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How to Self-Publish a Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for First-Time Authors

Self-publishing has revolutionized the way authors bring their work to the world. With the rise of platforms like Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and Lulu, authors no longer have to rely on traditional publishers to release their books. Self-publishing means that you take control of the process, from writing and editing to designing and marketing. But how do you actually self-publish a book, and what…

How to Self-Publish a Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for First-Time Authors

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Because he needs the money for his campaign.

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Judgment Phase of Internet Archive Copyright Case Appears Imminent

More than four months after finding the Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement, the next phase in the litigation appears to be c

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Copyright Under Attack

The scale of threats to crucial copyright protections, publishing leaders at London Book Fair will say today, is as international as the Internet.

Speaking on London Book Fair’s Main Stage at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, on some of the major international threats to copyright are, clockwise from upper left, the Publishers Association’s Dan Conway; the Association of Authors’ Agents’ Isobel Dixon; the Association of American Publishers’ Maria A. Pallante; and the Publishers Association of South Africa’s Brian Wafawarowa

By Porter Anderson

Standing Up to Worldwide Challenges

As the 2023 London Book Fair opens today (April 18) with a series of timely industry-focused issues in its Main Stage series of Seminar Program events, one of the most forthrightly titled is Copyright in a Global Context: Current Threats and Emerging Issues.

The alarm is not misplaced or overstated.

From the spectacle of 94 Canadian school boards suing the nation’s federally mandated copyright collection agency to the challenge of “free text and data-mining of any content accessible on subscription for commercial use” that has engaged the Publishers Association, and a resounding rebuke of the so-called “controlled digital lending” concept with worldwide implications, there seem to be few “small stories” around copyright today.

“In rejecting both the theory and operation of Internet Archive’s ‘Controlled Digital Lending’ defense, the court recognized that digital books are inherently different from physical books, including in the ease of distributing them worldwide in an instant.” - MariaA. Pallante, Association of American Publishers

Well before “artificial intelligence” models alerted copyright advocates to fast-rising new questions about copyright on the misty horizons of AI, intellectual property specialists were warning the publishing industry about dangers to the book business’ utterly indispensable protections enshrined in international copyright treaties and national markets’ laws.

And yet, even publishing colleagues whose own livelihoods rest entirely on the promise of IP protection are unclear about how it works; uncertain about what’s required to sustain it; and unaware of the severity of the forays being made against copyright.

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3rd Colin Copperfield - speechless at Pete Townsend’s staging of “Tommy”

3rd Colin Copperfield – speechless at Pete Townsend’s staging of “Tommy”

In the last couple of blogs, I’ve chatted to Colin Copperfield about what happened backstage on Jesus Christ Superstar and about his East End upbringing – his sizzling showbiz autobiography It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Zing! is on sale now.  Over the years, he appeared in over 900 TV shows in 26 countries. He appeared in three Royal Command Performances and on five albums and…

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Book Sales COVID-19 Increase

Book Sales COVID-19 Increase

Since March 2020, PublishDrive has been generating digital book sales reports, compiling hard-to-find data from various outlets, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play Books, libraries, regional stores, and more. They have now published their stats for April and May, months that saw much of the world’s population in lockdown.

The graph below presents the increase in sales in April (red…

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Self-Publishing & Book Pricing. Like Oil & Water?

Self-Publishing & Book Pricing. Like Oil & Water?

If you’re a self-publishing author, or thinking about becoming one, you may already know that “book pricing” or “royalties” can be confusing concepts. When each self-publishing company uses a different calculation and even different terminology, comparing them can be exhausting.

Imagine learning everything you ever wanted or needed to know about book pricing and royalties in the self-publishing…

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Giving Back to #foreverbeaustrong by Julie Arduini

Giving Back to #foreverbeaustrong by Julie Arduini

When I moved to Ohio, I was completely broken. Sure, I put two feet in front of the other and kept things going, but the grief hanging over me from the season nearly did me in. In a short order of months our daughter nearly died, my husband’s job changed from salary to benefits to commission, no benefits, and my dad was diagnosed and then months later, passed away from lung cancer. When my…

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