Traditional Publishers Learn What Indie Authors Have Known All Along Ask any traditionally published author what frustrates him most about the industry,… Mercy Pilkington11 February 20143 comments3 minute read
Open Road Acquires eBook Publisher E-Reads An announcement today shared that the oldest ebook publisher and the largest… Mercy Pilkington10 February 2014One comment2 minute read
DreamWorks Animation to Hold Its Own Children’s eBook Imprint One surefire way to get kids reading–especially low-ability and reluctant readers–is to… Mercy Pilkington10 February 2014One comment1 minute read
Canada Institutes Its Own eBook Terms with Publishers Following the court drama of the Department of Justice investigation of five… Mercy Pilkington7 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Apple to Begin Requiring “Interest Age” Label on Children’s, Teens’ eBooks Apple announced that it will begin requiring a new level of keyword… Mercy Pilkington7 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Call for Endowment Seeks to Ease the Suffering of Libraries It comes as new real surprise to anyone that libraries need all… Mercy Pilkington6 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Updates at Readmill Provide Genuinely Social Reading The concept of social reading has been kicked around by various companies… Mercy Pilkington5 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales Amazon UK posted a significant reduction year-over-year in its sales figures, demonstrating… Mercy Pilkington4 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Simon & Schuster Unveils New Book Industry Site 250 Words One of the most crucial changes that savvy publishers are making stems… Mercy Pilkington3 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Cengage Learning Reaches Agreement in Bankruptcy Proceedings Digital publishing for the academic arena has a lot of support, mostly… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
What Could Rowling Do With Harry and Hermione? JK Rowling is no stranger to opening herself up and letting her… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
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