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Self-Publishing

Self-Publishers Take Note: Audible/ACX’s New Tax Reporting Policy

#Audiblegate: How Audible-ACX Returns Policy Penalizes Authors

Issues at Audible’s ACX: Attempted Rights Fraud, Withdrawn Promotional Codes

Alert: Trouble at Dog Ear Publishing

The Continued Decline of Author Solutions

The Continuing Decline of “Assisted-Self-Publishing” Giant Author Solutions

Profit Engine: The Author Solutions Markup

Author Solutions Sold to Private Equity Firm

Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit Settled

Author Solutions Lawsuit Update: Class Certification Denied

Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.

Update: Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc.

Author Solutions Inc. Losing Market Share As Production Numbers Fall

SFWA Opens to Self-Published Authors; Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Makes Contract Changes

MeGustaEscribir: Author Solutions Inc. Expands Into Spain

Blue Ash Publishing: New Self-Publishing Service from Writer’s Digest

Writer Beware’s Self-Publishing Page Renovated and Updated

A Marketing Pitch from Author Solutions

Self-Publishing and Author-Agent Agreements: The Need for Change

A Visit to BEA 2014’s UPublishU

Bait-and-Switch for Self-Published Authors

Author Solutions Inc. Expands “Partridge” Brand to Singapore and Africa

Class Action Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc.: Update

Take the Money and Run: Kerry Jacobson, “Book Publicist”

The Bookseller Takes a Stand: No More Advertising From Author Solutions, Inc.

Thoughts on the Great Erotica Panic of 2013

Writers’ & Artists’ New Self-Publishing Comparison Service Leaves Much to be Desired

New Publisher House and the State of Independence 2014 Report: Grain of Salt Required

Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit: Update

Penguin and Author Solutions File for Dismissal of Class Action Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.

Publishing Terms at Autharium

Law Firm Investigates Author Solutions Inc.

A Partridge in a Penguin Tree

Archway Publishing: Simon & Schuster Adds a Self-Publishing Division

Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions’ Misleading PR Strategies

Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: The War of Words

Pearson Buys Author Solutions

Publishers Weekly Moves Into Self-Publishing

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