Exclusive Interview with Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis at BEA2011 During the last few days one of the largest publishing and digital… Mercy Pilkington24 May 2011One comment1 minute read
Copia Takes Social Reading to the Next Level The newest reader-driven trend in digital reading is the ability to utilize… Mercy Pilkington24 May 2011One comment2 minute read
EasyEPUB Builds for Indie Authors One of the many things that drives authors to consider self-publication is… Mercy Pilkington24 May 20112 comments1 minute read
24 Symbols Brings the Cloud to eBooks One of the unsung presenters at the IDPF Digital Book Conference was… Mercy Pilkington24 May 20113 comments3 minute read
Good e-Reader Book Expo Exclusive – The Design of EPUB 3 The Digital Book Conference at the BookExpo America in New York City… Mercy Pilkington23 May 2011One comment2 minute read
Aptara Brings Experience and EPUB 3 to BookExpo America There’s been a lot of recent buzz about EPUB 3 and what… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2011One comment2 minute read
Unlikely Consumers Stealing E-books The world of illegal downloading has a new enemy: middle-aged women. According… Mercy Pilkington21 May 20113 comments2 minute read
Kobo Continues to Break New Ground with Reading Life 4.4 Kobo, the e-reader company that brought over 2.3 million e-books to over… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20112 comments2 minute read
The Stigma of Self-Publishing It’s sad that the writing of a full-length manuscript isn’t enough, but… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20113 comments3 minute read
Barnes & Noble and Amazon Have Something up Their E-Reader Sleeves This week, news appeared that Barnes & Noble’s Buzz Score—the word-of-mouth measurement… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20114 comments2 minute read
Transcontinental Printing Keeps Up With The Times It wouldn’t seem like Transcontinental has all that much to learn. After… Mercy Pilkington19 May 2011One comment3 minute read
LGBT Authors At Home In Digital Publishing One of the more sought-after benefits of an e-reader device is instant… Mercy Pilkington18 May 20114 comments3 minute read
Writing Competitions Provide Valuable Feedback Writing contests are an invaluable way for independent authors to get their… Mercy Pilkington15 May 20113 comments3 minute read
What’s in a Pen Name? Authors have used pseudonyms, or pen names, for almost as long as… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2011One comment3 minute read
Small Press Publishing Lets Tess Hardwick Be Herself Glance through the shelves of any bookstore and you’ll find that readers… Mercy Pilkington13 May 2011One comment2 minute read
The Future of Publishing? Imagine walking into your favorite independent bookseller and finding…nothing. An empty room,… Mercy Pilkington13 May 20113 comments2 minute read
Marketing Your Writing Through Your Writing All writers who have taken on the incredible responsibility for getting… Mercy Pilkington12 May 2011One comment2 minute read
Online Communities Are the Indie Author’s Salvation One of the hardest aspects of being an indie author is often… Mercy Pilkington11 May 2011One comment2 minute read
The Middle Ground Between Traditional and Self-Publishing As more and more authors discover that they can cut out the… Mercy Pilkington9 May 20114 comments2 minute read
Indie Writers Struggle to Balance Work and Life For YA steampunk writer Alison DeLuca, author of the The Nightwatchman Express… Mercy Pilkington8 May 20112 comments3 minute read
Mom Loved Her New E-Reader…Now What? Mothers the world over will open their new e-readers for the first… Mercy Pilkington7 May 20112 comments2 minute read
E-readers Leave Graphic Novels Out In The Cold Authors of comic books and graphic novels have long relied on the… Mercy Pilkington7 May 20116 comments2 minute read
The Light at the End of a Very Long Tunnel with Dwight Okita When poet and playwright Dwight Okita decided to try his creative hand… Mercy Pilkington7 May 2011One comment2 minute read