Amazon's Closure of India's Westland Books: Consternation and Confusion - Publishing Perspectives

Today, Panzer made a trip to the Publishing Perspectives site. With a little digging in the posts there our inquisitive kitty boy found one about India's Westland Books.

Why? What happened?

According to the post by Porter Anderson, Amazon announced February 1 the company will close India's Westland Books publishing. Amazon gave bookstores dates in February and March to order books, but after March 31 Westland will not be fulfilling any orders. Amazon bought the 60-year-old Westland Books in 2017.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty wonders what caused Amazon to close it now."

Note: This is a very, very, very long post. Bring a thermos of cocoa, three muffins, three chocolate chip cookies (biscuits), and a brownie for today's reading.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon and Westland Books

Juggernaut India's Answer to Wattpad gets its first movie deal as an injunction against another Juggernaut title is restored - The New Publishing Standard

I'll be watching this company.

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to The New Publishing Standard site. There with a little digging our intrepid kitty traveler found a post about Juggernaut.

According to the post by Mark Williams, India's Juggernaut recently announced 35,000 stories have been uploaded to their Writing Platform site. In a separate press release Juggernaut also announced one of the stories uploaded has been acquired for a movie. This is in addition to the ten publishing contracts given to authors whose work was uploaded to the site. Juggernaut is only available to the Indian subcontinent. There are several links to other posts and sites.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty thinks Juggernaut is aptly named."

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two cookies (biscuits) for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Juggernaut

Juggernaut sets the pace for Indian publishing in 2018. Prepares to take on Kindle Unlimited

Today, Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took him to The New Publishing Standard site. There with a little digging around he found a post about Amazon's Kindle Unlimited.

Who can sleep with this going on.

According to Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, Indian publishing company Juggernaut is expanding into the ebook subscription service. Specifically, the company plans to market in India where Amazon's Kindle Unlimited already has a footprint. Juggernaut then plans to do a global expansion to Indian-language users in the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Included in the post is an infographic illustrating Juggernaut's plans. There are also several links to posts at the Juggernaut site.

Panzer says, "Juggernaut vs Amazon ... This will be very interesting."

Note: This is a long post. Bring half a thermos of tea and six muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, bring the second half of the thermos of tea and another six muffins.

To read the post tootle over to Juggernaut sets the pace for Indian publishing in 2018. Prepares to take on Kindle Unlimited:

Smashwords: Smashwords Distributes Ebooks to Flipkart.com, Ind...

MeWow! India here I come!

MeWow! Panzer is doing the happy cat dance!

The Catosphere is full of the news that Smashwords has a new distribution agreement with India's Flipkart. Panzer's Cats and Crime ebook will now be available in India. (His friend Fiona Webber's Under New Management will be too.)

If you want all the news about the distribution terms, tootle over to Smashwords: Smashwords Distributes Ebooks to Flipkart.com, Ind...: India, here we come! Smashwords today announced a distribution agreement with Flipkart.com, India’s largest online marketplace and books...