Netflix, Manga, AI and the Publishing Industry’s Ministry of Truth
From comics to Netflix to AI: how publishing’s cycle of panic and embrace tells us everything about the industry’s future. A TNPS deep-dive.
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Category: Self-Publishing
Tolino Media Expands into Audiobooks for Self-Publishers
Tolino media launches audiobook distribution for self-publishers, tapping Germany’s 25% CAGR audio market. 70% royalty, zero fees, 10-platform reach including Spotify and Apple Books.
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Kindle Unlimited Has Paid Out $2.58 Billion To Self-Publishers Since 2020. Meanwhile We Panic About Four Million New Books
KU has paid $2.58 billion to self-publishers since 2020 — a 107% increase. Now four million books in 2025 has the industry panicking. TNPS runs the numbers and asks who, exactly, the problem is for.
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Pratilipi: Reviving Vernacular Mass Literature in India Through Self-Publishing
The platform’s “freemium” model enables authors to earn revenue through subscriptions, competitions, reader support, and adaptations, including audiobooks, web series, and films
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Wiley to pocket $44 million this year from AI deals but rightly says no to author opt-outs
Just who do authors think is in charge here? Traditionally, publishers do not give authors control over where their books are sold or in what format, or what else the publisher might do to maximise revenues. If we authors don’t like that, we can self-publish.
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TNPS forecasts annual Kindle Unlimited payout to self-publishers to hit $635 million this year
This year the July payout sets a new record (probably only until next month) with $55.5 million being shared.
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Busting publishing’s urban myths – platforms, tours and TikTok
A whole new market opportunity of casual readers who valued entertainment over perfection.
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Bowker partners with StreetLib to offer global ebook and audiobook distribution
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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Kenya – Self-Publishers welcome at the Nairobi International Book Fair
But Kenya is among the more advanced digital nations in Africa, with 47 million people online...
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The courts are not the place to try protect author career paths. Joseph Saveri LLP should stick to its primary remit
IP laws already exist. They exist to protect intellectual property, not to protect creator...
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Germany’s Thalia buys into Austria’s self-pub start-up Storylution. “A new age of book creation”?
The comparison with the music industry is bewildering. The 2020s music industry is not driven by...
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Do authors need publishers? Shatzkin concludes not
Shatzkin: “The biggest change of all is that publishers aren’t “necessary” for an author to have a...
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