Will AI writers eventually render authors of today defunct?

Content is the lifeblood of the internet, toppling over traditional forms of…

Authors to Dept of Justice: Stop the Penguin Random House Buy of Simon & Schuster

Once upon a time, the publishing world involved a vast, gatekeeping entity…

Authors can now easily gift Kindle Books with Buy For Others

Amazon has just unveiled a new system today for authors called Buy…

Please Pay My Bills So I Can Write

Female authors are dominating the romance and erotica genres  when it comes…

Indie Author Violently Attacks Reviewer with a Bottle

Richard Brittain wrote a book called the World Rose and admitted that…

Modern Literature is not Dead, its Undead

Many people have decried that modern literature is dead, but Lincoln Michel thinks its…

Literary Agents Turn to Twitter to Solicit New Manuscripts

Literary agents are very particular about what type of manuscripts they look…

Authors Unions Petition Justice Department to Investigate Amazon

Amazon is celebrating their 20th anniversary, but not everyone is participating in…

Being an Author is Sexy but Self-Publishing is Not

The writing profession as a whole, has a captivating allure. Looking at…

The Worst Dressed Authors of Book Expo America 2014

  Book Expo America Wrapped up last week at the Javits Center…

Self-Publishers Should Not Be Called Authors

Should we quantify a distinction between a writer and a professional author? I think a line needs to be drawn in the sand so that we know who the real deal is.

Rockstand Introduces Rock Connect Social Platform For Authors and Readers To Meet and Interact

Rockstand, one of India’s largest ebook and e-magazine applications, has announced the…

Indie Authors Need to Develop a Thick Skin for Bad eBook Reviews

Self-Published authors often have to do a great deal more then simply…

Penguin’s Vanity Press Still Under Fire

Ask an indie author about self-publishing platform Author Solutions, and you’d better…

NaNoWriMo Kicks Off, New Challenges for Authors Ahead

A record number of would-be authors are slated to participate in this…

Startup BiblioStar Aims to Promote Authors Via Video

It’s an understood truth in the publishing industry that every author—indie or…

UK Authors Want to Be Paid by Libraries When Their eBook Is Loaned Out

UK Authors are petitioning the government to implement a policy for digital…

Amazon Introduces Kindlegraph to Let Authors Sign Their e-Books

As the race between physical books and their digital counterpart e-books continues, the latter…

Goodereader exclusive – Are authors pirating their own ebooks to promote themselves?

Peer to Peer file sharing is a hot topic as most people…

Authors Abandon Paper in Favor of Digital Publishing

The publishing industry has adapted well to the increased author demand for…