The Kindle Effect | Mediawijsheid in het VO | Scoop.it

The $1 billion ebook industry is spawning an ecosystem of businesses from Amazon Kindle to Google Play to serve digital self-publishing.Today, thanks to ebooks and Amazon (amzn, -2.07%), self-publishing is a global phenomenon—an independent route intentionally chosen by more and more authors—that has spawned not only mega-bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey, but also hits in other realms, such as the movie version of The Martian. Ebook self-publishing has become a $1 billion industry