Category: distribution

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Is Amazon Giving Up on Books?

I’m sure that most people reading that blog title will think it’s click bait. It’s not, it is a genuine question. I’m asking this based on an article by Mark Williams I read this morning titled, Amazon’s Dismantling of its Book Operations Continues. Mark is not someone to yell “the sky is falling.” He’s been […]

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How the Pandemic Has Pushed Publishing Into Digital Formats Faster Than Planned

Note: I originally wrote this article for my annual changes in publishing post on Romancing the Genres that I’ve written every year for a decade. It published December 5, 2020. I’ve made some changes to that article, particularly in the introductory remarks and some additional comments on how authors and publishers might capitalize on these […]

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Distribution Basics: Vendors and Aggregators

For 2021, I will be featuring responses to questions I often field on other forums or that are sent to me here at POV Author Services. To end 2020, I’m answering a question from Pat McNees (Thank you, Pat!) who maintains a website called Writers and Editors with lots of articles and links to information […]

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The Importance of Library Distribution

Note: Updated April 2021 to add additional ebook distributor platforms to libraries and a little more explanation of why libraries choose not to carry every book in a distributors ebook catalog During this pandemic, the importance of libraries has reminded me how much I’ve taken them for granted over the years. I’ve been amazed by […]

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