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Apple releases iBooks update, self-publishing app

Apple has released a new version of its iBooks application for iPad and a new self-publishing application, which together will allow Apple users to self-publish multimedia ebooks through the iBookstor...

two self-pub titles in Amazon's 2011 top 10 sellers

Amazon has released its bestselling books list for 2011. The online retailer measures its book sales for this list by looking at both print and ebook sales. The list includes titles from the big six...

Pressbooks: a Wordpress-based e-publishing tool

Pressbooks is a newly launched website that offers a simple, online book production tool to the public. 'PressBooks is an easy but powerful tool that helps publishers and authors make ePubs, typeset...

Penguin US launches self-publisher service

Book Country, a free online writing community and publishing services venture launched by Penguin in April, has now added a suite of economically priced, easy-to-use self-publishing tools for its me...

Is self-publishing too selfish?

Ed Nawotka of Publishing Perspectives asks the provocative question 'is self-publishing too selfish?' Should no-one consider themselves 'a publisher' unless they support and invest in the work of othe...

The new mid-list: self-publishing ebook authors

High volume combined with good revenue is providing self-published ebook authors five- and six-figure yearly incomes allowing them to quit their 'day jobs' and make a living by doing what they love...

'Spamazon': how junk has invaded the Kindle

The ease of publishing directly to the Kindle has led to a rash of 'junk' ebooks full of plagiarized or regurgitated content.

'Every good ebook needs a good editor'

As digital publishing gets quicker and self-publishing becomes more common, what happens to the editing process?

Self-published author joins the Kindle 'million-seller club'

John Locke has become the first self-published author to join the Kindle Million Club, and the eighth author to sell one million ebooks through Amazon.

Penguin launches online community for genre writers

Penguin has launched Book Country, an online community for genre fiction, that aims to give authors a sense of community and feedback on their unpublished manuscripts and which will offer a suite of s...
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