The founders of Inkshares don’t think the traditional publishing industry is broken, just antiquated and inefficient — and they think marrying crowdfunding and the kinds of services publishers used to offer… Read more »
Comedian Louis CK, who made $1 million selling downloads of a show through his website, has sold $4.5-million in tickets to a new tour in 48 hours. He and musician Amanda… Read more »
As author Clay Shirky points out, the simple act of publishing something — whether it’s a book or a news article — doesn’t require an industry any more, just a button… Read more »
New tools like the Kindle have led to an explosion of self-published books, but that has meant more competition for existing authors. How do they make money now? Writer Seth Godin… Read more »
In the latest sign of the disruption of the book-publishing business, John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self-published author to sell a million e-books — has signed… Read more »
We’ve written a lot here at GigaOM about the evolution — and disruption — of the book-publishing industry, from the rise of self-publishing phenomenons like Amanda Hocking to new e-book ventures… Read more »
John Green, whose book for young adults hit the number one spot this week before he was even finished writing it, is the latest example of an author whose use of… Read more »
While self-published authors are widely acknowledged as a growing force in e-book sales, only a few have reached superstar status. One of th… Read more »
Author John Locke has become the new poster boy for self-publishing via Amazon’s Kindle platform by selling more than a million copies of his e-books. Along with fellow author Amanda Hocking,… Read more »