The marketing service that helps authors with review-copy distribution, group promotions, newsletter swaps, and more is moving out of its free and open beta period.

Scribd, which entered the Mexican market in 2019, has now announced it will publish and distribute 100 Spanish-language audiobooks this year

The audio chat platform now allows app users to send payments directly to creators.

Amazon Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote no on unionizing. The vote wasn’t even close and favored Amazon by 2

Corporate publishers saw increased profits in 2020 due to better overall sales, increased digital sales, and lower returns during the pandemic.

The first quarter of the year has seen strong performance in the US market, with print unit sales up 29.2 percent versus last year.

Without insight into how your characters will react in even the most mundane of circumstances, you aren’t ready to plan or pants your plot.

Word doesn't export to EPUB, but you can still produce an editable file quickly, without buying software or using a "meatgrinder" conversion.

When the pandemic thwarted a debut author’s launch plans, she had no choice but to jump into the deep end of social media.

Hybrid publishing is like hiring a contractor: You pay them to oversee the design and construction and, when it’s done, you own the result.

Even a small email list is better than no list at all, because it likely represents your most devoted, true fans.

BookNet Canada recently released the results of its 2020 Canadian Book Consumer survey.

Submissions Editors at traditional publishing houses say they receive about three to five submissions every weekday. On Twitter, editors recently

The new imprint will focus on translated literature plus a selected few outstanding authors writing in English from around the world.

Literary agent Beth Phelan, who founded #DVpit, a Twitter pitch event for diverse authors, has established DiverseVoices, Inc.

Tallent, a well-known expert in ebook development and digital publishing, just launched BookSmart.

The value-priced offerings—175 bundles in all—can be listened to through Costco’s own audiobooks app.

US-based Scribd, which offers all-you-can-consume subscription access to ebooks and audiobooks, now has an Australian market product.

Timeliness, flexibility, and knowing your strengths are essential in an increasingly online market

The upcoming service hopes readers will pay for high-production-value recordings of moderated conversations with authors, among other perks.

As with other social media platforms, topical and even quirky content—not the hard sell—attracts followers.

As promised, ACX/Audible has started showing audiobook returns for authors who use ACX as a distributor.

In a letter to employees, Medium founder Ev Williams confessed that the business strategy of focusing on branded publications has not worked.

The same firm that filed a lawsuit against Amazon earlier this year has now filed a second lawsuit on behalf of a bookstore in Evanston, IL.

Amazon has about a half million employees, and 5,800 of those in Alabama are voting this week on whether to unionize.