Call for Endowment Seeks to Ease the Suffering of Libraries It comes as new real surprise to anyone that libraries need all… Mercy Pilkington6 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Crowdfunded Children’s Book Works to Introduce Girls to Coding Linda Liukas established a Kickstarter campaign to write an important children’s book,… Mercy Pilkington5 February 2014One comment1 minute read
Amazon Editors Release “100 Books To Read In A Lifetime” List The editorial team at Amazon Books devotes a small portion of their… Mercy Pilkington5 February 2014One comment2 minute read
ALLi, Kobo Team Up on Indie Author Campaign The London-based Alliance of Independent Authors announced today that it has partnered… Mercy Pilkington5 February 2014One comment1 minute read
Updates at Readmill Provide Genuinely Social Reading The concept of social reading has been kicked around by various companies… Mercy Pilkington5 February 20142 comments2 minute read
McGraw-Hill Education Launches Update to Digital SRA Number Worlds If you attended public school in the US, you probably have memories… Mercy Pilkington4 February 2014One comment2 minute read
O’Reilly Media Donates over $100Million in Content under ConnectED Initiative Through its Safari Books Online division, O’Reilly Media announced today a donation… Mercy Pilkington4 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales Amazon UK posted a significant reduction year-over-year in its sales figures, demonstrating… Mercy Pilkington4 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Simon & Schuster Unveils New Book Industry Site 250 Words One of the most crucial changes that savvy publishers are making stems… Mercy Pilkington3 February 20142 comments2 minute read
German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools One of Europe’s leading ebook distribution sites, XinXii, has quietly been making… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Cengage Learning Reaches Agreement in Bankruptcy Proceedings Digital publishing for the academic arena has a lot of support, mostly… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Access to Research Initiative Makes Journal Research Free to Public A new move towards broader open access has made over one and… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
University Degree in Self-Publishing Is New Sign of Lessened Stigma For several years, the industry has been watching the growth and acceptance… Mercy Pilkington3 February 20142 comments2 minute read
What Could Rowling Do With Harry and Hermione? JK Rowling is no stranger to opening herself up and letting her… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Just One Night by Kyra Davis Verdict: 3 Stars This book points out many of the things that… Mercy Pilkington2 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Removes Self-Published Title Due to Offensive Content, Internet Reaction Following the backlash from both sides of the publishing industry last fall… Mercy Pilkington2 February 20143 comments2 minute read
New $840M Claim Against Apple for eBook Price Fixing A US judge is still in the process of handling the DOJ… Mercy Pilkington2 February 2014No comments1 minute read
New Flipboard Feature Lets Readers Target Content Opinions may vary on the topic, but–for better or worse–digital publishing has… Mercy Pilkington31 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Lets Customers Give Back for Books with Amazon Smile As if memberships for free shipping, low thresholds for delivery options, and… Mercy Pilkington31 January 2014One comment1 minute read
“Wattpad Is for Writers and Readers” As indie authors have struggled for discovery in a sea of openly… Mercy Pilkington30 January 2014One comment2 minute read
New App Paper Renders Facebook Obsolete Listen up, food porn posters and cat video fanatics…Facebook has a new… Mercy Pilkington30 January 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Fans Demand Print In a turn of events that even the publisher didn’t see coming,… Mercy Pilkington30 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Self-Publishing Platforms Hit Hard by DIY Authors In all of the industry talk aimed at the futile and (some… Mercy Pilkington29 January 2014One comment2 minute read
