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
Ingram Adds New Publisher Content to MyiLibrary A number of pertinent announcements were made this week, many of which… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment1 minute read
UK Rules eBooks Aren’t Books as Far as Taxation Is Concerned There’s no relief in sight for UK readers, as Parliament declared that… Mercy Pilkington19 May 20144 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Authors Benefit from B&N eBook Pre-Orders One of the truths we’ve been hearing from forward-thinking publishing industry experts,… Mercy Pilkington12 May 2014One comment2 minute read
BookBaby Adds New Sales Outlet, Faster Royalty Payments There’s no shortage of companies willing to take an author’s manuscript and… Mercy Pilkington5 May 2014One comment2 minute read