IndieReader Announces Winners of 9th Annual IR Discovery Awards Ever since the self-publishing revolution began, companies have come and gone that… Mercy Pilkington5 June 20192 comments2 minute read
JK Rowling Blesses Readers with Four New Harry Potter Books If you’re still pining for the excitement of Harry’s childhood journey through… Mercy Pilkington31 May 20196 comments1 minute read
Anti-Vaxxers Target Children Through Amazon Orders The most recent report of a malicious actor using Amazon orders to… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2019One comment2 minute read
Mueller Report Already a Bestseller The long-awaited “fake news! witch hunt! no collusion!” Mueller report has finally… Mercy Pilkington21 April 20192 comments2 minute read
EL James Has a New Book Out and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame It was bad enough when billionaire Christian Grey had his violent way… Mercy Pilkington18 April 20193 comments2 minute read
Move Over New Adult, There Are New Stories to Tell “Against YA: Adults should be embarrassed to read children’s books.” –Slate, June… Mercy Pilkington9 April 20196 comments3 minute read
Big Changes at BookBaby In the world of self-publishing companies, there are more than a few… Mercy Pilkington2 April 2019One comment2 minute read
Textbook Prices Continue to Rise Despite Digital Access When people (re: students) complain about the outrageous cost of higher education,… Mercy Pilkington1 April 2019One comment2 minute read
Children Prefer Print Books…Are We Still Surprised? In unsurprising news, yet another study has concluded that children prefer, interact… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20193 comments2 minute read
Amazon Deletes Books Promoting “Cures” for Autism, Anti-Vax Content These are uncertain times for people peddling pseudoscience on some of the… Mercy Pilkington13 March 20193 comments2 minute read
Predators Ripping Off Authors Are Worse than Ever Imagine building a company slowly, one that is intended to give authors… Mercy Pilkington5 March 20192 comments2 minute read
Social Reading Just Got a Lot Sweeter In what has to be one of the best viral feel-good stories… Mercy Pilkington4 March 2019One comment2 minute read
2.2M Students Used Free OpenStax Digital Textbooks Last Year Digital textbooks were supposed to revolutionize and equalize education. By enabling access… Mercy Pilkington4 March 2019No comments2 minute read
Reedsy Launches Book Discovery Platform for Indie Authors Since the the dawn of the current indie publishing revolution, startups across… Mercy Pilkington4 March 2019No comments2 minute read
Is the Dream of a Traditional Book Deal Dead? There was a time when self-publishing your book through a vanity press… Mercy Pilkington20 February 20196 comments2 minute read
New Allegations of Romance Plagiarism To the outsider, the publishing world might not seem like a hotbed… Mercy Pilkington19 February 201938 comments2 minute read
Pearson Sells Off Digital Textbook, School Courseware Division Widely-known educational publisher Pearson has been giving hints and reports since 2017… Mercy Pilkington19 February 2019One comment2 minute read
Amazon Crossing Kids Brings Intl Works to Young Readers There’s a great big world out there, and Amazon’s latest imprint is… Mercy Pilkington27 January 2019No comments2 minute read
Print or Digital Isn’t the Issue in Kids’ Reading Ever since the dawn of widely available ebooks and e-readers, there’s been… Mercy Pilkington25 January 2019No comments2 minute read
Indie Bookshops Are Back from the Brink The meteoric rise of Amazon into a global retail empire has hit… Mercy Pilkington11 January 20192 comments2 minute read
2018 Set New Records for Library eBook Lending If you haven’t borrowed an ebook from your local public library, it’s… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2019One comment2 minute read
Authors Don’t Make As Much Money, AG Report Finds “According to the survey, literary authors suffered the largest decline in… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2019One comment1 minute read
Reading Is Good For Your Brain…Who Knew? It might seem like common sense: reading makes you smarter. But it’s… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2019One comment2 minute read
