Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025 - Publishers Daily

I'm not the only little kitty who wants to know.

Panzer's next stop was at the Publishers Daily site. 

 

According to Jim Milliot's post, the number of books published in 2025 jumped to 4 million. The majority of these books were self-published.

 

 Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty wants to know, how many of those were AI slop?"

 

 Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and a brownie for a snack.

 

To read the post tootle over to Book Output in 2025 

CWA Opens Membership to Self-Published Authors - CWA

As Panzer was tootling around in the  Catosphere today, he heard clapping and cheering outside the Panzermobile. Following all the happy noise took him to the Crime Writers' Association's CWA site. There with no digging at all he found a post about a membership change.

 

It's about time.

The post explains the Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) membership change. After a vote by CWA members which passed by 85 percent, self-published authors will now be accepted as members. Self-published authors can apply for membership beginning September 13.

 
Panzer says, "Another writers' organization joins the ranks and is accepting self-published authors."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a glass of iced tea for today's celebration.

 

To read the post tootle over to CWA membership

BiblioBoard, PW's BookLife Launch New Library E-book Program for Self-Published Authors - Publishers Weekly

 Yesterday, Panzer told you about Publishers Weekly's plan's for the US Book Show in May. Today, our busy news-gatherer kitty found an announcement at Publishers Weekly about the company's entrance into the ebooks for libraries market.

 

How much is the fee?

According to a post at the site by the staff, Publishers Weekly's BookLife has formed a partnership with BiblioBoard to start a new program called BookLife Elite. Libraries will pay a subscription fee to get access to BookLife Elite's curated self-published ebooks. BookLife Elite is already available on OverDrive. The post includes several links to information about BookLife, BiblioBoard, authors' books in the program,  and contact persons.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty wonders if, maybe, they're growing too fast in too many different directions at once."

 

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. Bring a thermos of tea and three muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links in the post, bring three thermoses of tea, thirty-six muffins, twenty five cookies (biscuits), and fifteen brownies. Oh, and you'll need your sleeping bag for a nap in the middle.

 

To read the post tootle over to BiblioBoard and BookLife

Number of Self-Publishered Titles Jumped 40% in 2018 - Publishers Weekly

As Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today, the Panzermobile was suddenly buffeted by aahing and oohing. Following all the noise took our brave kitty boy to the Publishers Weekly site. There he discovered a post about the number of titles self-published in 2018.

Jim Milliot's post concerns Bowker's annual survey of self-published books for 2018. According to the survey, self-published books and ebooks increased by 40 percent over 2017. Bowker's self-published books figures use the number of ISBNs sold as the measurement tool. The post includes Amazon's CreateSpace and Lulu publishing numbers for books. Ebooks numbers are included too. No ebook publishing numbers are available for Amazon (doesn't use ISBNs); however, Smashwords and Lulu both show publishing declines.

1.68 million? That's scary!

Panzer says, "According to Bowker, 1.68 million books were self-published in 2018! How can this little kitty compete with book numbers like that?"

Note: This is a short-medium post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffins for your reading.

To read the post tootle over to self published titles

Books-A-Million and FastPencil have formed a partnership - AL.com

Today, Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took to the AL.com site. There our brave kitty pilot found a post about Books-A-Million and FastPencil.

That's a lot of money.

According to the post by Kelly Poe, Books-A-Million and FastPencil have announced the formation of a new partnership. As part of the partnership Books-A-Million bookstores will begin selling self-published books by FastPencil authors. The caveat self-published authors must be aware of is that FastPencil must be hired to do the book editing and distribution to Books-A-Million. The cost of these editing packages begin at $1,100.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... You'll have to sell a lot of books to get your money back."

Note: This is a medium post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Books-A-Million

Solving the Self-Publishing Puzzle - American Libraries Magazine

Panzer was out in the Catosphere today looking for sales and marketing information for his books. Our big busy kitty found a post at the American Libraries Magazine site about getting your books into libraries.

Let's go to the library, Mom.

According to the post by Greg Landgraf, as self-published books gain in popularity, libraries are beginning to take notice. Some libraries are actually setting up venues for the self-published to sell their physical books to the public. Even more interesting is the fact some libraries are even making agreements with ebook distributors such as Smashwords. Representatives from three libraries, two in the U.S. and one in Canada, explain their criteria and selection process in interviews in this post.

Panzer says, "Hmmm ... Getting in a library would be a good tactic. The more people know your name and your work, the more they'll look for your other books."

Note: This is a h-u-g-e post, so bring a h-u-g-e cup of tea and g-i-a-n-t muffin.

To read the full post, tootle over to self-published

The Martian and 6 More Movies That Began as Self-Published Books - People

Self-published to movies. Who knew?

Panzer made a quick trip into the Catosphere today. Our kitty boy was greeted by sounds of cheering and shouting and ahhhs. Following all the noise took him to the People site. There he found a post by Drew Mackie about self-published (indie published) books that have made it big as movies.

According to Mackie there have been seven highly successful self-published books in this category. For example the newest one is The Martian and before that we have Legally Blonde and Still Alice. Mackie includes four more books and all include quotes from the authors about why they went the self-publishing route and/or movie trailers.

Panzer says, "Hmmm ... I have a couple of books that would make good movies."

Note: Bring a cup of tea and a bag of popcorn for the movie trailers.

To read the post, tootle over to self-published books