Amazon’s taken a number of steps to bring different types of content to the Kindle Store, and it’s now venturing into an area that has a long history with the internet: fan fiction. The company’s today announced Kindle Worlds, a new publishing pla…
While Rovio still leans very heavily on one game franchise for its success, there’s no question that it’s a big company these days — big enough, in fact, that it’s venturing into publishing for the first time. Its new Rovio Stars division will lo…
Sony’s already got a low barrier to entry for developers on its PlayStation Mobile platform, which encompasses the PlayStation Vita handheld game console and a variety of smartphones — just $99 for a license enables publishing across all PlayStat…
For many, there’s nothing quite so comforting as cracking open a good book. The texture of the pages combine with the smell of ink and paper, as the writer pours their imagination and soul into a world that’s apart from your own. While e-books hav…
Barnes & Noble’s PubIt! self-publishing conduit has been active for well over two years, but you’d be forgiven for overlooking it with that somewhat forgettable (if very emphatic) name. The company might just know what you’re thinking, as it’s gi…
You’d think after publishing a 6,000-word review, two hands-on posts and a camera explainer, we would have said all there is to say about the HTC One. Not quite. Though the phone has been available in Germany for about a month now, it’s only just arr…
“We’re trying to build tools that empower creators to do the next wave of storytelling,” says Ben Wolstenholme. Last year, his Madefire publishing platform was released to a select group of people from the comics industry (like …
Google is reportedly discontinuing all future print editions of the once-popular Frommer’s series of travel guides, according to a report by travel website Skift today. The move comes just seven months after Google purchased Frommer’s…
Unsurprisingly, not everyone is crazy about Amazon’s attempts to register top-level web domains like .book, .author, and .read. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, t…
Digital distribution has spurred new interest in self-publishing, with storefronts like Apple’s iBookstore creating special tools for authors who work outside the traditional publisher model. At the same time, Comixology has helped br…
