" Michael Tamblyn, Rakuten Kobo’s CEO, said at 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair, ‘One in four books we sell in English is a self-published title, which means that effectively, for us, self-publishing is like having a whole other Penguin Random House sitting out in the market that no one sees. It’s like the dark matter of publishing.’ "

As quoted in Amra Pajalic's article for ArtsHub 'Three bestselling Australian authors you may never have heard of'.
https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/three-bestselling-australian-authors-you-may-never-have-heard-of-2619676/

#writingcommunity #selfpublishing #traditionalPublishing #indieauthors #indieauthor #Rakuten #Australia #ArtsHub #AmraPajalic #publishing

ArtsHub article by Thuy On: "New research from Amazon Kindle reveals 50% of Australians only read between one and five books in 2022, but 44% of the population intend to read more in 2023." Also: "Physical books remain the majority of books read (67.9%)".
More details: https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/read-all-about-it-2606244/
#WritingCommunity #author #publishing #Amazon #Kindle #ArtsHub #Australia #Books #AustralianAuthor #AmReading

#Arts organisations urge whole of government approach to #NationalCulturalPolicy from #Artshub https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/peak-bodies-urge-full-investment-in-national-cultural-policy-2595899/

Will Australia get a proper #CulturalPolicy with whole of govt buy in? #arts #artshub https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/peak-bodies-urge-full-investment-in-national-cultural-policy-2595899/

here’s a short piece I wrote a little while ago after the budget came out re #CreativePartnershipsAustralia and the #AustraliaCouncil. Will anyone really care if CPA is subsumed? http://ozphilanthropy.com/2022/10/28/the-budget-and-creative-partnerships-australia/. Thanks to Jo Caust for her critique in #TheConversationAU and #artshub.