Smashwords’ Predictions for Publishing in 2014 This time of year brings with it a host of predictions from… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
More Publishers Begin to Accept Unagented Submissions Prior to the current digital publishing and self-publishing revolutions, the process for… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Reading Improves Brain Function…Who Knew? Your fifth grade English teacher was right, you should read a book.… Mercy Pilkington30 December 2013One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton Verdict: 5 Stars In the final installment in the series which Clayton… Mercy Pilkington29 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Judge Rules on Sherlock Holmes Public Domain Case With the dramatic changes that have been taking place in the publishing… Mercy Pilkington28 December 2013One comment2 minute read
What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down? The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013 With the advent of digital reading, digital publishing, and self-publishing in their… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Sex Sells: Big Foot, Gargoyles, and Erotica, Oh My! It’s no secret that romance and erotica top the list of bestselling… Mercy Pilkington24 December 2013One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Topless Jihadis by Jeffrey Tayler Verdict: 5 Stars Its full title, Topless Jihadis—Inside Femen, the World’s Most… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Too Much Choice Can Impede eBook Sales A post by Shannon of the DuoLit team from earlier this year… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Ebook Bundles Add Value, Discovery to Authors’ Works As authors and publishers clamor to help their titles be found in… Mercy Pilkington20 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Oyster eBook Subscription Gets Titles from Perseus When subscription reading was first introduced several years ago, companies like Spain-based… Mercy Pilkington20 December 20132 comments2 minute read
New Book Discovery Engine Novelry Aids Searchability One of the key issues plaguing an admittedly glutted ebook market is… Mercy Pilkington19 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Scribd, Smashwords Partner to Put Indie Authors’ Work in Subscription Service This might be a biased statement given the amount of news that… Mercy Pilkington19 December 20133 comments2 minute read
Vellum Self-Publishing App for Mac Aims to Do It All… A new self-publishing app for Mac by software veterans Brad Andalman and… Mercy Pilkington19 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Kindle Worlds Releases Work by Howey Based on Slaughterhouse Five When Amazon Publishing announced the creation of its fan fiction publishing site… Mercy Pilkington17 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Is the Publishing Industry Wasting Its Time on Tablets? One of the anticipated major trends of 2013, at least according to… Mercy Pilkington17 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Without a Blockbuster Title for the Holidays, Indie Authors Can Step Up to the Plate The past few holiday shopping seasons have seen a good-sized upswing in… Mercy Pilkington16 December 2013No comments1 minute read
Resurgence of Indie Bookstores Means They Have a New Role to Fill A number of articles have been written lately, like this prominent one… Mercy Pilkington16 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Digitization of 550-Year-Old Bible Sparks Conversation About Publishing Sometimes, the real news on the internet happens in the comments’ section,… Mercy Pilkington15 December 20133 comments2 minute read
Turkey Enacts Law to Lower VAT on eBooks One of the initial debates about the recent growth of digital publishing… Mercy Pilkington13 December 2013One comment2 minute read
FanFiction Gets a Boost from New Publisher’s Kickstarter Campaign One of the more polarizing arguments in the publishing industry is the… Mercy Pilkington13 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Pubsoft, Transmedia Partner to Bring Complete Digital Storytelling Experience to eBooks Digital publishing platform Pubsoft announced today that it has partnered with Transmedia… Mercy Pilkington12 December 2013No comments2 minute read