Digital Book World: Kids and eReading Study Data Released As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in… Mercy Pilkington13 January 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: The Atlantis Plague by A G Riddle Verdict: 5 Stars It seems that recent and current global events have… Mercy Pilkington12 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Hitler’s Book Rising in Non-Fiction Charts Move over, ebook authors, there’s a new bestselling author to watch out… Mercy Pilkington12 January 20142 comments2 minute read
IndieReader, Edelweiss Break Down Last Obstacle for Self-Published Authors Even as the respect, the recognition, and the royalties are in place… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Libraries, Gale Partner for Online Accredited High School Diploma Program According to data gathered by Cengage Learning, one US student drops out… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Sales Down for Barnes and Noble, But How Bad Is Bad? While consumers might be alarmed by headlines that blare dire warnings about… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Key Genres Underrepresented in Writing Contests One outlet that authors–both traditionally published and self-published–can turn to for much… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Iconic Barnes and Noble Bookstore Closes in NY One of the more interesting retail histories in the book industry is… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2014No comments2 minute read
IndieGoGo Campaign Launches to Save a Brick and Mortar Bookstore While many consumers bemoan the death of independent, brick and mortar bookstores–sadly,… Mercy Pilkington8 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Amazon Initiates Shipping Incentives in UK Following the lead of Amazon.com stateside, the online retail giant’s customers awoke… Mercy Pilkington7 January 2014One comment2 minute read
It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish It’s a tough time to be selling ebooks if you’re not Amazon.… Mercy Pilkington7 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords, Wattpad See Increase in Use In the past year, open reading platform and forum Wattpad saw an… Mercy Pilkington6 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Things Looking Up for Lonely Planet The market for guidebooks has suffered in recent years, with a number… Mercy Pilkington6 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming” A name has been given to an evil that plagues independent bookstores,… Mercy Pilkington5 January 201414 comments2 minute read
eBook Review: The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd Verdict: 3 Stars Shepherd’s second title, The Poisoned IslandĀ (Washington Square Press), had… Mercy Pilkington5 January 2014One comment2 minute read
The Sun Starts to gain a Solid Subscription Base on their Digital Paywall Newspapers have struggled in recent years with the means to stay up-to-the-minute… Mercy Pilkington4 January 2014One comment2 minute read
New Digital Site and Conference from Founders of AllThingsD The founders of the Wall Street Journal owned AllThingsD digital news and… Mercy Pilkington3 January 2014No comments1 minute read
Digital First Media Announcement Finalized As newspapers around the country are struggling to find their places in… Mercy Pilkington3 January 20142 comments1 minute read
The Battle is Not Over for Google’s Digitization Project Eight years of legal battles to halt Google’s digitization project have not… Mercy Pilkington2 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Newest Technology to Hit Books: 3D Printing How-to books are nothing new. They teach readers to cook, tie knots,… Mercy Pilkington2 January 2014No comments2 minute read
Smashwords’ Predictions for Publishing in 2014 This time of year brings with it a host of predictions from… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
More Publishers Begin to Accept Unagented Submissions Prior to the current digital publishing and self-publishing revolutions, the process for… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Reading Improves Brain Function…Who Knew? Your fifth grade English teacher was right, you should read a book.… Mercy Pilkington30 December 2013One comment2 minute read
