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The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) is an annual literary contest intended to bring greater visibility to self-published English-language fantasy authors. The SPFBO has been operated since 2015 by the author Mark Lawrence. He distributes about 300 novels submitted by the authors to ten fantasy bloggers to review. Each blogger selects a ...
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia was started in 1948 as an annual journal dedicated to the study of books as physical objects and to textual criticism and scholarly editing; Bowers served as the journal's editor until his death in 1991. [5] It was renamed Studies in Bibliography for volume 2. [6]
In 2014, they launched a self-publishing services directory. [7] All the services were approved and adhered to a code of standards set by the alliance. Also in 2014, the Alliance launched an "Ethical Author Campaign", [ 8 ] [ 9 ] which set out guidance on how independent authors should conduct themselves.
The Virginia Festival of the Book has been bringing together writers and readers to promote and celebrate books, reading, literacy, and literary culture in Charlottesville, Virginia every March ...
In October 2007, the self-publishing company CreateSpace teamed up with NaNoWriMo to begin offering winners a single free, paperback proof copy of their manuscripts, with the option to use the proof to then sell the novel on Amazon.com. [38] In 2011, CreateSpace offered winners five free, paperback proof copies of their manuscripts. In addition ...
While most self-published books do not make much money, [37] there are self-published authors who have achieved success, particularly in the early years of online self-publishing. [38] The number of authors who had sold more than one million e-books on Amazon from 2011 to 2016 was 40, according to one estimate.
The IPPY's mission statement claims the awards are intended to 'recognise the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers around the world.' [2] The IPPY criteria for an 'independent' publication mandates that all entries ...
The deal allows Blurb-designed books to be sold and distributed on the Amazon platform. The partnership enables self publishing on the platform with a 15% cut on Blurb books. [5] Amazon agreed to the fee to access Blurb's authors. In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud, [6] a self-publishing platform for magazines, under a licensing agreement from ...