From self-publishing kids to indie authors making hundreds of thousands of dollars self-publishing, here's the eBook news from around the web that you need to know.
Direct Sales of eBooks in Canada Rises Dramatically
For the first time, the majority of Canadian publishers now sell ebooks directly to readers, a new study by BookNet Canada finds. Read more.
eBook Piracy Rampant on Google Play
Great numbers of digital books are being pirated and sold on the Google Play app store, despite numerous parties reporting the copyright infringement and complaining to Google.
Log-on to the Google Play Books section and it's very easy for you to obtain pirated copies of the entire 50 Shades trilogy by E.L. James, all seven Harry Potter books, or even George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series – all bundled together and sold alongside legitimate content offerings, but costing a fraction of the usual retail price. Read more.
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Sales of Print Books in UK Fall as Sales of eBooks Rise
Print revenues dropped 5 percent to £2.7 billion and ebook revenues rose by 11 percent to £563 million. While ebooks still make up just a fraction of the books sold, it’s clear that ebooks are creeping up on print in a very real way. Most important, however, is the rise in children’s ebooks. Read more.
Age Is No Barrier for Self Publishing
At 11-years-old, Whitney Owens has self-published her first book. The home school student authored and illustrated ‘Winston’s Friendship Journey.’ Read more.
Self-Published Author Has Sales of $450,000
British author, Mark Dawson, makes hundreds of thousands a year from his self-published novels. You don’t achieve this unique level of success without having learnt a thing or two. Unsurprisingly, Dawson’s success is down to his marketing prowess, a self-taught skill that has propelled his sales into the hundreds of thousands. Read more.