IDPF: Publishing Outside the Big Five In a panel moderated by Porter Anderson of Publishing Perspectives, the IDPF… Mercy Pilkington28 May 20142 comments3 minute read
IDPF: What the Future Holds for Libraries The first two keynotes at this year’s IDPF Digital Book conference were… Mercy Pilkington28 May 2014One comment3 minute read
Digital vs Print: What Is The Future of Reading? Bestselling and Pulitzer-nominated author Nichoals Carr kicked off this year’s IDPF Digital… Mercy Pilkington28 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Blurb Adds Graphicly Team to Accelerate Growth Blurb, a company that begin by producing limited print runs of graphics-heavy… Mercy Pilkington28 May 2014One comment2 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 2014One comment2 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 20142 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 2014One comment2 minute read
Important Holiday Reads in Remembrance While Memorial Day has typically grown into a day of picnics and… Mercy Pilkington26 May 2014One comment2 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 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Basil Instinct by Shelley Costa Verdict: 5 Stars As far as the genre known as “cozy mysteries”… Mercy Pilkington25 May 2014One 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 2014One comment2 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 20144 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 2014One comment2 minute read
Ingram Adds New Publisher Content to MyiLibrary A number of pertinent announcements were made this week, many of which… Mercy Pilkington21 May 2014One comment1 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 2014One comment2 minute read
PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform While the company website is a little stark right now, make no… Mercy Pilkington20 May 2014One comment1 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 20143 comments2 minute read