Discoverability an Issue in Apple’s Newsstand Digital magazines presented a slight conundrum to the publishing industry when they… Mercy Pilkington1 May 20144 comments1 minute read
Small Legal Victory for Apple’s Antitrust Battle Apple’s attorneys have managed to pull off a minor legal victory in… Mercy Pilkington29 April 2014One comment1 minute read
Mark Coker’s Indie Author Manifesto To say that self-publishing has unleashed something profound around the world is… Mercy Pilkington23 April 2014One comment2 minute read
World Book Night Unveils eBook Giveaway for 2014 The World Book Night organization is best known for its mission to… Mercy Pilkington21 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Is Social Media a Reliable Source for the News? First there was Paper.li, an app that allows users to create a… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced: The Goldfinch Wins for Fiction It is shockingly easy to enter a book into the Pulitzer Prizes… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Digital Library Lending Has a Long Way to Go It feels like every new step in the right direction also leads… Mercy Pilkington14 April 2014One comment2 minute read
UK eBook Lending Program a Success for Libraries, Publishers A recent program for UK libraries to lend ebooks has been considered… Mercy Pilkington13 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Brooklyn Newsstand Program Makes Digital Newspaper Archive Available to Public The Brooklyn Public Library system announced recently a new initiative to digitize… Mercy Pilkington12 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Cleis Press, Penthouse Collaborate on New Line of Erotica eBooks It took them long enough, but some of the biggest names in… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment1 minute read
Smashwords Reveals Number of Bestselling Authors Overwhelmingly Female Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
OverDrive eReading Rooms Engage Libraries’ Youngest Patrons As libraries look for news ways to stay relevant and meet their… Mercy Pilkington8 April 2014One comment2 minute read
E-reading Leading to Alarming “Digital Brain” Phenomenon For better or for worse, digital reading is here and it’s everywhere.… Mercy Pilkington8 April 20144 comments2 minute read
London Book Fair’s Digital Minds Conference Kicks Off with a Stab at Amazon The broken record of the publishing industry is playing the same old… Mercy Pilkington7 April 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Sales Continue to Thrive It’s been years since the onset of the most recent digital publishing… Mercy Pilkington20 March 20142 comments1 minute read
Amazon Publishing Grows to Include German Language Titles Amazon’s traditional publishing arm Amazon Publishing announced an exciting new feature today,… Mercy Pilkington12 March 2014One comment2 minute read