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• Lulu’s Five Ways to Market Self-Published Books on a Shoestring Budget

  1277 readers PRESS RELEASE: 5 Ways to Market Self-Published Books on a Shoestring Budget RALEIGH, N.C., May 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Self-publishing books is on the rise, as even celebrity and well-known authors opt for that route to publication. In fact, Lulu.com reports that the number of new print titles they published in 2011 was approximately 50,000, which

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  Lulu.com: E-Books and Print Sales Drive One Another

  1377 readersFrom the press release: When it comes to books, there is a debate over which format is more popular — e-books or print editions. What many people fail to identify is the connection between the two, as the two formats tend to influence each other. According to self-publishing company Lulu.com, the number of print titles

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  Amazon Now Sells More eBooks Than Paper Books

  3581 readersToday Amazon announced a major milestone for the Kindle Store. eBooks are now the most popular format on Amazon.com, outselling the combined sales of hardback and paperback books. Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon has sold, it has ...

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  Lulu Announces a One-Click Publishing App

  1418 readersThe self-pub service Lulu got ahead of the pack this week when they announced their new publishing options available via Google Drive. The Lulu One-Click Publishing App is a Chrome applet that, when tied into your Google Drive and Lulu accounts, lets authors and publishers collaborate on documents in Google Drive and then submit the documents

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  Lulu.com launches new ecommerce platform

  2344 readers From the press release: Lulu.com, the leader in self-publishing, has launched a new ecommerce platform along with major site upgrades that will give authors and readers the absolute best self-publishing experience for buying and selling books in any format across the globe. Powered by leading ecommerce platform provider Elastic Path, the upgrades are designed to maximize author

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  Espresso Book Machine now generally available in the US, Canada to come

  2134 readersGeneral availability of the machine began on February 15. Here’s the press release. I note that it will be available in Canada next month. Self publishers can print their latest manuscripts at the corner bookstore, classical books are now available for purchase on demand at libraries, cruise-goers can leave their books at home and print

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  Lulu Launches New Partnership with Barnes & Noble

  2048 readersThe self-pub platform Lulu and B&N, owners of the second most popular ebook reader,  announced today that they will be forming a new cooperative relationship. Lulu customers will find it easier than ever before to make and distribute their eBooks through the Barnes & Noble Nook Store. Lulu got its start in 2002 as a POD

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  University of Wisconsin Press picks up on ebooks

  1993 readersFrom an article in The Capital Times: “Level 7,” a science fiction book by Mordecai Roshwald about a post-apocalyptic dystopia published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1959, has gotten a new life in the present thanks to the Amazon Kindle. Krista Coulson, electronic publishing manager for the UW Press, says “Level 7” was

• Can E-Books and Libraries Coexist?

  91 readers Print — literature, journalism, you name it — has experienced an extended obituary over the last decade, alongside the rise of digital media. But a recent Pew study found that even as sales of e-readers like Nook and Kindle grow swiftly, young people still frequent libraries more than you might think, and print books remain popular.

• Ebrary: Subscription Model Helps Drive Sales; Added 50 New Publishers to Academic Complete

  738 readers According to ebrary, publishers who distribute books through libraries and other subscription models get more sales through other channels, too. At the same time, ebrary announced that it has added 50 more publishers to its Academic Complete subscription service. It claims that it will soon offer over 75,000 books through the service. Related: Are We Seeing