PubSmartCon Kicks Off Tomorrow in Charleston A revolution in writing and publishing conferences will kick off tomorrow in… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Is Social Media a Reliable Source for the News? First there was Paper.li, an app that allows users to create a… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Small Business Owner Blocks Amazon’s Purchase of Domain Name Amazon customers in Sweden will have to wait it out to begin… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment1 minute read
Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced: The Goldfinch Wins for Fiction It is shockingly easy to enter a book into the Pulitzer Prizes… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Experts Fears eBooks Hinder Student Reading Comprehension Renewed concerns about students who use tablets for reading have surfaced as… Mercy Pilkington14 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Digital Library Lending Has a Long Way to Go It feels like every new step in the right direction also leads… Mercy Pilkington14 April 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West by Seth MacFarlane Verdict: 5 Stars Seth MacFarlane is a true Renaissance man. As the… Mercy Pilkington13 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Spanish Language eBook Market Comes Into Its Own When ebooks first began their accelerating trend, they were a decidedly English-based… Mercy Pilkington13 April 20142 comments2 minute read
UK eBook Lending Program a Success for Libraries, Publishers A recent program for UK libraries to lend ebooks has been considered… Mercy Pilkington13 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Brooklyn Newsstand Program Makes Digital Newspaper Archive Available to Public The Brooklyn Public Library system announced recently a new initiative to digitize… Mercy Pilkington12 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Cleis Press, Penthouse Collaborate on New Line of Erotica eBooks It took them long enough, but some of the biggest names in… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment1 minute read
Hugh Howey Explains the Need for Authors to Give Away Their Books On last week’s IndieChat event, hosted every Tuesday night on Twitter by… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Reveals Number of Bestselling Authors Overwhelmingly Female Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Booktrack Aids eBook Comprehension, Looks to Educational Application Not long after digital publishing improved the reading experience with portability, the… Mercy Pilkington10 April 20142 comments2 minute read
New SelfPub Writing Award Backed By The Guardian With indie authors often barred from prestigious writing and book awards, smaller… Mercy Pilkington9 April 2014One comment1 minute read
OverDrive eReading Rooms Engage Libraries’ Youngest Patrons As libraries look for news ways to stay relevant and meet their… Mercy Pilkington8 April 2014One comment2 minute read
E-reading Leading to Alarming “Digital Brain” Phenomenon For better or for worse, digital reading is here and it’s everywhere.… Mercy Pilkington8 April 20144 comments2 minute read
Apple Requests Stay in Proceedings After a lengthy court battle over ebook price fixing and collusion with… Mercy Pilkington8 April 2014One comment2 minute read
The Bullies Win: Authors Abandoning Publishing Over Online Behaviors Good e-Reader has given extensive coverage to a situation plaguing the publishing… Mercy Pilkington7 April 201428 comments3 minute read
London Book Fair’s Digital Minds Conference Kicks Off with a Stab at Amazon The broken record of the publishing industry is playing the same old… Mercy Pilkington7 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Book Promo Tours Help Authors Stay Relevant in the Digital Era Publishers, agents, and publicists are taking a cue from the film and… Mercy Pilkington6 April 20143 comments2 minute read
Screwpulp’s Launch May Be the Salvation of Book Reviews Readers and authors alike have been crying foul over book reviews from… Mercy Pilkington4 April 20142 comments2 minute read
Ingram Partnership Streamlines Pubishing Tools One of the country’s largest sources for printing books has teamed up… Mercy Pilkington4 April 2014No comments1 minute read
