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Data Guy rewrites the historical Author Earnings US ebook statistics. 2016 US...
I had occasion to revisit Data Guy’s January 2018 Author Earnings Report this week. And I found Data Guy has quietly slipped in new numbers for 2015 and 2016 US ebook market. Said Data Guy on May 31...
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The 2018 Prix Voltaire “freedom to publish” shortlist coincides with Trump’s...
Freedom to write and publish is an issue close to my heart, living as I do in The Gambia, West Africa, which one year ago this month emerged from a 22-year dictatorship. During that time freedom of...
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Amazon KDP’s new 50% royalty option. Or was it an error?
Speculation abounds that Amazon KDP is to introduce a third royalty tier of 50%, alongside its current 35% and 70% choices, after the 50% option appeared in the KDP dashboard of some authors. An author...
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The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first January 2018 edition
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
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The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first February 2018 edition
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
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Publishing News Round-Up 3 May 2018
It would be impossible to try cover even a fraction of the publishing news that lands on my e-desk each day, but there’s so much happening in our industry that passes unnoticed. So here’s a selection...
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Amazon expands UK imprint ambitions as A-Pub holds half the US top ten today....
At noon today (GMT) five of the top ten slots in the Kindle charts were taken by Lake Union (2), Montlake Romance (2) and Thomas & Mercer (1) – all publishing imprints of Amazon. With the launch of...
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Cockygate, a KU exodus, and indie author advocacy… The Hot Sheet reviewed
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
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GDPR. The Facebook scandal. Amid mounting privacy concerns, Data Guy...
It’s now several months since the January 2018 Author Earnings Report arrived. You can still find some of it on the Author Earnings site. But only some of it. Because within hours of the report going...
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New York eclipsed as the centre of global publishing gravity shifts...
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Guy rewrites the historical Author Earnings US ebook statistics. 2016 US...
I had occasion to revisit Data Guy’s January 2018 Author Earnings Report this week. And I found Data Guy has quietly slipped in new numbers for 2015 and 2016 US ebook market. Said Data Guy on May 31...
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Britain uses “Kafkaesque” rules to refuse visas to authors invited to the...
There’s a clue in the word “international. The Edinburgh International Book Festival may not be the biggest book event in the world, but it is one of the most respected. Or rather, it used to be. But...
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Amazon KDP’s new 50% royalty option. Or was it an error?
Speculation abounds that Amazon KDP is to introduce a third royalty tier of 50%, alongside its current 35% and 70% choices, after the 50% option appeared in the KDP dashboard of some authors. An author...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first January 2018 edition
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first February 2018 edition
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Publishing News Round-Up 3 May 2018
It would be impossible to try cover even a fraction of the publishing news that lands on my e-desk each day, but there’s so much happening in our industry that passes unnoticed. So here’s a selection...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazon expands UK imprint ambitions as A-Pub holds half the US top ten today....
At noon today (GMT) five of the top ten slots in the Kindle charts were taken by Lake Union (2), Montlake Romance (2) and Thomas & Mercer (1) – all publishing imprints of Amazon. With the launch of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cockygate, a KU exodus, and indie author advocacy… The Hot Sheet reviewed
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GDPR. The Facebook scandal. Amid mounting privacy concerns, Data Guy...
It’s now several months since the January 2018 Author Earnings Report arrived. You can still find some of it on the Author Earnings site. But only some of it. Because within hours of the report going...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New York eclipsed as the centre of global publishing gravity shifts...
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter Anderson and Jane Friedman, and reviewed here every other Sunday as one of the best bi-weekly industry...
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