Another Amazon lawsuit, another Big 5 acquisition

Posted on 03/30/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The business side of fiction has grabbed several headlines recently. Last week, law firm Hagens Berman said in a news...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Publishing, The Digital Reader, The New York Times

B&N Press increases ebook royalty rate and speeds up delivery

Posted on 02/01/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Barnes & Noble has further sweetened the pot for authors who sell through it. The Digital Reader reports that ebooks...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Barnes & Noble / Nook, The business of writing, The Digital Reader

Business updates: New ACX dashboard, Wattpad sold

Posted on 01/20/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the biggest publishing stories from last year was Audible’s return policy for users and reporting (or lack thereof)...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook, The Digital Reader

The author bios you need and how to write them

Posted on 01/20/2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

New year, new you? Well, more like new versions of you … via your author biography. Nate Hoffelder has expanded...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

The Book Designer is sold; could Wattpad be next?

Posted on 01/13/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We thought The Book Designer’s blog had been unusually quiet recently, and Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader explains why....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), The business of writing, The Digital Reader

NetGalley has been hacked

Posted on 12/28/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NetGalley users have hopefully already seen this news and taken appropriate action, but if not: the site has been hacked....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: The Digital Reader

How to prepare for a guest-speaker appearance on Twitter

Posted on 12/20/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Afraid of public speaking, even if done virtually? Then being the presenter of a Twitter chat might be just the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Google Play unveils its new sales-data page

Posted on 12/17/2020 at 01:47 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Data geeks who aren’t listing their books on Google Play may be missing a fun opportunity. The Digital Reader shared...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: The Digital Reader

Audible makes slight change to royalties policy

Posted on 11/24/2020 at 02:32 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has announced a small change to its Audible program in response to recent pressure from authors and writing organizations....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, The Digital Reader

Amazon gives fresh look to its author portal

Posted on 11/17/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you haven’t accessed your Amazon author portal lately, Nate Hoffelder thinks you’re in for a pleasant surprise. There’s a...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, The Digital Reader