by Nate Hoffelder | Dec 12, 2021 | news
I am really terrible about tooting my own horn, so you probably don’t know that for the past couple months I have been the volunteer webmaster for DisCon III, the 2021 world SF convention. It’s been an interesting experience and I learned a lot, but now I...
by Nate Hoffelder | Nov 6, 2021 | news
If you have published a romance novel, you might want to check your listings in Apple Books. Apple has started applying its “explicit” label to some romance ebooks. The change was first noticed by author Regina Kammer yesterday in the RWA forums. I...
by Nate Hoffelder | Sep 20, 2021 | news
The hot news story this week (which I assume will be officially announced next Tuesday) is that Amazon’s new Kindle will sport a 6.8″ screen. Reddit users have discovered that Amazon’s sites in Mexico and elsewhere are now showing references to a new...
by Nate Hoffelder | Aug 22, 2021 | news
In a few short months Amazon will no longer have an excuse to charge ebook delivery fees. Now would be a good time to tell them to stop. Early in 2010 Amazon responded to the imminent launch of iBooks by offering new payment terms to indie authors. Self-published...
by Nate Hoffelder | Jun 12, 2021 | news
My next newsletter is going to feature a list of upcoming author conferences. While compiling the list from my notes, it belatedly occurred to me that I should probably post this on the blog as well. Here are 20 22 author conferences being held this year, nine of the...
by Nate Hoffelder | May 20, 2021 | news
News broke this week that Amazon has signed a distribution agreement with the DPLA (digital Public Library of America) to distribute the 10k ebooks in its catalog via the DPLA Exchange. From the announcement: Amazon Publishing titles will begin to be available in the...
