman has joined the judging panel for this year’s £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award.…
Non-fiction and romance faring well as ebook sales continue to rise
Lockdowns around the world continued to see digital book sales increase during April as ebook distributor…
Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for April 2020 falls as total reads soar and KDP fund smashes through $30 million mark
The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for April 2020 fell to $0.0042, down from $0.0046 in March…