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 2014One comment3 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 20147 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 2014One 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 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
First Quarter Digital Sales on the Rise The PA Digital Sales Monitor, new report from the UK-based Publishers’ Association,… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 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 2014One comment2 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
Wattpad Acquires Traditional Author Community Red Room Wattpad announced a new acquisition to its growing family, this time in… Mercy Pilkington10 July 2014No comments1 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
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
Allegations that Amazon Seeks New Publishers Terms in UK It’s an understood truth in publishing that anyone who works for the… Mercy Pilkington25 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Apple Gives Away an eBook a Day While readers struggle to find new content in the wake of the… Mercy Pilkington23 June 2014One comment2 minute read
OverDrive Adds Foreign Language Content, More Streaming OverDrive is the world’s largest supplier of digital content to public and… Mercy Pilkington18 June 2014One comment2 minute read
More Concern for Byliner Long-form journalism is an increasingly popular type of reading, and various models… Mercy Pilkington17 June 2014One comment1 minute read
UK Self-Published Titles Increased by 79% New data released by Nielsen Book Scan shows that self-published sales are… Mercy Pilkington13 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
HM Ward on the Aftermath of Her Book Deal Decision With so much debate currently raging about both book pricing and book… Mercy Pilkington4 June 20144 comments2 minute read
Copyright Clearance Center Launches RightsLink for Open Access One of the chief issues that creates underlying buzz in the book… Mercy Pilkington28 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Wins Inaugural Self-Publishing Service Award from ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors is an advocacy organization that works to… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 comments2 minute read
