Has Anyone Heard that Amazon is Merging Createspace into KDP Print (?)
Amazon is about to throw a wrench in authors' carefully made plans. Reports are coming in that some time in the next month, Amazon will be sending Createspace users an email informing them that...
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New Estimates Suggest $2.5 Billion Were Spent on Audiobooks in the US in 2017
The APA (Audio Publishers Association) released a new report last week that showed audiobooks generated $2.5 billion in sales in the USA last year, up 22.7% over 2016. The report is based on 1,009...
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KDP Print Expands Its Distribution Network to Include US Bookstores
Amazon just eliminated one of the few differences between its two POD platforms. Yesterday they announced that authors and publishers who use KDP Print can get their print distributed to US...
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Audiobook Distributor RBMedia Has Been Sold – And Not to Rakuten
Along with Findaway and Blackstone Audio, RBMedia is one of several small audiobook distributors operating in the shadow of Amazon's Audible. RBMedia was sold yesterday to private equity firm KKR. The...
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How to Download Audiobooks from Google Play Books – DRM-Free!
When Google started selling audiobooks in Play Books back in January I was quick to dismiss their service because the audiobook experience was simply awful. It was so bad that I concluded "Google...
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Createspace DVD/CD Production is Shutting Down, With Accounts Moving to...
Amazon just hammered another nail into Createspace's coffin. The retailer sent out an email this morning to select Createspace users, informing them that Createspace's disc production unit was...
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How Do You Listen to Audiobooks?
The recent revelation of Google making a play for the audiobook market with DRM-free audiobooks got me curious about audiobook consumption. Do you listen to audiobooks? How? I don't, and after being...
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Amazon Just Changed Audible’s New Subscriber Bounties
Amazon just changed one of the bounties it pays on new Audible subscribers to bring it more in line with how Amazon's other bounties are awarded. Scott Carney brought my attention to the news that...
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Indie Authors’ Audiobooks Are/Were Getting Dragooned Into Kindle Unlimited...
If you are an indie author with ebooks in Kindle Unlimited and audiobooks sold through Audible, you should check to see if the latter have been pressed into Kindle Unlimited when you weren't looking....
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Amazon is Going to Pay Authors the Retail Rate for Audiobooks Borrowed in...
For the past several months authors have been objecting to Amazon adding their audiobooks to Kindle Unlimited without permission or payment. No one understood why that was occurring, not even the...
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Amazon is Merging Createspace Into KDP Print
I called it. Amazon has just taken the step that I am sure many saw coming. A new notice has been posted to Createspace user dashboards, informing them that CS is merging into KDP Print. Amazon has...
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Audible Now Gives Subscribers Two Free Audible Original Titles Each Month
In 2013 Amazon launched Kindle First, a program where Amazon Prime subscribers could download one Amazon-published ebook for free each month. Audible launched its own version of this program on...
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Are POD Publishers Pirating Your Book on Amazon?
While programs like Google Books are performing a great public service by scanning rare public domain books and making them available, sometimes in-copyright books are also scanned and inadvertently...
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The Audible App Arrives on Apple’s Apple Watch
When you tire of talking to the many gadgets Amazon launched today, you can have your watch talk to you. Audible released a new version of its app today, at long last making the app available on...
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Nate’s Big List of Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts
What do you call a group of 3 or more adults under 40? (a podcast) Podcasts are now so widespread that they inspired me to write the above joke, but that prevalence is also a curse. There are so many...
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B&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales
Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new features, including: Print Pre-Order: Now available...
View ArticleGoogle Home Now Adds Sound Effects to Books Read Aloud
Here's a great way to enhance the reading experience, one that I bet Amazon wishes they had launched first. The Google Home team has announced that their smart speaker can now add sound effects to...
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Draft2Digital Adds POD (beta)
From the D2D blog: Right now we are beta testing our new print on demand (POD) service, finding and eliminating any bugs and technical challenges, and making this a resource that will help you expand...
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RGB, CMYK, and Why Your Printed Handout Has Different Colors From the Digital...
You've ordered business cards and other documents from printers before, right? Did you ever wonder why the colors sometimes looked muddy or muted compared to the digital source? No? Then you are...
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Amazon Adds Audiobooks to Freetime Unlimited
Before there was Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading, Amazon had Kindle Freetime, a kid-focused subscription service that offered kid-friendly ebooks, apps, and games for a low monthly fee (it's now...
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