Adult Coloring Books Are No Longer Relevant A recent fad has meant a huge boom for the book industry,… Mercy Pilkington7 March 2017One comment2 minute read
Spreading Empathy through Children’s Lit Children across the state of North Carolina have reason to celebrate their… Mercy Pilkington28 February 2017No comments2 minute read
Are Your Favorite Characters Taking Over Your Life? To rephrase a line from the really fun comedy The Truth about… Mercy Pilkington18 February 2017One comment2 minute read
New Author Services Startups Focus on Speed A day in the life of a traditional publishing deal… According to… Mercy Pilkington15 February 2017One comment2 minute read
Authors and Politics Don’t Mix We’ve probably all been there. We come across a great book by… Mercy Pilkington2 February 20177 comments3 minute read
New Scholastic Report Sheds Light on Kids’ Reading Scholastic is arguably the go-to source of information on the children’s publishing… Mercy Pilkington31 January 20175 comments2 minute read
Take the Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge Are you looking to up your reading game in the coming year?… Mercy Pilkington2 January 20173 comments2 minute read
Is Accurate Book Discovery Really Possible? One of the major plagues for authors and publishers–from the lone self-published… Mercy Pilkington21 December 20162 comments2 minute read
Lulu Launches Academic SelfPub Branch Glasstree It’s been a long time since something truly innovative happened to digital… Mercy Pilkington6 December 2016One comment2 minute read
IDPF Approves Measure to Join W3C A highly contentious move in the world of digital publishing has resulted… Mercy Pilkington14 November 2016No comments2 minute read
Dear Americans: A Guide to Moving to Canada Dear, dear Americans, Don’t worry. Tomorrow, for better or for worse, it… Mercy Pilkington7 November 20162 comments2 minute read
OverDrive Continues Efforts Against IDPF Merger Two entities in the digital publishing sphere that GoodeReader greatly admires–OverDrive and… Mercy Pilkington22 October 20162 comments2 minute read
The Paradox of the Publishing Industry We can’t have it both ways, yet that’s how some industry experts… Mercy Pilkington20 October 2016One comment2 minute read
Why Is Self-Publishing Still a “Last Resort?” The digital publishing revolution, such as it was, had many facets. There… Mercy Pilkington27 September 2016One comment2 minute read
Move Over Wattpad, Sweek Seeks Authors, Readers In the world of digital publishing, there are a lot of copycats… Mercy Pilkington29 June 20163 comments2 minute read
Predictions for the Digital Publishing Industry in 2016 There were a number of notable events that transpired in 2015 that… Michael Kozlowski17 February 20163 comments4 minute read
Digital Publishing Brings Censorship Woes to Iran To industry insiders and readers alike, there are a few mainstay events… Mercy Pilkington15 May 2015One comment2 minute read
Get Ready to Celebrate Indie Bookstores this Weekend In all of the attention given to Amazon and its fights with… Mercy Pilkington1 May 20154 comments2 minute read
Trajectory’s New Publishing Agreements Bring eBooks to Chinese Smartphones A new agreement announced ahead of this year’s London Book Fair just… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2015One comment2 minute read
What Can Super Bowl Ads Tell Digital Magazine Publishers? Most American consumers have watched (and even enjoyed) a Super Bowl ad… Mercy Pilkington6 February 2015One comment2 minute read
Facebook to Add “Hoax” Button With the steady stream of news coming across the internet, there is… Mercy Pilkington21 January 2015No comments2 minute read
BookShout Brings in Key Players for New Print Distribution BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2015One comment1 minute read
Cutting Out Amazon: Why Direct-to-Consumers Hasn’t Taken Off At this year’s Digital Book World event, there’s a highly anticipated panel… Mercy Pilkington12 January 20152 comments3 minute read
