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At least once a year a reader discovers Amazon’s long-standing lenient refund/returns policy for ebooks and audiobooks, and spreads the word.

Earlier this month, Staten Island Amazon workers voted 2,654 to 2,131 in favor of forming the first Amazon union in the United States.

Are Amazon ads a worthwhile expenditure? For a majority, probably not.

Writers at the American Economic Liberties Project examine how Amazon has flourished as a result of exploiting legal gaps.

Amazon’s first bookshop opened in Seattle in 2015 and, as of this year, it operates 24 bookstores.

Until this week, only self-published authors using Kindle Direct Publishing could establish and run ad campaigns for their books directly on Amazon.

Mindy’s Book Studio will be housed under Amazon Publishing and Amazon Studios.

It is challenging for self-published authors to crack the Self-Help bestseller list, and Kindle sales in the category are trending down.

Epic fantasy—marked by a grand scale of events and complex story structures—has seen a resurgence in growth since the pandemic.

Authors contributing to Vella hope Amazon will use its marketing power to boost its new serial reading platform.

While editors and agents have discouraged writers from submitting COVID-inspired fiction, pandemic- and disease-related tropes remain popular on Kindle.

The brightest sparks of the year.

Stories, which all appeared in Links of Interest, received the most clicks by a wide margin. What you couldn’t resist reading more about in 2021

YA top sellers tend to remain so for a long time, and series do best (no surprise)

Consistent with themes in other genres, the SFF category performs best in series and with elements of romance.

Earlier this year, the Digital Public Library of America struck a deal with Amazon Publishing to license its ebooks to libraries.

Amazon KDP’s new transparency code is similar to a QR code and included next to the book’s barcode on the back cover of POD titles.

Better sales through online retail means paying attention to the small details and taking advantage of any opportunities that Amazon gives you.

Authors who publish frequently have the best chance in this genre; paranormal themes and women sleuths also perform well

Just in August, we reported on the growing sales of hardcover print on demand through IngramSpark. The country’s biggest distributor advised publishers of all sizes

Paranormal romance is an increasingly versatile subgenre, encompassing mystery/thriller/suspense and urban fantasy with both supernatural and romance plot elements.

Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore in fall 2015 in Seattle’s University Village; it stocked a modest 5,000 to 6,000 titles.

Romance, the bestselling category on Amazon, often makes inroads into other categories.

Skillful use of A+ content can increase the number of readers who decide to buy.

Examples of Amazon book product pages using A+ content, in nonfiction, children's, and fiction categories