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“This acquisition will allow Penguin to participate fully in perhaps the fastest-growing area of the publishing economy and gain skills in customer acquisition and data analytics that will be vital to our future.”

“Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word ‘publishing’ means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That’s not a job anymore. That’s a button. There’s a button that says ‘publish,’ and when you press it, it’s done.”

“The service arrives as authors are increasingly looking for ways to circumvent the traditional publishing model, take advantage of the infinite shelf space of the e-book world and release their own work. That’s especially the case for reviving out-of-print books whose rights have reverted back to the author.”

With Bowker reporting an “explosive growth” of 169% last month in “non-traditional” publishing, it’s not just vanity projects that are taking the self-publishing route these days.

Amanda Hocking, whose self-published novels have sold roughly one million copies, has signed a four-book deal with St. Martin’s Press.

“What happens once the self-publishing revolution really gets going, when all of those previously rejected manuscripts hit the marketplace, en masse, in print and e-book form, swelling the ranks of 99-cent Kindle and iBook offerings by the millions? Is the public prepared to meet the slush pile?”

“It’s unclear how much of a danger digital self-publishing poses to the big publishers, who still own the industry’s big hits, whether e-book or print. Many big publishers dismiss self-published titles…. But some publishers say that online self-publishing and the entry of newcomers such as Amazon into the market could mark a sea change in … Continue reading “Digital Self-Publishing Enables A Power Shift — Or Does It?”

“The service, which will launch this summer, will allow authors and publishers to convert their digital files to the ePub format, which is used by Barnes & Noble’s Nook and other e-reading devices. PubIt! titles will be sold on BarnesandNoble.com’s e-bookstore, and will be available for browsing inside the brick and mortar stores through the … Continue reading “Barnes & Noble Gets Into The Digital Self-Publishing Biz”