Does Publishing Have a Future without Amazon? With the end of a pretty rough year behind us and the… Mercy Pilkington15 January 20176 Comments3 minute read
Who’s Surviving in the Publishing Evolution? Indie Bookstores With all the talk of digital revolutions and self-publishing turning mainstream, there’s… Mercy Pilkington10 January 20170 Comments2 minute read
The 2017 State of Self-Publishing It’s been twenty-two years since Jeff Bezos hung out the shingle on… Mercy Pilkington4 January 20171 Comment2 minute read
Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2017 Publishers have experienced an utterly deplorable year for e-book sales and most… Michael Kozlowski18 December 201620 Comments17 minute read
Amazon Limits Non-Purchase Reviews Piggybacking off of yesterday’s article about Amazon removing “incentivized” reviews–that is, reviews… Mercy Pilkington25 November 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Deletes “Incentive”-Based Reviews For years, Amazon has fought back against paid review services. Sites that… Mercy Pilkington24 November 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Starts Selling Certified Refurbished Kindle e-Readers Amazon has just unveiled a new Certified Refurbished Store and is selling… Michael Kozlowski15 November 20164 Comments1 minute read
Amazon Marketing Services Open to All Authors…Sort Of Amazon has rolled out a new offer for authors whose titles are… Mercy Pilkington15 November 20161 Comment3 minute read
Amazon Prime Members Can Now Share Unlimited Photo Storage with 5 People Amazon has announced that they have revised their unlimited photo sharing system… Michael Kozlowski19 October 20163 Comments1 minute read
What Is KDP Print? A number of authors have been delighted and/or perplexed to find a… Mercy Pilkington11 October 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Attempts to Settle EU Antitrust Investigation When words like Amazon and antitrust get bandied about in the same… Mercy Pilkington6 October 20160 Comments2 minute read
P.K. Tyler and the Power of the Indie Author Amazon has announced a fall-themed event sure to get any book lover… Mercy Pilkington5 October 20160 Comments2 minute read
eBook Catfishing Scam Netted Over One Million Dollars Amazon has come under fire in public perception for the little tricks… Mercy Pilkington28 September 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Guidelines Work to Curb Review Fraud Amazon reviews are both a blessing to authors and the bane of… Mercy Pilkington25 September 20164 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Announces All-New: Fire HD 8 Amazon has just announced a new Fire 8 HD tablet that is… Michael Kozlowski8 September 20161 Comment1 minute read
Kindle Reading Fund Launches to Provide eBooks Amazon has a long but quiet history of giving back. It has… Mercy Pilkington25 August 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Announces Top Books for Fall The publishing world goes through cycles in its yearly calendar. Many literary… Mercy Pilkington23 August 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon has just put the new Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale Amazon released a new entry level Kindle a few months ago and… Michael Kozlowski17 August 20161 Comment1 minute read
Kindle in Motion Feature Is Cool, But Do Readers Like It? Amazon has a quirky option for ebooks called Kindle in Motion, and… Mercy Pilkington12 August 20161 Comment2 minute read
Amazon Wants Developers to Make Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Alexa Amazon really wants developers to start making choose your own adventure style… Michael Kozlowski5 August 20160 Comments2 minute read
Amazon Prime Launches in India Amazon has been operating in India for three years and the company… Michael Kozlowski27 July 20160 Comments1 minute read
Amazon Flex Drivers Will Deliver a Secret Release on July 31 Amazon has just sent an email to their Flex Drivers that let… Michael Kozlowski24 July 20162 Comments1 minute read
Canadian and US Bookstore Trends for 2017 The year is half over and we now have a sense on… Michael Kozlowski24 July 20160 Comments3 minute read
