Nate Hoffelder
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Chandler Bolt is Pirating My Blog Posts
When Chandler Bolt acquired The Book Designer blog in late 2020, there were plenty of reasons to dislike the fellow. He had a reputation in entrepreneur circles as a taker. […] → Read More
Booksellers File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon, Publishers
The second shot in law firm Hagens Berman fight against Amazon has been fired. The firm put out a press release on Thursday announcing that they had found booksellers willing […] → Read More
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose in January 2021 as the Per-Page Rate Drops
Kindle Unlimited saw a huge jump in usage during the first month of the year. The funding pool grew by $2 million compared to December 2020. The new total isContinue reading → Read More
Big Five Publishers Names as Co-Defendants in Amazon eBook Price-Fixing Lawsuit
It took 3 weeks longer than I expected, but the Big Five Publishers have been named as co-defendants in the Amazon ebook price-fixing lawsuit. Following an amended complaint filed thisContinue reading → Read More
B&N Press Announces a Flat 70% Royalty on eBook Sales
Barnes & Noble has always offered ebook royalty terms which were better than Amazon’s, and now they’re a lot better. I’ve just learned that B&N has changed its royalty terms.Continue reading → Read More
Audible Will Soon Break Out Returns in ACX
Remember last November when author groups such as ALLi, SFWA, and The Authors Guild wrote an open letter to Amazon protesting Audible’s returns and exchange policies? We’re finally seeing someContinue reading → Read More
Connecticut is Investigating Amazon's eBook Business
When I reported last Thursday that a class-action suit had been filed against Amazon, accusing them of conspiring with publishers, I apparently had missed that the state of Conn. isContinue reading → Read More
The Book Designer Blog Has Been Sold
The Book Designer is a blog which most authors should know. Founded by Joel Friedlander, this blog has been around for over ten years now, and in that time itContinue reading → Read More
NetGalley Has Been Hacked
NetGalley sent out an email today (and put a notice on their home page) informing users that the e-galley service has been hacked on Monday. The hackers defaced the NetGalleyContinue reading → Read More
Google Play Books Updated With New Analytics Page
Google sent out an email today, bringing our attention to their new sales data page. Dear Partner, We’ve redesigned how sales data appears in your Google Play Books Partner Center account. In theContinue reading → Read More
Audible Makes Tiny Change to Its Execrable Return & Royalty Policy
It seems that if multiple author groups line up against it, Amazon can be forced to make a change to it policies – just not a major change. Audible sentContinue reading → Read More
Amazon Launches New Author Portal
About three years back Amazon started beta-testing a new author portal called Amazon Author (not to be confused with Author Central). That new portal officially launched this past week withContinue reading → Read More
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose by $300K in October 2020
Kindle Unlimited maintained its position in October 2020 of being the market that all of Amazon’s competitors (with the possible exception of Apple) wished they owned. The KU funding poolContinue reading → Read More
Infographic: World Reading Habits in 2020
2020 was a strange year, for obvious reasons. Many of us spent a lot of 2020 in lockdown, either trying to keep up with work or looking for a newContinue reading → Read More
Amazon is Actively Promoting Audiobook Exchanges as an Audible Subscription Feature
I wasn’t going to touch this story because I thought at first that the claim was an exaggeration or misinterpretation, but I was wrong. If you’ve been listening to theContinue reading → Read More
Amazon is Killing Kindle Owner's Lending Library on 4 January
When I reported several months ago that Amazon had shut down the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library, several commenters argued I was wrong because they knew a loophole (find a bookContinue reading → Read More
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate, Funding Pool Rose in September 2020
Kindle Unlimited maintained its position as one of the top five ebookstores in September 2020, paying out $32.7 million and bringing the total paid out over the past 12 monthsContinue reading → Read More
Barnes & Noble is Now Informing Customers About Data Stolen During Saturday's Hack
So it turns out that my suspicions about B&N’s server issues over the weekend were in fact correct. The retailer was hacked, and has confirmed that customer information, including emailContinue reading → Read More
Google Play Books Now Pays a 70% Royalty in 60+ Countries
Back in July Google started testing new royalty terms in the US, Canada, and Australia, and now they are expanding the terms to cover all markets. Google sent out anContinue reading → Read More
Kindle Create Now Outputs POD Book Files
Amazon just took another step towards complete dominance of the book market supply chain. The retailer could already handle everything from production to the retail sale, and now they areContinue reading → Read More