IndieReader Announces Discovery Award Winners For years, IndieReader has been hard at work, helping self-published and independently… Mercy Pilkington5 June 2017No comments1 minute read
Who Cares about the Indie Authors? A new article about the current blockbuster novels has spurred some intriguing… Mercy Pilkington30 May 2017One comment2 minute read
The Handmaid’s Tale: Book to Movie and Back to Book? Margaret Atwood’s frighteningly realistic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale is generating a… Mercy Pilkington30 May 20172 comments2 minute read
Legendary Sportswriter and Novelist Frank Deford Dies, Age 78 Perhaps a lot of the more “literary” readers wouldn’t spend much time… Mercy Pilkington30 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Digital Public Library of America to Pilot eBook Lending in Fall It’s taken nearly four years, but the time has finally come for… Mercy Pilkington30 May 2017One comment2 minute read
The Power of a Book Tweet Self-published authors have resorted to “buy my book” tweets for so long… Mercy Pilkington26 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Amazon’s New Bestseller Lists Amazon Charts Aids Discoverability One of the biggest problems plaguing both readers and publishers–from the major… Mercy Pilkington18 May 2017No comments2 minute read
Book Sales Remain a Closely Guarded Secret One of the most frustrating aspects of being an author, publisher, or… Mercy Pilkington16 May 2017One comment2 minute read
JK Rowling Pleads with Public Not to Buy Stolen Story In further proof that you just can’t do anything nice anymore, a… Mercy Pilkington13 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Winning the Buy Box: What Does Amazon Owe to Authors? Amazon is once again ruffling the feathers of publishers and authors alike,… Mercy Pilkington13 May 20173 comments2 minute read
KFC Dishes Up an eBook and Romance Fans Are Not Amused In the world of fast food advertising gimmicks, you could do worse… Mercy Pilkington9 May 20173 comments2 minute read
Amazon Abandons MFNs in eBook Contracts Amazon’s woes across the pond may be coming to an end with… Mercy Pilkington4 May 2017One comment1 minute read
Looking for Love? Read a Book A new finding from dating site eHarmony has only confirmed what all… Mercy Pilkington4 May 2017One comment2 minute read
New Feedback App for Writers Taking Beta Testers By now, most serious indie authors understand what it takes to produce… Mercy Pilkington2 May 20178 comments2 minute read
IndieReader’s “Buff” Book Checkup For years, authors and readers alike have bemoaned the “glut” of content… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2017No comments2 minute read
The Ongoing Curse of Author Bullying Over the years, a number of authors–both high profile and never-heard-ofs–have suffered… Mercy Pilkington23 April 20172 comments2 minute read
Penguin’s Read A Book, Give A Book Opportunity There’s a great commercial right now featuring a man who goes through… Mercy Pilkington18 April 2017One comment2 minute read
Barnes and Noble Launches 2017 Summer Reading Program Say what you want about Barnes and Noble’s fifty-fifty ration of books… Mercy Pilkington17 April 20172 comments2 minute read
Is Kindle Unlimited a Good Idea? Amazon has developed a lot of programs over the years, some aimed… Mercy Pilkington17 April 20174 comments2 minute read
Goodreads Invites Readers to Step Out of their Book Boxes Popular reader-centric community Goodreads shared news this week of a new challenge… Mercy Pilkington10 April 20172 comments2 minute read
Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool If you’re a self-published author, writing your book is only half the… Mercy Pilkington7 April 20172 comments2 minute read
New Prime Reading Offer Asks Authors to Give Up Royalties. Here’s Why They Should. As if Amazon didn’t already have enough critics, the company has unleashed… Mercy Pilkington30 March 20175 comments2 minute read
Should Authors Go Exclusive with Amazon? The Author Earnings report has come out once again, and if there’s… Mercy Pilkington23 March 20173 comments2 minute read
