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Amazon’s CreateSpace Continues to Grow, Devour Self-Published Print Market

October 11, 2018
By Michael Cader

Bowker released their annual statistics for 2017 charting the release of self-published books that carry ISBNs issued by the company (and as we know, a large number of self-published titles, particularly ebooks, do not carry ISBNs at all). The report has essentially become a chronicle of Amazon’s steady march to dominate print self-publishing in the […]

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Barnes & Noble Press Replaces Nook Press

January 24, 2018
By Michael Cader

Barnes & Noble’s self-publishing platform has officially changed from Nook Press to Barnes & Noble Press (after changing in 2013 from PubIt! to Nook Press). Most notably, they have increased the royalty offered for higher-priced ebooks; titles listed at $10 or more, up to $199.99, now qualify for a 65 percent royalty, up from 40 […]

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CreateSpace Keeps Gaining Share In Self-Published Market

October 12, 2017
By Michael Cader

Bowker updated their annual statistics tracking the output of new, self-published titles that carry ISBNs in 2016. As has been well documented, a meaningful quantity of self-published titles do not carry ISBNs at all. But the Bowker data set helps track many of the vendors. As in past years, Amazon’s CreateSpace continued to grow, up […]

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Nook Revises Content Policy to Limit/Eliminate Erotica, Starts Terminating Author Accounts

August 23, 2017
By Michael Cader

On August 16 Nook Press revised their posted content policy in a way that seems to indicate they will no longer sell self-published erotica. Their definition of excluded “obscene or pornographic material” now “may include content that graphically portrays sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.” They also note “other […]

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People, Etc.

August 16, 2017
By Erin Somers

Vice president and publisher of WaterBrook and Multnomah Alex Field is leaving the company in September to start an author-consulting business. Crown has begun searching for his successor. Publisher for Christian Publishing Tina Constable writes, “He has been a true partner in helping me position WaterBrook and Multnomah for the future…. Alex is a man of deep […]

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People: Onder to Lead HMH Children’s

January 17, 2017
By Michael Cader

Catherine Onder will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as svp and publisher on February 6, based in New York. Onder fills the position vacated when Betsy Groban left HMH last summer. Most recently she was editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s. HMH trade president Ellen Archer says in the announcement, “She has a wealth of experience and a tremendous track […]

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