Blurb Adds Graphicly Team to Accelerate Growth Blurb, a company that begin by producing limited print runs of graphics-heavy… Mercy Pilkington28 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
New Author Earnings Report Examines Revenue of Startup Authors Self-published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 Comments3 minute read
Groups Advocate for Fair-Use Access to Orphaned Works Two organizations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and non-profit policy advocates Public Knowledge,… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20140 Comments2 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 20140 Comments2 minute read
BookCon Aims to Connect Readers Directly with Publishers The publishing industry has put forth a focused effort in the last… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Important Holiday Reads in Remembrance While Memorial Day has typically grown into a day of picnics and… Mercy Pilkington26 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
BookExpo Kicks Off This Week with the IDPF Conference The IDPF, of International Digital Publishing Forum, is on a mission to… Mercy Pilkington26 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
eBook Review: Basil Instinct by Shelley Costa Verdict: 5 Stars As far as the genre known as “cozy mysteries”… Mercy Pilkington25 May 20141 Comment2 minute read
BitLit, Kobo Founder Raise Seed Funding for Print-to-eBook App eBooks suffered the same initial criticism that happens whenever a new movie… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20142 Comments2 minute read
Is Flipkart Poised to Become the New Amazon? People who’ve made a study of the rise of Amazon’s retail empire… Mercy Pilkington22 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Amazon’s One-Sitting Short Reads Meets Need for Fast Fiction A number of platforms have offered great content in a short essay,… Mercy Pilkington21 May 20140 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 20140 Comments1 minute read
Amazon Compiles Bestsellers, Most Well-Read Cities Lists As big data works its way into the publishing industry mindset, information… Mercy Pilkington21 May 20141 Comment2 minute read
PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform While the company website is a little stark right now, make no… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20140 Comments1 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
Authors Guild, Authors Alliance Battle Over Speaking for Writers A new dramatic battle is brewing in the publishing industry, this time… Mercy Pilkington18 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Publisher Terms: Amazon Behaving Badly, or Business As Usual? News came out last week that Amazon is butting heads with one… Mercy Pilkington16 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
IndieReader Launches First of Its Kind App and eBookstore for Self-Published Works Self-published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington14 May 20141 Comment2 minute read
Scribd Incorporates Notes and Highlights Features When the so-called “all you can eat” ebook subscription platforms first began… Mercy Pilkington14 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Debate Continues over Books in Prisons In light of two pieces of polar opposite legislation concerning books in… Mercy Pilkington13 May 20141 Comment2 minute read
OverDrive, MediaDo Partner to Bring Japanese eBooks to Libraries An announcement today from the world’s leading provider of digital content to… Mercy Pilkington12 May 20140 Comments2 minute read
Gallery Books’ Belles on Wheels Book Tour Crosses US Gallery Books‘ seven-city Belles on Wheels book tour kicked off on Friday,… Mercy Pilkington12 May 20140 Comments3 minute read