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  477 readers PRESS RELEASE: CreateSpace Now Offers Independent Authors and Publishers Zero-Cost, Inventory-Free Distribution to Amazon Customers in Europe Starting today, independent authors and publishers using CreateSpace can distribute their books directly to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it and earn industry-leading royalties Amazon customers in Europe now get immediate availability and local shipping costs on CreateSpace books

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  Make An eBook Using FastPencil

  1889 readersDigital publishing technology company FastPencil has a new publishing platform to make your own eBooks. The company announced the new platform today which has various different tiers. Self-published authors can use the tool for free to make a book and publish it to the Kindle Store, iBooks, Nook and distribute through Ingram. They can also

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  German Kindle Store Launches with 25K Titles

  2627 readersBy Hannah Johnson Amazon.de announced today the official launch of the Kindle e-bookstore in Germany with 25,000 titles, including “71 of 100 Spiegel bestsellers” as well as “thousands of German classics downloadable for free.” The Kindle e-bookstore is now the largest e-bookstore in Germany. Authors available in Amazon.de’s Kindle store include Arno Geiger, Adler Olsen, Hans Fallada,

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  Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Extends 70 Percent Royalty Option to Books Sold to Canadian Customers

  1190 readersFrom the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is extending the 70 percent royalty option to include books sold to Canadian customers. This royalty option is available for books sold to Canadian customers from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, or one of

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  Amazon publishing announces 32 new books in both print and ebook format

  2064 readers From the press release: Amazon.com today announced that Amazon Publishing will publish 32 books in late summer and early fall under its various imprints, including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing and Thomas & Mercer. The Amazon Publishing editions of these titles will be available in print format athttp://www.amazon.com/ and national and independent booksellers, and as wireless digital downloads in

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  Amazon Japan offers POD program for books

  1994 readersFrom the press release: Amazon.co.jp today announced a new Print-on-Demand (POD) program for Books, which dramatically expands the selection of titles available to customers and offers publishers a cost-effective way to make the broadest possible range of their authors’ titles available. Using POD technology, Amazon.co.jp can rapidly print and ship a single book in response

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  CourseSmart introduces ecommerce platform for etextbooks in UK and Europe

  737 readersFrom the press release: CourseSmart®, the world’s largest provider of eTextbooks and digital course materials, today announced its continued international growth with the launch of an eCommerce platform in the UK and Europe. The platform provides students access to eTextbooks and digital course materials anytime, anywhere from any web-enabled device. Students in the UK and Europe will also

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  New ebook publisher/distributor arrives – BookBaby

  2715 readersFrom the press release: BookBaby throws open the doors to the electronic publishing and distribution world for independent authors, offering the highest pay-out rate for eBook distribution in the industry. Authors will receive 100% of their net sales revenue – paid weekly – generated through all BookBaby’s retailer network, including all the major retailers including

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  Kindle lending library increases book sales, says Amazon

  1521 readersFrom the press release: More than 100,000 books are now available in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, including over 100 current and former New York Times Best Sellers. The vast majority of these titles are exclusive to Kindle and published using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) – a self-service, easy-to-use platform for independent authors and publishers.

• Self-Publishing Service Holds Sweepstakes for Indie Authors, $2,000 Value

  676 readers PRESS RELEASE: BookBaby Hosts Ultimate Self-Publishing Sweepstakes Worth Over $2,000 Thursday, May 10, 2012 BookBaby, the author services company with the world’s largest eBook distribution network for independent publishers, announced today that they’ll be hosting a self-publishing sweepstakes worth over $2,000. The sweepstakes is open to all, and the winner will receive an eBook and printed book publishing