First, some ranting: getting an Indie book reviewed is almost impossible. It took a publisher’s backing to make the The Martian a hit and Hugh Howey had to create his own publisher, Broad Reach
Publishing conglomerates Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster are facing tough times this quarter as ebook sales fell and total profit dropped 5.6% at S&S and approximately 12% for RPH. T
In a surprising display of transparency, Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn aka Pomplamoose detailed what it took to run a 28-city tour of the US. The bottom line? The band made $135,983 in income… and
In what seems to be an effort to reduce the power Amazon has over book sales, Harper Collins has announced a new service for authors that allows them to add a “Buy Now” button to their per
Amazon has launched a crowd-editing and -writing service called WriteOn into private beta. In an announcement on the Kindle Author Forums, the company said that the site would act as a “communit
In an interesting post, writer Claude Nougat estimated the total number of books on Amazon – about 3.4 million at last count (a number that could include apps as well) and then figured out how m
It’s come to our attention that PotatoStock is a go. Zack “Danger” Brown, a Columbus, Ohio native, previously confirmed that he will put the proceeds raised from his potato salad Kic
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mytro-project">Self-publishing</a> is the new Beanie Babies: everyone wants in and everyone wants to cuddle. But what if you don't have the editorial chops, design
Now that Amazon has uncorked their Kindle Unlimited service I, like many indie authors, was curious. What does this mean for us withered scribes, scribbling away in our garrets and bobbing on the wave
It's Amazon's world and we're just living in it. As the company continues to flex its muscle against big publishers - this time against <a target="_blank" href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/2
Hugh Howey is a best-selling Sci-Fi author with a long and interesting pedigree. He's been a yacht captain, a computer guy and, most recently, a bona fide publishing sensation. His book, the Wool Omni
Giving away your books is easy for fancy guys like <a target="_blank" href="http://craphound.com">Cory Doctorow</a>, but what about the rest of us poor hacks? While the impetus to release books into t
The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mytro-project/">Mytro Project</a> is almost over. Over the past few months I've been writing about my experience crowdfunding and self-publishing a <a target="_
Long-time readers will recall one of my favorite series, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/song-of-the-power-squid/">The Song Of The Power Squid</a>, a six-parter by inventor Chris Hawker. Written a
As you recall, I've been writing off and on about my experience <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mytro--2/x/2114623">crowdfunding a kids' book</a>. I've run the campaign for
How much should you pay for an ebook? $9.99? $0.99? $0? And how much should you price your ebooks? I'm going to tell you what people have <strong>actually paid</strong> for their ebooks, based on some
As I approach the half-way mark of my crowdfunding project, I wanted to address the thing that makes me feel the worst about this whole process: the spam. As I intimated in <a href="https://techcrunch
My crowdfunding campaign is fully funded now and I'm preparing metrics and other measurements to help us both understand some best practices for crowdfunding. But, until then, I wanted to comment a bi
This is what happened during my first crowdfunding project, which is currently sitting at 97% of its goal with two days left on the clock. Our campaign's goal was to cover the launch cost of our first
After blindly supporting it for a number of years, I've decided to crowdfund my own project, a novel that I wrote for my son, and then <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mytro-project/">write about t
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