Tools and Services

This new browser-based software competes directly with Mac-only Vellum, which makes it an alluring option for PC users

The biggest US book wholesaler and distributor, Ingram, has established a marketing partnership with the UK’s DeepZen, which provides publishers with AI-generated text-to-speech audiobooks.

Audiobook retailer Libro.fm now works with businesses to offer curated collections of digital audiobooks to employees

Founded in 2015, Discord tends to get pigeonholed as mostly for gamers or young people. But the user base doubled in 2020

Educational publisher Pearson announced in July it’s launching an app giving US students access to all of its 1,500 titles.

Epic, one of the most popular and successful digital reading platforms for children under 12 in the US, has now been acquired by India-based Byju’s

Curious Fictions, a Patreon-like site devoted to fiction writers, is closing its doors. We only just reported on the site in May, although the site has been in operation since 2017.

Podcast RSS feeds have long been a part of Substack’s functionality, but not until this month has Substack taken such a major step in investing in podcast content.

A popular music technology and instrument retailer, Sweetwater, has announced the launch of Sweetwater Publishing.

The music business shifted largely to streaming and subscription-based consumption; movies and TV shifted too,

Testing your ad creative and pushing past your first few ideas is key to a successful and cost-effective Facebook ad campaign

Draft2Digital, a leading ebook distributor for authors, recently announced distribution to BorrowBox, an app that provides library patrons in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom

So far, the Canadian-based platform has 30,000 free and public domain titles and is beta testing sales of books from Grove Atlantic and Open Road Media.

Zoop will offer the usual crowdfunding services but also offer separate support services to help people succeed with their campaigns.

Journalist Kirk McElhearn interviews writers about how they use Scrivener, a popular app for book writing.

However, with most platforms, creators have to shoulder the payment processing fees. That isn’t true, however, of Curious Fictions.

As the creator economy heats up, Curious Fictions, a site designed in 2017 for authors of short fiction, quietly chugs away in the background.

Writers Marketplace is a free online service for Authors Guild members to market their writing- and publishing-related services to the general public.

OverDrive now offers streaming media entertainment and learning in addition to ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines.

LitUp is a new initiative from Hello Sunshine to help foster the careers of 25 women from underrepresented backgrounds over five years.

The Authors Guild has long offered members access to a model book contract and a literary translation model contract.

The audiobook distributor and production service hopes to help authors improve profits without remaining exclusive to Audible.

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.

Don’t Write Alone will share tools for pitching, freelancing, and job searching, and offer educational materials from writing instructors.

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