Amazon announced Thursday that it’s making it possible for authors to create and distribute digital textbooks using its self-publishing tool, Kindle Direct Publishing. The e-commerce giant expects the ...

So you’ve got this great idea for a book. Chasing a publishing deal is notoriously tough, and even if you’re successful you could get pushed out of the earnings. As an alternative, you can always ...

Some people view self-publishing as a failure, chosen only when no other options remain. But the simple truth is that traditional gatekeepers -- literary agents and editors at publishing houses -- ...

Amazon has a program in place allowing people to self-publish both printed and electronic books, but until now the workflow has been clunky as authors were forced to use a different tool for each ...

Quinn Ward published their first book in 2013 and has since released 33 more titles. Ward, who's carved out a niche in gay romance novels, booked $100,000 in Amazon royalties last year. They shared ...

Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur. His latest book, “Choose Yourself!” (foreword by Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter) came out on June 3.

To combat the utter avalanche of AI-generated ebooks, Amazon is doing something about it. They have limited self-published ebooks to only three a day. Why are they doing this now? There have been ...

Would you like to be the next Dan Brown or J.K. Rowling? Perhaps your aspirations are less lofty, but you still have a story–or expert information–to share with the masses. Unless you are already a ...

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