Does Agency Pricing Hurt Reading Consumers? The publishing world is still rebounding from the effects of the DoJ… Mercy Pilkington9 April 20156 comments2 minute read
Amazon Rolls Out Beta of KDP Pricing Support New information and knowledge have come to light thanks to the efforts… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
US Publishers Earn More through Online Sales than Physical Stores In a report from two entities that watch the publishing industry in… Mercy Pilkington30 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Launches Summer Author Promotion Just in time for summer travel, Smashwords is offering up an author… Mercy Pilkington30 June 201415 comments2 minute read
Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon Smashwords‘ CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20143 comments2 minute read
Amazon, Hachette Battle Continues as Pre-Order Buttons Are Removed First publishers hate Amazon, then they want legal action to require them… Mercy Pilkington24 May 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Pricing: What’s Wrong with Free? Once publishers began to truly embrace ebooks as a viable business model… Mercy Pilkington15 May 2014One comment3 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
Screwpulp’s Launch May Be the Salvation of Book Reviews Readers and authors alike have been crying foul over book reviews from… Mercy Pilkington4 April 20142 comments2 minute read
eBook Prices Still a Sensitive Issue for Authors, Publishers As more and more holiday shoppers scramble to finish up their holiday… Mercy Pilkington12 December 20133 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Releases Data from eBook Sales Study The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often… Mercy Pilkington8 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Finding the Best eBook, Print Price Point for Optimum Sales When computer how-to book publisher In Easy Steps, founded in 1991, looked… Mercy Pilkington22 March 20133 comments3 minute read
How Much Should an eBook Cost? This morning’s panel discussion on the importance of ebook pricing was polite… Mercy Pilkington3 December 20126 comments2 minute read
StoryBundle and the Elusive Consumer Dollar With the rise of more and more ebook publisher/distributors on a daily… Mercy Pilkington7 February 2012One comment2 minute read
Debating the Quality of Ebooks One of the long-standing and still ongoing debates in the world of… Mercy Pilkington2 January 20129 comments2 minute read
Ebook Pricing Still a Mystery to Some Publishers GigaOM reported today on a Wall Street Journal article that asks the… Mercy Pilkington20 December 2011One comment2 minute read