Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. In September 2014, there were "perhaps two million" titles in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Why is book stuffing so offensive that Amazon filed and won an ...

While Amazon has its rabid critics, no one can argue that the online retailer didn’t sweep through the publishing industry and turn a few things on their respective heads. Access to a nearly limitless ...

A couple of weeks ago, prolific author, advocate, and self-pub expert David Gaughran published a blog piece on a disturbing phenomenon: international customers were having trouble buying titles that ...

FOR DAVID GAUGHRAN, getting published had always been a dream. But after 18 months spent trying to get an agent in the US, the UK and Ireland – a process that brought in about 300 rejections – he was ...