Amazon Offers Ups Its Percentage of Sales to Charity In the latest twist in the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Amazon has proven once… Mercy Pilkington24 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Authors United to Issue New Directive to Amazon As Hachette, Amazon, and the laundry list of household name authors who… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Rolls Out Beta of KDP Pricing Support New information and knowledge have come to light thanks to the efforts… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Kindle Pleasure Reading House Opens in China Amazon has opened their first the Kindle Pleasure Reading House in Shanghai,… Michael Kozlowski18 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Kindle Unlimited Goes Live with eBook, Audiobook Titles Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, the ebook and audiobook subscription service that lets members… Mercy Pilkington18 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Prime Instant Video Imminent Subscribers to the Amazon Prime Instant Video service have longed for an… 17 July 2014One comment1 minute read
More Speculation on the Final Bill for Apple’s Price Fixing Problems News was announced yesterday from the lawyers for the plaintiffs in one… Mercy Pilkington17 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Enters eBook Subscription Market with Kindle Unlimited It’s rare that Amazon isn’t leading the charge in some aspect of… Mercy Pilkington16 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Report: Amazon to Purchase Simon and Schuster The publishing industry could be turned onto its head with a recent… Michael Kozlowski15 July 201413 comments3 minute read
Amazon Offer Rejected by Hachette, Authors’ Organization In a semi-olive branch move, Amazon offered last week to extend 100%… Mercy Pilkington14 July 20142 comments2 minute read
Advice to Indie Authors: Don’t Overlook Kobo When Amazon introduced KDP Select, the exclusive program that offered indie authors… Mercy Pilkington12 July 20143 comments2 minute read
Amazon Circumvents French Ban Free Shipping for Books Amazon has found itself in hot water in France, as government authorities… Michael Kozlowski11 July 2014One comment1 minute read
Amazon Sued by the FTC for in-app Purchases TheĀ US Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for not having enough safeguards… Michael Kozlowski11 July 2014No comments2 minute read
Author Rejects Award Due to Amazon Backing The ultimate in low class and poor breeding has occurred in the… Mercy Pilkington11 July 20148 comments1 minute read
Forbes: Amazon Dispute Not About Money Despite the hordes of critics who have verbally assaulted Amazon for its… Mercy Pilkington10 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon to Forfeit Royalties, Offers Hachette Authors 100% of Sales In another twist in the ongoing fight between Amazon and publisher Hachette,… Mercy Pilkington9 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Five ABNA Category Winners Annouced The end is almost near for this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards,… Mercy Pilkington8 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Hugh Howey on Writers’ Unions: Who Really Speaks for Authors? There are a few groups out there that claim to be the… Mercy Pilkington7 July 20145 comments3 minute read
eBook Review: The Silkworm by Robert Gilbraith Verdict: 5 Stars Rowling/Gilbraith has done it again, and this one may… Mercy Pilkington6 July 2014No comments2 minute read
Big Five Back in Court over eBook Pricing When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against… Mercy Pilkington6 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Light Up Your Fourth with Amazon’s Best Books of July As the Independence Day festivities carry over for many people due to… Mercy Pilkington5 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Authors Rally Behind Amazon in Publisher Dispute Despite the letter circulated by some well-known authors that urged Amazon to… Mercy Pilkington3 July 20142 comments3 minute read
Debunking Amazon’s 70% Royalty for Indie Authors and Publishers With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets… Mercy Pilkington3 July 2014One comment3 minute read