Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20142 comments2 minute read
More Backlist Titles Make Their Way to Subscription eBook Services This week, Simon&Schuster made a huge portion of its backlist titles available… Mercy Pilkington22 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Is Flipkart Poised to Become the New Amazon? People who’ve made a study of the rise of Amazon’s retail empire… Mercy Pilkington22 May 20144 comments2 minute read
eBook Review: Banishing the Dark by Jenn Bennett Verdict: 5 Stars With just the right mix of paranormal oddities, romance,… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment1 minute read
Amazon’s One-Sitting Short Reads Meets Need for Fast Fiction A number of platforms have offered great content in a short essay,… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Ingram Adds New Publisher Content to MyiLibrary A number of pertinent announcements were made this week, many of which… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment1 minute read
Simon & Schuster Signs eBook Backlist Deals with Scribd, Oyster All-you-can-eat unlimited ebook subscription reading has finally come into its own with… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Compiles Bestsellers, Most Well-Read Cities Lists As big data works its way into the publishing industry mindset, information… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Summer Reading Programs Kick Off as School Years End Schools around the country are getting ready to dismiss for the summer… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment2 minute read
PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform While the company website is a little stark right now, make no… Mercy Pilkington20 May 2014One comment1 minute read
Smashwords, OverDrive Brings Indie Titles to Libraries An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self-publishing platform Smashwords and… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20142 comments2 minute read
UK Rules eBooks Aren’t Books as Far as Taxation Is Concerned There’s no relief in sight for UK readers, as Parliament declared that… Mercy Pilkington19 May 20144 comments2 minute read
Webinar: Digital Textbooks in the K12 Sector With schools around the US starting to gather materials and stock their… Mercy Pilkington19 May 20144 comments1 minute read
eBook Review: Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen Verdict: 3 Stars What does it take to earn a solid, middle-of-the-road… Mercy Pilkington18 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Authors Guild, Authors Alliance Battle Over Speaking for Writers A new dramatic battle is brewing in the publishing industry, this time… Mercy Pilkington18 May 20143 comments2 minute read
Publisher Terms: Amazon Behaving Badly, or Business As Usual? News came out last week that Amazon is butting heads with one… Mercy Pilkington16 May 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Pricing: What’s Wrong with Free? Once publishers began to truly embrace ebooks as a viable business model… Mercy Pilkington15 May 2014One comment3 minute read
Espresso Book Machine Streamlining a Subset of Self-Publishing The Espresso Book Machine is a kiosk-style printing press that stood to… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment3 minute read
IndieReader Launches First of Its Kind App and eBookstore for Self-Published Works Self-published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Scribd Incorporates Notes and Highlights Features When the so-called “all you can eat” ebook subscription platforms first began… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Kobo, Aquafadas Launch Innovative Digital Magazine Publishing Tools Digital publishing tool provider Aquafadas has had an ongoing relationship with Kobo‘s… Mercy Pilkington13 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Debate Continues over Books in Prisons In light of two pieces of polar opposite legislation concerning books in… Mercy Pilkington13 May 2014One comment2 minute read
OverDrive, MediaDo Partner to Bring Japanese eBooks to Libraries An announcement today from the world’s leading provider of digital content to… Mercy Pilkington12 May 20142 comments2 minute read
