Author’s Guild Elects SelfPublished Author CJ Lyons to Executive Council In the ongoing world of us-against-them where traditional and self-publishing are concerned,… Mercy Pilkington3 April 20140 Comments2 minute read
AAP Says eBook Sales Increased by 3.8%, But Indies Ignored The Association of American Publishers has released the results of a survey… Mercy Pilkington2 April 20142 Comments1 minute read
McGraw-Hill Education Opens Create Platform for K12 Teachers Digital textbooks continue to be one of the key frustrations in the… Mercy Pilkington1 April 20140 Comments2 minute read
Camp NaNoWriMo Kicks Off Today Most authors and even a good number of readers have at least… Mercy Pilkington1 April 20140 Comments2 minute read
JK Rowling to Write New Harry Potter Screenplays If anyone in the publishing industry has everything under control, it’s JK… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
IPR License Launches Trade Rights to Foster International Rights Sales One of the world’s well-known sources for global books rights is the… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
Verso Reintroduces eBook and Print Bundling As early as 2010, publishers experimented with offering readers an added value… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
Paper Lantern Lit and the Rise of the Hybrid Agent In all of the recent debate surrounding traditional publishing versus self-publishing, both… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20142 Comments3 minute read
School Libraries Adapt or Face Closure in Digital Age Most of us have fond memories of our school libraries, remembering them… Mercy Pilkington31 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
eBook Review: Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway Verdict: 4 Stars Mystery writers have a whole new audience to write… Mercy Pilkington30 March 20140 Comments1 minute read
New Plaintiffs Come on Board Against Apple for eBook Price Fixing Apple is still waiting for the final decision from Judge Denise Cote… Mercy Pilkington28 March 20141 Comment1 minute read
Comedienne Amy Pohler to Host World Book Night In less than a month, more than 10,000 community volunteers will venture… Mercy Pilkington27 March 20140 Comments1 minute read
Renewed Focus on Books from BBC The high interest in comparing print and digital book sales has led… Mercy Pilkington26 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Offered Shares in UK Delivery Firm Yodel Amazon’s domination of one-day and same-day delivery options might be closer to… Mercy Pilkington25 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
The Big Five Settled Out of Court and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt The wheels of justice do, indeed, turn slowly. Turtles stampeding through peanut… Mercy Pilkington25 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
BookNet Canada 2013 Report: Print Book Sales Declined New data comes in each year about the viability of the print… Mercy Pilkington24 March 20140 Comments1 minute read
Now that Anyone Can Publish, Anyone Can Be a Publisher, Too The publishing industry–and certain commentary articles–have spent the last few years bashing… Mercy Pilkington21 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
How Does a Bookstore Thrive in this Economic Climate? Beer. Industry watchers and experts have been wrestling with the plight of the… Mercy Pilkington21 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
Wattpad Announces Two Writing Contests for Its Authors Reading and writing platform Wattpad has become a haven for authors and… Mercy Pilkington21 March 20140 Comments1 minute read
Newsbeat App Provides Audio of Top News Stories Newspapers and magazines are struggling to keep their heads above water, not… Mercy Pilkington20 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
eBook Sales Continue to Thrive It’s been years since the onset of the most recent digital publishing… Mercy Pilkington20 March 20140 Comments1 minute read
Amazon Whispercast Technology Delivers eTextbooks Across Brazil In a victory for education across language barriers and distance, Amazon and… Mercy Pilkington18 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
Pew Internet Study Finds Technology to Be a Draw for Public Libraries The Pew Research Center has become a mainstay for detailed data on… Mercy Pilkington18 March 20140 Comments2 minute read
