Amazon Announces Writing Grant There’s little doubt that Amazon has made a significant amount of money… Mercy Pilkington15 November 2017No comments1 minute read
Amazon Selects Non-Fiction Title as Best Book of the Year Just ahead of the holidays, Amazon has released its annual Best Books… Mercy Pilkington13 November 2017One comment2 minute read
Pronoun Self-Publishing Platform Closes Its Doors Yet another self-publishing service has closed its doors, but in the case… Mercy Pilkington7 November 2017One comment2 minute read
Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers In what has to be the winner of the Captain Obvious Award,… Mercy Pilkington7 November 20179 comments2 minute read
It’s Not Too Late to NaNo If you’re connected to any writers on social media, your timelines are… Mercy Pilkington6 November 20172 comments2 minute read
It’s NaNo Time Again… Ordinary folks may be stringing a few more fake cobwebs around the… Mercy Pilkington30 October 2017One comment2 minute read
Pottermore Goes Physical with Art The beloved fan site Pottermore announced this week that it’s bringing the… Mercy Pilkington30 October 2017One comment1 minute read
Colin Kaepernick Signs $1M Book Deal with Random House Score one for the good guys… Page Six has just announced that… Mercy Pilkington26 October 201710 comments2 minute read
Amazon Updates Its Kindle App It’s been roughly ten years since Amazon launched its Kindle app for… Mercy Pilkington24 October 20173 comments2 minute read
Students Still Don’t Interact with Digital as Effectively as Print The era of the digital native still hasn’t morphed to include education,… Mercy Pilkington23 October 20172 comments2 minute read
CreateSpace Is Closing Its Online Bookstore Amazon owns CreateSpace, the print-on-demand solution that allows indie authors to produce… Mercy Pilkington12 October 20177 comments2 minute read
New Bowker Study Finds Increasing Growth in SelfPub ISBNs If there was still doubt in anyone’s mind that self-publishing is not… Mercy Pilkington12 October 2017One comment1 minute read
Are Digital Textbooks Finally Taking Hold? We’re closing in on nearly a decade since ebooks first moved away… Mercy Pilkington2 October 2017One comment2 minute read
How eBooks Can Save Banned Books It’s Banned Books Week, a popular celebration for rebel readers put on… Mercy Pilkington27 September 2017One comment2 minute read
Goodreads Turns Ten Users and book lovers alike have heard the news about the decade… Mercy Pilkington26 September 2017One comment2 minute read
New Collaboration Brings Indie Authors Much-Needed Attention In the nearly ten years or so since the recent self-publishing revolution… Mercy Pilkington26 September 20174 comments2 minute read
Why Do Girls Have Breasts And Other Questions This Children’s Publisher Can’t Answer The internet is all in a tizzy about a three-year-old book and… Mercy Pilkington15 September 2017One comment2 minute read
Amazon Removes One Star Reviews of Clinton Election Memoir Amazon’s book reviews are once again raising community ire, but this time… Mercy Pilkington15 September 2017One comment2 minute read
Scholastic Releases Latest Kids’ Reading Report In celebration of International Literacy Day last week, Scholastic has some great… Mercy Pilkington10 September 20172 comments2 minute read
Thinking of Scamming Amazon? Think Again. For years, the members of both the reading and writing public have… Mercy Pilkington10 September 2017One comment2 minute read
Books and Scandal: Gaming the Bestseller System Indie authors have had to get pretty creative over the years in… Mercy Pilkington2 September 2017One comment2 minute read
