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
Take a Trip to Hogwarts…Almost If you’re one of the many lifelong fans who still feels a… Mercy Pilkington1 September 20172 comments1 minute read
Smashwords Announces New eBook Promotion Tool In the ongoing debate about whether or not to list your indie… Mercy Pilkington20 August 201712 comments2 minute read
Driving Down the Price of Publishing Not too long ago, self-published authors were collectively admonished about the need… Mercy Pilkington13 August 2017One comment3 minute read
Profanity in Books: Is It a Good Thing? “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very,’” Mark Twain famously… Mercy Pilkington13 August 2017One comment2 minute read
Bibliotheca Adds HarperCollins Titles to its Pay-Per-Use Audiobook Library One of the most vital resources any community has–even in polls of… Mercy Pilkington11 August 2017One comment2 minute read
Bookselling 2017: What’s Amazon Up To? Digital publishing and ebook retailing are still quite the numbers game, as… Mercy Pilkington8 August 20172 comments2 minute read
Millennials May Be the Salvation of Libraries While previous studies have shown the majority of Americans cite libraries as… Mercy Pilkington25 June 2017One comment2 minute read
New Opportunities in International Indie Book Space A lot of authors have found new opportunities in the digital publishing… Mercy Pilkington18 June 2017One comment2 minute read
KDP Offers Authors a New Sales Dashboard There’s little doubt that Amazon has been the driving force behind the… Mercy Pilkington15 June 2017One comment2 minute read
Publisher Charged with Stealing Royalties from Authors The world of publishing is a tricky one, and as recent years… Mercy Pilkington14 June 2017One comment2 minute read
Why Isn’t Amazon Doing More for Book Reviews? years, Amazon has received heaps of criticism surrounding book reviews. First it… Mercy Pilkington14 June 20178 comments3 minute read
New Sherlock App Brings VR to Baker Street Everything about the digital revolution in recent years has brought innovation to… Mercy Pilkington14 June 20172 comments2 minute read
When Authors Have to “Resort” to Self-Publishing Yes, that’s a mildly click-baitish headline, but that’s absolutely the ironic sentiment… Mercy Pilkington7 June 2017One comment1 minute read
Reedsy, Blurb Collaborate for Author Services With the rise of the print-on-demand, digital publishing, and self-publishing age, authors… Mercy Pilkington7 June 2017One comment2 minute read
