by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader
With its universal book links, mailing list and ePub creation services, and broad distribution network, Draft2Digital has positioned itself as an upmarket alternative to Smashwords.
Now D2D is adding a service offered by no other ebook distributor: audiobooks.
Continue reading Draft2Digital Adds Audiobook Distribution via Findaway Voice
by Laura Northrup at the Consumerist
In the age of online shopping, are bookstores irrelevant? The new CEO of big-box bookstore chain Barnes & Noble doesn’t think so. If they were, why would Amazon be opening physical bookstores across the country, with a new one opening in New York City tomorrow? He sees this growth as proof that bookstores are still relevant.
Continue reading Barnes & Noble CEO Uses Amazon to Justify His Company’s Continued Existence
by Michael Kozlowski at Good e-Reader
The Association of American Publishers has reported that from January to November 2016 e-books declined by 16.4% and digital audiobooks increased by 29.2%.
Continue reading E-Books Decline 16.4% and Audiobooks Increase By 29.2%
by Romain Dillet from TechCrunch
Amazon has accepted new contract terms with book publishers in the European Union after Commissioner Margrethe Vestager led an investigation into Amazon’s practices.
After today’s decision, Amazon will no longer force publishers to provide the best price on the company’s Kindle store.
Continue reading Amazon Modifies Its Kindle eBook Contracts Following EU Investigation
by Mark Sweney at the Guardian
Consumer sales down to £204m last year and are at lowest level since 2011 – when Amazon Kindle sales first took off in UK
Britons are abandoning the ebook at an alarming rate with sales of consumer titles down almost a fifth last year, as “screen fatigue” helped fuel a five-year high in printed book sales.
Continue reading “Screen Fatigue” Sees UK eBook Sales Plunge 17% as Readers Return to Print
by Mercy Pilkington at Good e-Reader
If you’re a self-published author, writing your book is only half the battle. Some might even argue that it’s the easy part of being an author. Indies have been beaten over the head for years now about the need to hire professionals to take the manuscript and turn it into a book, with costs associated with editing, proofreading, cover design, formatting, and marketing.
Continue reading Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool
by Chris Meadows at TeleRead
Remember when book-bundling service Shelfie shut down in January, and Kobo stepped in to continue providing access to Shelfie ebooks until the end of February?
At the time, I wondered if that might be a precursor to Kobo snapping up Shelfie as it had snapped up the assets of a number of other defunct ebook store operations (including those of Sony, Blinkbox, Flipkart, Waterstones, and Sainsbury’s). Now, as it turns out, the answer is yes.
Continue reading Rakuten Kobo Snaps Up Shelfie Book-Bundling Service
by Michael Kozlowski at Good EReader
The Japanese publishing industry has experienced a solid year of growth according to the All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher’s and Editor’s Association.
Continue reading Digital Manga Sales Increase by 27% in 2016
by Michael Kozlowski from Good e-Reader
The European e-book market has been growing since 2007 when Amazon started selling the original Kindle. Over the course of the next ten years many companies have started to sell digital books, magazines and newspapers. Have you ever wondered what EU markets have the highest e-book penetration and how much the format is generating in revenue? Welcome to the state of the European e-book market.
by Calvin Reid from Publishers Weekly
Wattpad, the online writing and reading community and entertainment platform, is partnering with the Hachette Book Group to launch Hachette Audiobooks: Powered by Wattpad, a joint venture that will produce 50 audiobooks based on Wattpad stories.
Continue reading Hachette Partners with Wattpad to Produce Audiobooks
