(via PR Newswire) MyIdentifiers now includes links to automated rights technologies Download image Bowker. (PRNewsFoto/ProQuest Information and Learning) NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – ProQuest affiliate Bowker® is expanding the range of services available to users of MyIdentifiers.com… Read More

IngramSpark, a new service from the world’s largest book distributor, will give independent publisher a main line into Ingram’s worldwide print and digital distribution systems.While Ingram already offers all these services, Spark puts them all in one place and makes… Read More

When it comes to the new era of publishing, hybrid authors are the new power players. They make more money from their writing than other authors, they have bigger marketing platforms and they are not afraid to use them.   So,… Read More

Simon & Schuster has partnered with Firebrand Technologies for digital book distribution services, as well as to provide metadata services for print and eBooks. Firebrand will also give the big six publisher access to its digital galley distribution service NetGalley, … Read More

When it came to getting a book published and distributed to a wide audience, it used to be that publishing houses with editorial, production, marketing and distribution operations were in the driver’s seat. All but a select few authors could… Read More

Bowker has partnered with Digi-Rights to offer self-publishing authors and small publishers rights and permissions solutions technology.Through a series of deals and partnerships, Bowker has quickly become one of the most aggressive players in the fast-growing authors services market. In… Read More

[Press Release] DIVERSIONBOOKS Brings Working Partners Titles to International eBook Market… Diversion Books has signed a deal with British fiction packager Working Partners to publish a number of YA and adult titles in digital formats. Diversion will release six books Read More

[Press Release]INscribe Digital Inks New Distribution Deals with Academic, Christian and Multicultural Publishers…With more than 20,000 titles distributed by INscribe Digital in two and a half years, the San Francisco-based eBook distributor has added a number of new Read More

After months of adding services for self-publishing authors to its ISBN platform, Bowker has taken the next step in offering information and services for independent authors.The book industry data and services provider has launched SelfPublishedAuthor.com, an information, advice and resources… Read More

If you’ve been anywhere near publishing recently, you’ve probably been hit by the shrapnel of an exploding business model, a narrowing distribution network, or mind-numbing cutbacks. It’s fashionable for people who aren’t pouring their daily energies into words and stories… Read More

RosettaBooks has partnered with the AARP to publish a series of original eBooks from the nonprofit organization. RosettaBooks will also help the AARP with various distribution. Together they will publish books on a variety of subjects including: caregiving, brain health,… Read More

By exposing us to diverging viewpoints, fostering dissent, broadcasting scientific discoveries, and stretching our imagination beyond its sensory frame, books have promoted the rise of our modern social conscience. The many societal and technical revolutions of the 20th century have… Read More

[Press Release]Zed boosts the distribution of 24symbols worldwide…. Zed and 24symbols have signed a distribution agreement which will see 24symbols launched in numerous global markets immediately. Zed has also purchased a 32% share of 24symbolsMadrid, May 9th, 2013Zed, Read More

What is the right price for an indie eBook? The most common price for an indie eBook published through the self-publishing platform Smashwords is $2.99. This is according to the company’s second annual Smashwords survey which analyzed more than $12… Read More