Some of the Most Prolific Authors Had Day Jobs Some of the most prolific authors sometimes had to work a day… Michael Kozlowski27 February 2015One comment1 minute read
Are eBooks Destroying Bookselling Culture? The global bookselling industry has been experiencing many trials and tribulations over… Michael Kozlowski25 August 20142 comments3 minute read
Amazon’s Latest Tool a Great Benefit to Indie Authors There are reports that Amazon has a Square reader-like device in the… Mercy Pilkington29 July 2014One comment3 minute read
Iconic Bookstore’s Owner Retires, Gifts Store to Employees A Canadian bookstore owner is set to retire soon, which would ordinarily… Mercy Pilkington14 July 20142 comments2 minute read
Germany’s Bertelsmann to Close Bookselling Division In what is possibly the slowest death in the publishing industry, German… Mercy Pilkington3 July 20142 comments2 minute read
US Publishers Earn More through Online Sales than Physical Stores In a report from two entities that watch the publishing industry in… Mercy Pilkington30 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Hachette to Cut 3% of US Staff Hachette Book Group, who is currently engaged in a tumultuous battle with… Mercy Pilkington9 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Compiles Bestsellers, Most Well-Read Cities Lists As big data works its way into the publishing industry mindset, information… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Publisher Terms: Amazon Behaving Badly, or Business As Usual? News came out last week that Amazon is butting heads with one… Mercy Pilkington16 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Libri, Bookline.hu Merger in Hungary Strengthens Bookselling Industry US bookstores aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch of lower prices… Mercy Pilkington16 March 2014One comment1 minute read
More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms In an interesting chain of events, ebook retailers’ crackdown on erotica titles… Mercy Pilkington25 February 2014One comment2 minute read
US Bookstores Decline by 1.5% in 2013 The bookselling industry in the United States declined by 1.5% in 2013… Michael Kozlowski14 February 20142 comments1 minute read
German Bookstore Chain Weltbild Goes Bankrupt Weltbild is the second largest bookstore in Germany and the company has… Michael Kozlowski16 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Dissecting Amazon’s Predatory “Everything” Strategy At the Digital Book World Conference and Expo, publishing industry professionals come… Mercy Pilkington15 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Sourcebooks Publishers Thriving in Difficult Publishing Climate In an industry-wide climate in which booksellers are struggling to keep their… Mercy Pilkington14 January 20143 comments1 minute read
IndieGoGo Campaign Launches to Save a Brick and Mortar Bookstore While many consumers bemoan the death of independent, brick and mortar bookstores–sadly,… Mercy Pilkington8 January 20142 comments2 minute read