Sentences with phrase «take ebook publishing platforms»

Take eBook publishing platforms.

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My latest Publishers Weekly column announces the launch - date for my long - planned «Shut Up and Take My Money» ebook platform, which allows traditionally published authors to serve as retailers for their publishers, selling their ebooks direct to their fans and pocketing the 30 % that Amazon would usually take, as well as the 25 % the publisher gives back to them later in royaltTake My Money» ebook platform, which allows traditionally published authors to serve as retailers for their publishers, selling their ebooks direct to their fans and pocketing the 30 % that Amazon would usually take, as well as the 25 % the publisher gives back to them later in royalttake, as well as the 25 % the publisher gives back to them later in royalties.

Many authors have spoken out on the superfluousness of having an agent take on roles that the indie author can easily fulfill; if ebook platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing were to ridiculously insist that they would only accept ebook submissions from literary agents, that would be the end of indie authors and agents would once again be almost a requirement for authors to put their works in front of readers.

«We've built a comprehensive publishing platform that can handle ebook creation, marketing, direct sales, distribution and analytics, and now we're seeing how innovative apps like stories etc. can take several Pubsoft tools to offer a unique e-memoir engine.

«Additionally, the SELF - e platform will enable public libraries to take submissions from their local self - published authors and make those ebooks available to local patrons via participating public libraries throughout their state.

While long form journalism and e-novellas have taken off thanks in large part to digital publishing, short story authors are still feeling the frustration of being relegated to anthologies or trying to swim their titles in the sea of other 99cent - ebooks without a platform for discovery.

Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital sections of some ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several other self - publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self - published titles from sale until a thorough review... [Read more...]

If indeed the trend towards consuming eBook after eBook in the literary feeding - frenzy is the direction consumers continue to take, it would seem that the self - publishing platform is sure to be the next (if not already) grand money making venture.

Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital sections of some ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several other self - publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self - published titles from sale until a thorough review could be conducted.

When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about the control of publishers» titles... Indeed, Penguin's move suggests that the publishing industry's long - simmering concern over Amazon's dominant position and its aggressive new ventures in the ebook market are coming to a boil.