The ebook publishing platform PublishDrive founded three years ago in Hungary has a retail agreement with China’s online retailer Dangdang.
Platform Notes: Draft2Digital Adds Distribution to Amazon
Pre-order and KDP Select aren’t available through the Draft2Digital self-publishing service, but it now offers access Amazon as a new distribution channel.
Wattpad Opens Partnership With France’s Hachette Romans: First Titles in September
Wattpad scores its largest deal with a European publisher, and in France, where Wattpad grew its audience by 61 percent last year.
Platform Updates: Draft2Digital Challenges ACX; Hungary’s PublishDrive Accelerates at Google
US platform Draft2Digital partners with Findaway Voices. Budapest heads for Silicon Valley as PublishDrive starts its Google Launchpad program.
Experimenting With Serials for Fun and Profit
Technology has enabled established and self-published authors to experiment serial publishing — making the old form new again — and finding mixed results.