UK VAT on eBooks axed – and what it means for you
As you might have seen in our latest newsletter, we at Kobo have been supporting the UK’s publishers association in its lobby to #AxetheReadingTax and equalise…
KWL Ep 171 – Making Your Backlist Work for You with Zoe York
Zoe York talks to us about how she began her career writing “the stories of her heart”, and then went on to turn those stories into…
Indie Author Fringe: Get Your Book Out There
Kobo Writing Life Director Mark Lefebvre recently joined Kevin Tumlinson, Director of Marketing at Draft2Digital for a London Book Fair Indie Author Fringe session entitled: Get…
New Pricing Control
Setting The Price On a New Book You will first set the price of your book starting with your default currency. If you set a list…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 058 – Insights from Kobo Merchandisers
Episode 58 features an interview with Kobo Merchandisers Liz Hilborn (Manager of Merchandising) and Sarah Smith-Eivemark (Canadian Merchandiser) conducted by Mark Lefebvre, KWL Director. In the…
Best Practices for Building Sales
By Toni Anderson I was a little taken aback when asked to write a blog about how I’ve grown my sales on Kobo over the last…
How to create a great box set
By Tara Cremin Box sets are hugely popular on Kobo at the moment. Our best selling titles on Kobo Writing Life are nearly always ones that…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 055 – Behind the Scenes at Kobo
For this episode, we’re doing something a little different: offering you a sneak peek behind the scenes here at Kobo to share some insights from several…
How My $19.99 Boxed Set Became a #1 Kobo Bestseller
Lately, it feels like the loudest voices in the indie community are all about exclusivity and low eBook prices. Well, here’s a story that disproves everything…
Japan Consumption Tax Will Apply Starting October 1, 2015
We wanted to let you know there is going to be a change to how tax is applied to eBooks in Japan starting October 1st, 2015.…
7 Tips for Making the Most of Your Book Series (Part 1)
By Julianne MacLean Back in 1999 when I sold my first book to Harlequin, very few historical romance authors were writing novels as part of a…
KWL price scheduling tool now live
You can now schedule price promotions and permanent prices in KWL. Just set it and forget it! On the Set the Price screen, you’ll now see…
A Dead Price Point
By Mark Lefebvre, Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations, Kobo “I see dead prices!” Yes, I know, I’m riffing on a line from M. Night Shymalan’s…