Audiobooks have been reigning for a while now in the publishing industry as the new popular trend. Despite having been around for a while now, the sales boom does not seem to be slowing down any time soon as the sales numbers have just come out for the first quarter of the year and they have gone up. […]

After recent news that one of Barnes & Noble’s key investors urged the company to sell itself, could the book retailer be finally taking up that advice in the face of dwindling business thanks to Amazon? The company claims otherwise but there seem to be rumors abound that there has been facilitations of a buyout… […]

Amazon has opened another store in New York City, its second in the city after its first was opened a few months back and its eleventh store total nationwide. Unique to the 34th Street location is a café inside the bookstore where customers can conveniently grab a coffee or snack while shopping. Amazon plans to unveil […]

For the first time in a while, the price of Barnes & Noble’s shares rose and it seems to have happened because there is talk Barnes & Noble is considering selling. Or at least it’s what one of their investors is urging them to do. Predictions are already abound about how the new possible owners can […]

The era of digital disruption in publishing is over and now begins a new age: an age of book discovery! For both publishers and authors, getting books discovered on the internet is more important than publishing itself. The major responsibilities of book publishing have now shifted into marketing, distribution, and more importantly, discovery. It’s very common […]

Writing blogs—whether on Tumblr, Medium, WordPress, or any other platforms—is one of the most crucial tools for an author to reach to their specific audience and drive traffic to their product site. But, it’s just as important to make your blog discoverable so it reaches its targeted audience. To optimize your blog article with keywords, […]

You wrote a book with months or even years of time and energy, but what if your book got lost into the pool of hundreds of thousands of books published each year? It would be a bad nightmare for every author! But wait . . .! You can make your book discoverable on Amazon—the number […]

Building an marketing email list for both authors and publishers is a great help in targeting specific readers. In this inexpensive digital marketing method, readers are provided with free content to easily download such as sample chapters, prequels, or previews in exchange for their emails. The email subscribers are then followed up with promotional emails in order to […]

The world’s largest online retailer Amazon has over 90 million visitors per month. It also has the lion’s share of the book business, both in print and digital. Though Amazon introduced its marketing platform through the Author Central Page, many independent authors have yet to discover this wonderful marketing tool. By using this tool, authors can effectively promote […]

The world of publishing is constantly changing and always adapting to new technologies and customer expectations. It’s always been this way: from the invention of the very first printing press in 1440, which made it easier than ever to print books, to the advent of eBooks and the ease of publishing your own books, the […]