If you are looking for a way to use print-on-demand services for your customers without paying big royalties, then Books.by may be your answer. Instead of charging for every book, like Amazon or Ingram Spark,  Books.by funds its costs by charging an annual fee of $99, after which you keep 100% of your sales, minus print costs. You are given your own shopfront platform to customise as you wish, with its own URL to direct customers to from your website or social media pages.

If you publish a new book or edit an existing one, you will be asked at the time of uploading it if you have used AI to create the content. You will need to understand if you have used ‘AI-generated’ or ‘AI-assisted’ content and know exactly what is allowed. ‘AI-Generated’ means that your text, images or translations have been created by AI, even if you have edited them heavily later. You MUST disclose this when uploading your book and indicate the level of human editing th

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a UK not-for-profit organisation that collects and distributes secondary royalties to writers. It exists to make sure you’re paid when your work is copied, shared, or used in ways that don’t generate traditional royalties and has been operating since 1977. ‘Secondary uses’ are things like: ·       Scripts being used for broadcasting ·       Use of articles in journals and magazines ·       Lending in libraries overseas ·

There is now a real alternative to Amazon when it comes to reaching new customers with your ebook. Draft2Digital have signed a partnership with Bookshop.org , giving thousands of independent bookstores across the US and UK financial incentives when they give their customers access to self-published ebooks on Bookshop.org ’s platform. To find out more about how Draft2Digital works, click on the image. To make your ebook visible, you will need to upload your manuscript onto the

A quick thought today about New Year’s resolutions related to writing.   Did you make any and have you stuck to them?   Personally, I’m certainly more writing-focused after vowing ‘ to do something connected to writing every day ’. I made very little progress in the second part of last year, and by the time December came, I put it off, like everything else, until after Christmas. But I’m happy to say I’m getting back into a routine again and have found my resolution has broug

As 2025 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the many achievements of our ASPA community this year. MEMBERS The Association of Self-Published Authors remains true to its original promise of being free to all members and ‘ proudly run by self-published authors, for self-published authors’. Today, it has 684 members, all of whom can take advantage of the wide-ranging resources on the website. Click here to learn more. PROSE AND CONS One of the major successes this year ha