Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital As new data leads industry experts to believe that tablet and smartphone… Mercy Pilkington9 May 2013No comments2 minute read
Smashwords Releases Data from eBook Sales Study The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often… Mercy Pilkington8 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Summer Poses Opportunities for More Reading One of the chief concerns US educators have about the summer holidays… Mercy Pilkington8 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Indie Authors Help Each Other with Book Promotion One of the great struggles in the current climate of digital and… Mercy Pilkington7 May 20132 comments2 minute read
Penguin’s Vanity Press Still Under Fire Ask an indie author about self-publishing platform Author Solutions, and you’d better… Mercy Pilkington6 May 20133 comments2 minute read
The Atlantic’s New eBook Platform Features Long-Form Pieces The popularity of long-form journalism and essays is continuing to grow. Companies… Mercy Pilkington4 May 20132 comments2 minute read
Sourcebooks, Overdrive Pilot Reshapes Relationships Between Publishers and Libraries Two of the most innovative entities in the book industry are headed… Mercy Pilkington4 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Partnerships Help Self-Published Authors One of the great paradoxes in the recent growth in digital and… Mercy Pilkington3 May 2013One comment1 minute read
Too Famous to Write: Patti Davis on her Self-Publishing Journey As the digital publishing revolution continues to turn the publishing world on… Mercy Pilkington3 May 2013One comment3 minute read
Greater Accessibility Now on Kindle for iOS App Amazon released an update today to its free Kindle app for iOS… Mercy Pilkington2 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Authors Suing Penguin’s Self-Publishing Platform As if Penguin’s legal battles in the Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2013One comment1 minute read
Macmillan’s Settlement Terms Finalized After countless hours of legal battle, Macmillan has finally agreed upon a… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Diversion Books Hosts Twitter Chat with Author SE Hinton While her books are still widely popular in print, four of author… Mercy Pilkington30 April 20132 comments1 minute read
Simon & Schuster Adopts Refined Agency Pricing with Amazon UK While the saga of alleged price fixing between several major publishers and… Mercy Pilkington29 April 2013One comment1 minute read
eBook Review: The Bleiberg Project by David Khara Verdict: 5 Stars The Bleiberg Project is an immensely readable and captivating… Mercy Pilkington29 April 2013One comment2 minute read
Amazon Announces America’s Top “Reading” Cities Amazon has recently begun sharing information on book sales by US region,… Mercy Pilkington26 April 20132 comments2 minute read
Adobe Releases Report on Viability of Digital Magazines A report from Adobe, the State of Mobile Benchmark, demonstrated some interesting… Mercy Pilkington26 April 201310 comments2 minute read
A Little Competition for Smashwords? When the free ebook distribution platform Smashwords was created, critics claimed that… Mercy Pilkington25 April 201310 comments3 minute read
Change.org Petition to Require Amazon to Pay Tax Delivered to British PM British booksellers have taken to the internet for help in spreading a… Mercy Pilkington25 April 20132 comments2 minute read
DPLA Gets a Boost of Content from University of Georgia When the Digital Public Library of America launched last week, it brought… Mercy Pilkington24 April 2013One comment2 minute read
Independent Booksellers Pick Year’s Top Books With all of the prestigious accolades an author can earn for his… Mercy Pilkington23 April 20132 comments2 minute read
Debate Continues Over Enhanced, Interactive eBooks Last week, The Guardian ran an article about the introduction of “next… Mercy Pilkington22 April 20137 comments2 minute read
Speakaboos Partners with Industry Leaders on Children’s Literacy Platform As digital entertainment becomes more accessible and mobile devices become more commonplace,… Mercy Pilkington19 April 2013One comment2 minute read
