Move Over Wattpad, Sweek Seeks Authors, Readers In the world of digital publishing, there are a lot of copycats… Mercy Pilkington29 June 20160 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 20160 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 20150 Comments2 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 20150 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 20150 Comments2 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 20150 Comments2 minute read
Facebook to Add “Hoax” Button With the steady stream of news coming across the internet, there is… Mercy Pilkington21 January 20150 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 20150 Comments1 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
Were “Flash in the Pan” Predictions Right? When ebooks first appeared on the literary scene in a big way,… Mercy Pilkington10 January 20155 Comments2 minute read
French Publishing Contracts Now Have a Separate Clause for e-Books There has been a dramatic change to French Intellectual Property Code in… Michael Kozlowski4 January 20152 Comments1 minute read
Samsung Slowly Becoming a Leader in Digital Publishing Samsung has been enjoying the position of being the number one device… Michael Kozlowski8 October 20140 Comments3 minute read
Amazon Kindle Unlimited will Never Take off Relying on Indie Authors Amazon Kindle Unlimited is a new program that for a small monthly… Michael Kozlowski17 August 20146 Comments2 minute read
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 20141 Comment2 minute read
Oyster Adds Web-Based Mobile Reading to Its Platform eBook subscriptions services are making headlines right now, especially following the launch… Mercy Pilkington24 July 20140 Comments2 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 20141 Comment2 minute read
First Quarter Digital Sales on the Rise The PA Digital Sales Monitor, new report from the UK-based Publishers’ Association,… Mercy Pilkington22 July 20140 Comments2 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
The Stigma Around Erotica Continues Despite the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is old news–at least… Mercy Pilkington13 July 20140 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