From EditionGuard's new integration inspiration to self-publishing coming of age, we bring you all the February eBook news you need to know as an indie author and self-publisher.
EditionGuard Is Now on Zapier
EditionGuard is now on Zapier, an app that allows you to automate workflows by creating Zaps. Zaps are automations created using Triggers and Actions. You can use Zaps to connect any two Zapier-supported apps to each other. Read more.
The Ebook Glass Is Half Full
Libraries have reasons to be optimistic about the ebook future, though this optimism is tempered by warnings to keep the pressure on publishers, vendors, and ourselves to produce a coherent user experience. Read more.
Record Number of Libraries Surpass One Million eBook and Audiobook Checkouts in 2015 Librarians across the nation are celebrating the record-setting pace that their digital collections are lending. OverDrive announced today that among the hundreds of libraries across North America that have set annual records for lending digital books during 2015, 33 library systems exceeded one million digital books circulated. Additionally, all systems experienced significant year-over-year growth from 2014. Read more. Is Self-Publishing Coming of Age in the Digital World? In their competition to get noticed, self-publishers are proving willing to take risks. Andy Weir's The Martian eventually went on to become a Hollywood blockbuster. But the story was originally published chapter by chapter on the author's blog for free. Read more.The Bookseller Launches Indie Sales Tracker
The Bookseller has launched an independent author e-book sales tracker, inviting authors and small digital publishers whose e-book sales data currently goes unreported to complete a simple online form designed to capture their 2015 e-book sales information. The results will be used by The Bookseller to analyse the self-published digital market. Read more.
