Amazon Removes Self-Published Title Due to Offensive Content, Internet Reaction Following the backlash from both sides of the publishing industry last fall… Mercy Pilkington2 February 20143 comments2 minute read
New $840M Claim Against Apple for eBook Price Fixing A US judge is still in the process of handling the DOJ… Mercy Pilkington2 February 2014No comments1 minute read
“Wattpad Is for Writers and Readers” As indie authors have struggled for discovery in a sea of openly… Mercy Pilkington30 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Slashed Budgets Mean Libraries Need Digital Lending More than Ever Public libraries have been teetering on the brink of extinction for years,… Mercy Pilkington27 January 20143 comments2 minute read
App Ratings Show Readers Prefer OverDrive for eBook Lending As library ebook lending for both academic and public institutions continues to… Mercy Pilkington23 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Publishing Announces New Christian Imprint Waterfall Press Amazon’s traditional publishing house Amazon Publishing has a number of genre specific… Mercy Pilkington23 January 2014One comment1 minute read
3M Cloud Library Launches in Canada with New Features eBook lending to public libraries just went international with the first country… Mercy Pilkington22 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Unglue.it Goes Live with Its First Crowdfunded eBook A revolutionary concept in fostering free use of books launched only a… Mercy Pilkington20 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Pew Internet Study: Print and Digital Aren’t Going Anywhere Industry watchers keep sharing impossible headlines, everything from “print is dead,” to… Mercy Pilkington17 January 20142 comments2 minute read
B&N the Next Book Retailer Facing Class Action Lawsuit Following information that a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation is underway against… Mercy Pilkington14 January 20142 comments2 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
Digital Book World: Kids and eReading Study Data Released As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in… Mercy Pilkington13 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Hitler’s Book Rising in Non-Fiction Charts Move over, ebook authors, there’s a new bestselling author to watch out… Mercy Pilkington12 January 20142 comments2 minute read
It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish It’s a tough time to be selling ebooks if you’re not Amazon.… Mercy Pilkington7 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Things Looking Up for Lonely Planet The market for guidebooks has suffered in recent years, with a number… Mercy Pilkington6 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming” A name has been given to an evil that plagues independent bookstores,… Mercy Pilkington5 January 201414 comments2 minute read
Smashwords’ Predictions for Publishing in 2014 This time of year brings with it a host of predictions from… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down? The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013 With the advent of digital reading, digital publishing, and self-publishing in their… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Oyster eBook Subscription Gets Titles from Perseus When subscription reading was first introduced several years ago, companies like Spain-based… Mercy Pilkington20 December 20132 comments2 minute read
Auryn Points Parents to Great Gift Subscriptions for Kids this Christmas Award-winning children’s enhanced storybook creator Auryn, who recently launched its StoriesAlive subscription… Mercy Pilkington19 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Amazon’s List of Bestselling Titles of 2013 While retailers around the world–both in the book industry and out of… Mercy Pilkington17 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Without a Blockbuster Title for the Holidays, Indie Authors Can Step Up to the Plate The past few holiday shopping seasons have seen a good-sized upswing in… Mercy Pilkington16 December 2013No comments1 minute read
