Dissecting Amazon’s Predatory “Everything” Strategy At the Digital Book World Conference and Expo, publishing industry professionals come… Mercy Pilkington15 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Howey’s “Peace in Amber” Fan Fiction Remembers 9/11 Only someone who really knows his craft and listens to his inner… Mercy Pilkington15 January 2014One comment3 minute read
Pubsoft Revamps HTML Web Viewer for eBooks As more and more publishers look to optimize content for mobile device… Mercy Pilkington15 January 20142 comments2 minute read
DBW Digital Book Award Winners Announced At an awards gala at the end of the second full day… Mercy Pilkington15 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Sourcebooks: Rethinking Failure in the Digital Age Sourcebooks’ CEO Dominique Raccah is a force for change in publishing, priding… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2014One comment2 minute read
The Digital Revolution Is Just Beginning Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly Media, presented a “solo conversation” this morning… Mercy Pilkington14 January 20143 comments1 minute read
The CEOs Speak: Growth in Digital Books A long-standing tradition at Digital Book World’s conferences is to start with… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2014One comment3 minute read
OverDrive Announces Banner Year for School, Library eBook Lending As digital library lending continues to take root in public and school… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2014No comments2 minute read
B&N the Next Book Retailer Facing Class Action Lawsuit Following information that a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation is underway against… Mercy Pilkington14 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Sourcebooks Publishers Thriving in Difficult Publishing Climate In an industry-wide climate in which booksellers are struggling to keep their… Mercy Pilkington14 January 20143 comments1 minute read
Digital Book World: Kids and eReading Study Data Released As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in… Mercy Pilkington13 January 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: The Atlantis Plague by A G Riddle Verdict: 5 Stars It seems that recent and current global events have… Mercy Pilkington12 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Hitler’s Book Rising in Non-Fiction Charts Move over, ebook authors, there’s a new bestselling author to watch out… Mercy Pilkington12 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Libraries, Gale Partner for Online Accredited High School Diploma Program According to data gathered by Cengage Learning, one US student drops out… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Sales Down for Barnes and Noble, But How Bad Is Bad? While consumers might be alarmed by headlines that blare dire warnings about… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Key Genres Underrepresented in Writing Contests One outlet that authors–both traditionally published and self-published–can turn to for much… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2014One comment1 minute read
Amazon Initiates Shipping Incentives in UK Following the lead of Amazon.com stateside, the online retail giant’s customers awoke… Mercy Pilkington7 January 2014One comment2 minute read
It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish It’s a tough time to be selling ebooks if you’re not Amazon.… Mercy Pilkington7 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords, Wattpad See Increase in Use In the past year, open reading platform and forum Wattpad saw an… Mercy Pilkington6 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Things Looking Up for Lonely Planet The market for guidebooks has suffered in recent years, with a number… Mercy Pilkington6 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming” A name has been given to an evil that plagues independent bookstores,… Mercy Pilkington5 January 201414 comments2 minute read
eBook Review: The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd Verdict: 3 Stars Shepherd’s second title, The Poisoned Island (Washington Square Press), had… Mercy Pilkington5 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Newest Technology to Hit Books: 3D Printing How-to books are nothing new. They teach readers to cook, tie knots,… Mercy Pilkington2 January 2014No comments2 minute read