by Dan Brady | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog
Hardback books have always been popular. A 2019 poll on Goodreads revealed data to back this up: more than 40% of readers expressed a preference for hardback books over their paperback counterparts. Traditionally, indie authors didn’t have the option for...
by Dan Brady | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog, Royalties
This article explains how our royalty processes work at UK Book Publishing. Publisher compensation As a publisher, we receive “publisher compensation” payments from our distributors such as Amazon and Lightning Source. These are the ‘gross’ or...
by Dan Brady | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Marketing
So you’re published on Amazon, congratulations! But have you set up your Author Page? And why is that important? This article will help you get started. What is Author Central? Author Central is how Amazon allows authors to manage their presence on Amazon. And,...
by Ruth Lunn | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Ebooks
One of the unexpected consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the removal of VAT from ebooks. Previously, although printed books are zero-rated for VAT, ebooks and online subscriptions have not been exempted. In March, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this...
by Phoebe Bower | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
An idea for a book can brew in your mind like a warm cup of tea but getting it down on a page is only half the job… Once a book is written, the next logical step is publishing. The development of independent publishing has opened the market to new authors who...
by Ugne Rinkeviciute | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog
One thing most employed people don’t have to deal with, but we creatives do, is legally protecting their projects – the babies of months and months of hard work. Unfortunately, as much as we’d like to build forts around our books and surround them with an army of...