• The Fine Print of iBooks Author

    Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Yesterday, with great fanfare, Apple rolled out two new applications:  iBooks 2, with new features aimed at students; and iBooks Author, which allows individuals to create iPad-optimized ebooks. Both...

  • D Publishing: Dymocks’ New Self-Pub Service

    Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, Dymocks, an Australian bookselling chain, announced the launch of D Publishing, a electronic and POD self-publishing service. Like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Dymocks is a major book vendor....

  • The Fine Print of Amazon’s New KDP Select Program

    Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Almost since Amazon's controversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library--which allows Amazon Prime members to borrow selected ebooks for free--debuted, there have been rumors that Amazon was inviting KDP self-...

  • Book Country And Self-Publishing: Why the Hate?

    Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, Penguin subsidiary Book Country--a digital slush pile/peer critique community with a focus on genre fiction--announced that it was adding self-publishing services. This prompted an explosion o...