The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Pre-orders on Amazon KDP no longer require initial uploaded file.KDP Print now features Expanded Distribution to bookstores.Duplex deal offers inside-cover printing from IngramSpark.Five indie publishers on the lookout for crime fiction submissions.It’s the end of Kindle Worlds as we know it.The Wattys 2021 looks for novels and adds Best Cover category as Wattpad Paid Stories hits $1 million paid out to writers.KDP Print rolls out full launch of proof and author copies of paperbacks at wholesale prices.How to win the Wattys 2020 - Wattpad sets out what the judges will be looking for as contest opens for entries.IngramSpark bans low-content journals, summaries and classic ‘clutter’ to clean up catalog.Amazon adds cut-price color printing choice for KDP Print books.How to get a single link for your Amazon book that redirects worldwide.Wattpad Futures adds ads to stories and pays writers a cut of the cash. Kobo Plus digital book subscription scheme continues steady expansion internationally with partnershipsĪmazon KDP proof and author copies now available in Canada and New Zealand Libraries saw digital loans pass the 500 million mark in 2021 Kindle Unlimited ends 2021 with 19% annual KDP Select fund rise as total tops $450 million This compensation will be included with your overall bonus amount. The bonus and Kindle Vella royalty earnings will be paid out with your total KDP payments in February.įor all authors, Amazon is continuing to compensate episodes unlocked using free tokens at the 200-token bundle rate until March 2022. If you’ve earned a bonus for December, you will get an email and can see the bonus amount posted in your Kindle Vella Dashboard ( ). The company says it continues to see readers are enjoying stories that are updated regularly. For December, stories are rewarded based on customer activity such as Faves, Follows, and Token redemption (free and paid), as well as publishing activity, including the number of new episodes and frequency of episodes published in December. However, it’s second-placed Hot Vampire Next Door by Nikki St Crowe that showed the real growth in hitting over 23,000 thumbs-up for December from around 9,000 in the previous month.Īmazon says the Vella bonus program is ongoing and it will continue to award bonuses as the program grows. Faves are a different factor and readers get one Fave a week when they unlock episodes and can award that Fave to the story they’re enjoying most that week. Thumbs Up are given by readers when they like an episode to let the author and other readers know you liked it. The serial, about four women who enter into a clandestine auction to be married to the highest bidders, was in the top spot in October with 16,240 thumbs-up and that rose to 23,611 in November and the serial now has more than 44,000 thumbs-up, so it almost doubled in a month. The Marriage Auction by Audrey Carlan is still leading at the top of the Vella Faves for another month. There are some signs that the Kindle Vella venture might be starting to pick up some momentum. Kindle Vella is so far available only to the US market. It started running in July 2021 and initially only offered reader access through the Kindle iOS app and on, so extending Vella to Android and Fire devices is a major expansion. Kindle Vella is a recently launched venture from Amazon which focuses on serialized stories. Readers can find the Kindle Vella storefront in the Kindle app by going to the Store tab and tapping on the Kindle Vella link in the top menu, or search by author name or story name in the Kindle app on Android and Fire devices. The Kindle Vella bonus for December 2021 for authors has risen by the usual $50,000 to $650,000 from $600,000 in November 2021.Īmazon has extended the reach of Kindle Vella stories by making them available to readers in the Kindle app on Android and Fire devices.
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