Does Publishing Have a Future without Amazon? With the end of a pretty rough year behind us and the… Mercy Pilkington15 January 20177 comments3 minute read
Who’s Surviving in the Publishing Evolution? Indie Bookstores With all the talk of digital revolutions and self-publishing turning mainstream, there’s… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2017No comments2 minute read
The Industry Finally Acknowledges Indies Are Authors The gates have finally been thrown open, all are welcome here… Such… Mercy Pilkington8 January 20172 comments2 minute read
The 2017 State of Self-Publishing It’s been twenty-two years since Jeff Bezos hung out the shingle on… Mercy Pilkington4 January 2017One comment2 minute read
Take the Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge Are you looking to up your reading game in the coming year?… Mercy Pilkington2 January 20173 comments2 minute read
All Romance eBooks Closes Its Doors As if 2016 hasn’t taken enough from us–and as of only moments… Mercy Pilkington28 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Authors Behaving Badly…This Time on Social Media If social media has taught us anything, it’s that you probably shouldn’t… Mercy Pilkington28 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Is Accurate Book Discovery Really Possible? One of the major plagues for authors and publishers–from the lone self-published… Mercy Pilkington21 December 20162 comments2 minute read
GalleyCat Closes as Industry News and Review Site In more dark news for the publishing industry, media mainstay GalleyCat has… Mercy Pilkington20 December 2016One comment2 minute read
The End of IndieReader The publishing revolution has been a long and winding road, but through… Mercy Pilkington16 December 2016One comment2 minute read
We Need Libraries Now More than Ever Libraries have had it rough for quite some time. They’ve been underfunded,… Mercy Pilkington13 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Goodreads Choice Awards Winners Announced Some book awards are determined by panels of expert judges who seem… Mercy Pilkington7 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Lulu Launches Academic SelfPub Branch Glasstree It’s been a long time since something truly innovative happened to digital… Mercy Pilkington6 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Amazon Limits Non-Purchase Reviews Piggybacking off of yesterday’s article about Amazon removing “incentivized” reviews–that is, reviews… Mercy Pilkington25 November 2016One comment2 minute read
Amazon Deletes “Incentive”-Based Reviews For years, Amazon has fought back against paid review services. Sites that… Mercy Pilkington24 November 2016One comment2 minute read
Bookstackk Looking to Revitalize Social Reading There’s a reason the public is fascinated with the likes and dislikes… Mercy Pilkington20 November 20163 comments2 minute read
Amazon Marketing Services Open to All Authors…Sort Of Amazon has rolled out a new offer for authors whose titles are… Mercy Pilkington15 November 2016One comment3 minute read
IDPF Approves Measure to Join W3C A highly contentious move in the world of digital publishing has resulted… Mercy Pilkington14 November 2016No comments2 minute read
NaNoWriMo: But Did I Win? With the excitement of NaNoWriMo firmly grasping authors everywhere, it’s easy to… Mercy Pilkington10 November 2016No comments2 minute read
Dear Americans: A Guide to Moving to Canada Dear, dear Americans, Don’t worry. Tomorrow, for better or for worse, it… Mercy Pilkington7 November 20162 comments2 minute read
Clock Is Ticking on Goodreads Choice Awards There are a number of prestigious book awards–and that number is exponentially… Mercy Pilkington6 November 2016One comment2 minute read
NaNoWriMo: One Week In… Okay, don’t panic… it hasn’t been quite a full week since NaNoWriMo… Mercy Pilkington4 November 2016One comment2 minute read
The Indie-Library Relationship As the worlds of publishing, digital publishing, and self-publishing continue to evolve,… Mercy Pilkington2 November 2016One comment2 minute read
