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The Top Writing Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss as an Indie Author or Publisher
By Kinga Jentetics
Networking at conferences is an essential part of an author’s career. It allows you…
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Upcoming Free Webinar: Sell More Books with Public Speaking!
By Monica Dube
For many authors, public speaking is a source of anxiety. But effective communication skills…
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Announcing Exciting Updates to the PublishDrive Platform!
By Monica Dube
You may have noticed we recently rolled out some improvements to the PublishDrive platform.
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Your Comprehensive Guide to Amazon Pricing on PublishDrive
By Monica Dube
Back in April of 2017, our partnership with Amazon changed, giving our users better…
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Royalty Share vs. Subscription Pricing for Self-Published Authors – Which Option is Best?
By Monica Dube
PublishDrive offers two pricing options: Royalty Share and Subscription Pricing. These flexible options allow…
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Case Study: PublishDrive’s Subscription Pricing Increases Take-Home Royalties for Authors!
By Monica Dube
When we rolled out Subscription Pricing last October, some were hesitant to give it…
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Don’t Miss Our Free Webinar – Self-Publishing 102: Book Marketing Basics
By Monica Dube
Marketing is one of the most important elements of an indie author’s career. The…
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Introducing PublishDrive’s Free Public Ebook Conversion Tool
By Monica Dube
Our free ebook conversion has been a huge help for PublishDrive authors, but our…
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Our Word to EPUB Conversion Tool is Here!
By Monica Dube
One of the most common challenges new authors face is ebook conversion. You may…
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Top 3 Ways of Boosting Your Author Career Through Writing Conferences
By Kinga Jentetics
You’ve probably heard that conferences are essential to your writing career development, but do…
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PublishDrive Now Offers Ebook Distribution to Bibliotheca
By Monica Dube
At PublishDrive, we’re always seeking new opportunities for indie authors to access global sales…
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We’re Back from the 20Booksto50k Conference, and We Can’t Wait to Tell You About It
By Monica Dube
The PublishDrive team just wrapped up an incredible three days at the recent 20Booksto50k…
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Meet Monica Dubé, PublishDrive’s New Content Strategist!
By Monica Dube
Hi there! My name is Monica and I’m super excited to be joining the…
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How to Write a Book Description that Sells
By Guest Author
Any quick online search will give you slews of experts sharing how to write…
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Our new brand is here!
By Robert Csizmar
We’re super excited to be releasing several new features (like AI based category suggestion…
Book Production
Automatic ebook conversion from docx
By Monica Dube
PublishDrive accepts docx as the source file. Good news for those authors who are…
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Writer’s Digest Annual Conference 2018 – Key Takeaways
By Kinga Jentetics
Attending industry events (both writing and publishing conferences) is an important part of our…
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Key Takeaways of ThrillerFest 2018
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If you attended ThrillerFest 2018 (July 2018 NYC), the annual conference of ITW, International…
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Overview of the Chinese Book Market
By Monica Dube
PublishDrive signed a contract with retail giant DangDang, often dubbed as ‘the Chinese Amazon’.
Self-publishing
Create An Author Website For Free Using Wix
By Monica Dube
This week’s guest post by author Jules Fier underlines the importance of creating an…
Self-publishing
GDPR for Authors: Are You Compliant?
By Monica Dube
The new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming to effect shortly (May…
Self-publishing
Self-publishing Sci-fi and Fantasy: Interview with Joseph Malik, Author of Dragon’s Trail
By Monica Dube
Sci-fi author Joseph Malik has not only collected favourable reviews on his first release,…
Book Marketing
What Is a Beta Reader and How to Find One
By Monica Dube
What is a beta reader and how to find one is brought to you…
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Distributing to Perlego – New Retail Channel
By Monica Dube
PublishDrive is proud to have partnered with Perlego, an innovator in academic publishing. We’re…
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Frankfurt Book Fair As Indie Author – Should you go?
By Monica Dube
Are you interested in attending a book fair as indie author? Should you attend…
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What Is an Audiobook? – Choose the Best Service
By Monica Dube
The Canadian company Rakuten Kobo finally offers audio content worldwide. They now appear as…
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Ebook Pricing for a Foreign Market – East Asia and India
By Monica Dube
This article is the second part of our series, Ebook Pricing for a Foreign…
Self-publishing
Self-Publishing Podcasts: Everything You Wanted to Know
By Monica Dube
Podcasts are like Marmite: love it or hate it. With an overwhelming the majority…
How To Promote an eBook – A Step-by-Step Guide
By Ramona Tanay
I spent most of my time at the London Book Fair 2017 sitting in…
How To Price An Ebook – If You Want People to Buy It
By Ramona Tanay
Setting the ideal price of your ebook is the final step of self-publishing. By…
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Google Has Invested in PublishDrive Through its Launchpad Accelerator Program
By Kinga Jentetics
PublishDrive is one of the inspiring group of startups that is going to Google…
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Coverage of London Book Fair 2017
By Kinga Jentetics
Book fairs play a vital role in publishing and allow publishers, authors, industry professionals…
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Sales analytics in PublishDrive
By Kinga Jentetics
We have new, detailed sales analytics in PublishDrive! Our objective is to increase your…
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Negotiating techniques for publishers
By Kinga Jentetics
If you do business in the publishing industry, you have to develop your own…
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PublishDrive CEO in panel about self-publishing at Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
By Kinga Jentetics
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IPG UK Quarterly Event by PublishDrive
By Monica Dube
Publishing industry is centered in London and New York where you can be in…
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New market segment drives ebook sales globally
By Kinga Jentetics
Publishers and authors are getting more independent and strong-minded about looking for new ways…
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