Ebook news digest: 2018 developments in books and self-publishing, trends for 2019, Obama’s favorite books

News on books, writing and publishing

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Self-publishing News: New Year New Predictions

Alliance of Independent Authors takes a look at developments of 2018 that are likely to strengthen in 2019. Subscription platforms, artificial intelligence and blockchain are the usual suspects in the blog post.

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Trends in book business: small publishers win big traditional publishers in specific ebook genres

A new report on the state of the ebook, audiobook and print book markets in the US was recently delivered by the number-crunching wizard Data Guy at Digital Book World Conference 2018. The statistics – that cover almost the entire online books sales in the US – indicate that … Read >

Ebook news digest: best tools for nonfiction writers, large screen ereader, insight from failed book

News on ebooks, writing and ereaders

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The Best Writing, Editing and Publishing Tools for Aspiring Nonfiction Authors
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The emphasis of this article that lists tech tools and books for nonfiction authors is on editing. Tools and books for other stages of the writing and publishing process are mentioned … Read >

Book publishers believe ebooks will dominate book sales in 5 years

British book industry newspaper The Bookseller has published the results of its annual Digital Census survey. The survey asks publishers (also outside Great Britain) to assess the major trends that are affecting the business of book publishing. The results for year 2015 indicate that publishers have accepted the fact that … Read >