Kindle Direct Publishing writers to get electronic-only payments from Amazon
Amazon will begin an all-electronic payment system for Kindle Direct Publishing writers as of September.
Word came in a notice I received this week.
KDP authors are being asked to update their information to include bank...
Is Patreon the way to go for today’s authors?
BookRiot has an article by Teresa Preston looking at author N.K. Jemisin’s use of Patreon to support herself so she can quit her day job and write full-time. Patreon is a...
Pub guru Mike Shatzkin: Publishers don’t support writers’ digital marketing efforts well enough
Data Guy has told how B5 publishers are losing market share in the e-book world.
Now here’s another reason why debut writers and midlisters just might want to go the DIY route...
PayPal cracks down on erotica e-book sales
Remember when Amazon started removing various kinds of erotica from its store? It’s happening again, this time with a number of independent e-publishing sites such as All Romance and Smashwords. Today,...
Want to write comics? DC Talent Development course is for you
Tired of the terrible reviews for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Think you can do better? Feel like Frank Miller's attitudes need a refresh? DC is offering you the chance to...
Lesson from J. K. Rowling’s uppity experiment: Publishers must be more transparent
J. K. Rowling is making headlines again, this time for posting excerpts from some of her rejection letters on Twitter. The letters were her initial responses to the now-successful mystery series...
E-book popularity rises all over the world
There might be a kind of hush all over the world tonight, but with apologies to Herman’s Hermits, it’s more likely because people are busy reading e-books instead of being lovers...
Inkitt invites you to get hip with its e-book publishing platform
Originally a startup out of Germany, Inkitt styles itself "the Hipsters Book Club," or "the Hipster's Library," and invites joiners to "read and fall in love with novels before they go...
New StoryBundle collection a great buy for aspiring e-book authors
I love buying e-book bundles from Humble Bundle and StoryBundle! While the topics don't always appeal, they are an unbeatable value when they do click for you. This year's just-released 'Write...
Amazon pays up! My first $100+ as a self-publisher
Amazon is moving toward electronic funds transfer payments (EFT) for all Kindle authors, as noted earlier. I set up my bank accounts just last week. But Amazon has already shared some glad tidings---word of my...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
