eBook Review: The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd Verdict: 3 Stars Shepherd’s second title, The Poisoned Island (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
eBook Review: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton Verdict: 5 Stars In the final installment in the series which Clayton… Mercy Pilkington29 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Judge Rules on Sherlock Holmes Public Domain Case With the dramatic changes that have been taking place in the publishing… Mercy Pilkington28 December 2013One comment2 minute read
What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down? The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013 With the advent of digital reading, digital publishing, and self-publishing in their… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Free Children’s Enhanced Shrek Forever After eBook from iStoryTime As part of the holiday recognition of their customers, a number of… Mercy Pilkington26 December 20132 comments1 minute read
Sex Sells: Big Foot, Gargoyles, and Erotica, Oh My! It’s no secret that romance and erotica top the list of bestselling… Mercy Pilkington24 December 2013One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Topless Jihadis by Jeffrey Tayler Verdict: 5 Stars Its full title, Topless Jihadis—Inside Femen, the World’s Most… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Too Much Choice Can Impede eBook Sales A post by Shannon of the DuoLit team from earlier this year… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Elevating Amazon to a Divine Status As news came out that Amazon’s stock has reached an all-time high–only… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Social Platform Storyful Bought by NewsCorp Everything that is great about social media–all cat videos and hilarious memes… Mercy Pilkington21 December 2013One comment1 minute read
Ebook Bundles Add Value, Discovery to Authors’ Works As authors and publishers clamor to help their titles be found in… Mercy Pilkington20 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Oyster eBook Subscription Gets Titles from Perseus When subscription reading was first introduced several years ago, companies like Spain-based… Mercy Pilkington20 December 20132 comments2 minute read
