Smashwords Coupons Let You Promote Any or All of Your Ebooks on Your Own Terms
The Smashwords Store is your store—a marketplace for Ebooks that allows you to not only get the highest royalty from any retailer, but to also control the entire process of promoting your Ebooks to readers. And that experience is only getting better with time, as we…
Should Indie Authors Self-Publish to Print? (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about some of the myths surrounding publishing to print for indie authors and debunked a fair few around sales and cost. TL;DR: print books sell better than ebooks and they’re nearly free to produce on D2D Print. In Part 2, we’ll…
Should Indie Authors Self-Publish to Print? (Part 1)
World Book Day is coming up on April 23. For many readers around the globe, that still means finding a print book, a cozy place to read, and a few solitary moments to enjoy both. That’s not to diminish the popularity of audiobooks and ebooks, of course. Both are still…
Kobo Plus now distributes to the UK and the US!
The success of Kobo’s subscriber-based Kobo Plus just keeps opening new doors for authors and their books. What started in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada expanded quickly to include Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, and Portugal. EDIT: As of May 1, 2025,…
Start Your Indie Author Podcast in 7 Simple Steps
According to research recently published by Demand Sage, there are 464.7 million podcast listeners globally as of 2023. If you think the market is saturated by now, think again; estimates indicate there will be around 504.9 million listeners by the end of 2024. …
Your Top D2D Print Questions—Answered! Part 2
Last week, we answered some of the commonly asked questions our authors ask about D2D Print. We aren’t done yet, either! Our support team has been helping authors get a handle on print-on-demand for years. We know the questions you may want to ask about D2D Print, so…
